Albums of 2010, No 10: John Grant - Queen of Denmark

Largely unknown a year ago, the former Czars frontman surprised many with his weird and wired take on soft rockLast year, John Grant was known to perhaps a handful of hipsters as the former frontman of the Czars, a band who enjoyed a measure of critical acclaim if not commercial success. Twelve months on, his name features in many 2010 roundups for an album that is one of the year's word-of-mouth triumphs. After the Czars imploded, Grant descended into booze, drugs, suicidal thoughts and self-lo...

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