Grandchildren is an American orchestral pop band from Philadelphia formed in 2008. The beat-driven, orchestral-pop is due to Grandchildren songwriter Aleksander Martray. Grandchildren’s debut album, Everlasting, fuses tribal beats, frayed electronics, fireside folk melodies, richly-woven orchestral-pop flourishes and even field recordings from Martray’s journeys across Central America, the Caribbean and Africa. “The project began during my nomadic mid-20s. I was constantly split between Baltimore, Philadelphia, DC, and travels abroad. I think the music is a reflection of a young pe…
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