Songs by GRIIDS. We write the songs other people get the credit for. We're fine with that.
Mike Christensen and Graham Holmes. Two writers from Milton Keynes who've been putting songs together for years. We write for artists and labels who need the song before they need the singer.
Words, music, all of it ours. We write songs to stand up on their own, then they can be dressed however the artist needs them.
What does that marker pen say written all over your chest And is that kebab sauce all down my nice white vest
A big night out, reconstructed the morning after from the available evidence. Storytelling, a chorus you'll chant, not one wasted word.
You got scared, if you dared, That your friends have all disappeared
About hiding the hard stuff behind a smile. When we say we can write something that means something, this is the one we'd point to.
Take my hand, we'll call it love And if we ever have enough, can you ever have enough?
A love song that's half confession, half warning. Proof we can write a proper hook without switching our brains off.
It's not currently fair, but it's a current affair You can find it in the papers, magazines and from the neighbours
The state of things, set to a tune. We can do a point of view without losing the chorus.
The scent of departure hung in the air like napalm, burning our smell into the fabric of the closed curtains
The tender one. Spoken-word verses into a one-word chorus. When we say we can do sincere, this is what we mean.
And this may be a Sunday, but we'll treat it like the best day of our lives Coz waking up beside you, makes me feel well nice
A small, warm, ordinary kind of happy. Not every song needs to break your heart, some just need to get it right.
We write songs. Top-line, full songs, lyrics, melody, the lot, for artists who'd rather be performing than staring at a blank page, and for labels who need material that's actually finished.
We're not precious about it. You bring a brief, a half-idea, a mood, a reference track, a key the artist can actually sing in, we'll work to it. We've spent years writing together, which mostly means we've got the arguing out of our system and we work fast.
No genre lecture here. We write what the song needs to be. If you want to know whether we can do the thing you need, the songs above will tell you quicker than this paragraph will.
We met years ago through a shared love of parties and live music. Conversation and alcohol flowed in a rented kitchen one evening, guitars got involved, and what came out of it was years of friendship and songwriting.
We write from a place of fun and from paying attention to the world around us. That world was Milton Keynes, to some a concrete punchline, to us a melting pot of the disenfranchised and the highly funny. It turns out both of those are good for songs.
People have come and gone around us over the years. The writing was always the two of us. That's the bit that lasted, and that's the bit we're offering you.
Mike
Handles the chords and the coffee. Has an unhealthy relationship with minor sevenths.
Graham
Writes the words. Can find a rhyme for "roundabout" that doesn't sound tragic.
We want to write for other artists and labels. That's it, that's the pitch.
If you're an artist who needs songs, or a label with a slot to fill and a deadline that's already uncomfortable, that's exactly the work we want. Co-writes, full songs, top-line, lyric fixes on something that's nearly there, all of it.
Send us what you've got. Even if it's barely anything.
