There's nothing more painful than something that's superficially upbeat but you can kind of tell behind it that there's a cynicism, or even a bitterness.

His first full-length LP Mobilize was released to enormous critical acclaim in 2001. Phillips and Clark disbanded in 1990. In 1995 Grant-Lee Phillips was named the critics choice for Best Male Vocalist of 1995.

Phillips September 1 1963) is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for his versatile voice intense lyrical narratives and dexterity on the acoustic twelve-string guitar a style that often sees him compared to Neil Young Van Morrison Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan.