Patience, Moonbeam

Patience, Moonbeam
Studio album by Great Grandpa
Released	March 28, 2025 (2025-03-28)
Genre	Indie rock [1]
Length	38:15
Label	Run for Cover
Producer	Mike Davis Carrie Goodwin Pat Goodwin Dylan Hanwright Cam LaFlam Al Menne Samuel Rosson
Great Grandpa chronology
Four of Arrows (2019) Patience, Moonbeam (2025)
Singles from Patience, Moonbeam
"Kid" Released: July 22, 2024 "Doom" Released: October 24, 2024 "Junior" Released: January 8, 2025 "Ladybug" Released: February 26, 2025 "Never Rest" Released: March 24, 2025

Patience, Moonbeam is the third studio album by American indie rock group Great Grandpa. It was released on March 28, 2025, by Run for Cover Records. ^[2]

Background

The first release since the group's second album in 2019, Patience, Moonbeam was written by all five members. ^[3] The album's third single, "Junior", was released on January 8, 2025, preceded by previously released singles, "Doom" and "Kid". ^{[4] [5] [6]} "Ladybug", the fourth single, was released on February 26, 2025, followed by the fifth single, "Never Rest", ^[7] on March 24, 2025.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Line of Best Fit	[8]
PopMatters	[9]
Rolling Stone	[1]

Rolling Stone rated the album four stars and described it as "a sonically surprising and structurally unconventional indie rock record." ^[1] Uproxx commented that "Similar to how Alex G put songs like "Bobby" and "Brick" on the same album, Great Grandpa apply that interdisciplinary stylization to their first album in over five years." ^[10]

Stereogum , picking it as its Album of the Week, noted "Patience, Moonbeam expands on the Fourof Arrows template. The songs feel bigger, richer, and more varied, often buoyed by orchestral strings by Abby Gunderson and Jeremiah Moon or pedal steel from Nick Levine." ^[3] Exclaim! remarked "More than emo, more than alt-country, Great Grandpa have made something completely their own by never shying away from exuberance or pain." ^[11]

PopMatters assigned the album a rating of seven out of ten, calling it "really nicely balanced record" and noting that "the songwriting is solid throughout, and Menne's voice is compelling." ^[9] The Line of Best Fit rated the album nine out of ten and stated "The album leans heavier on pedal steel than distortion pedal, but even the deepest, darkest moments crackle with electricity," describing it as "nothing shy of luminous". ^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Sleep"	Pat Goodwin		0:36
2.	"Never Rest"	P. Goodwin	P. Goodwin Dylan Hanwright	4:28
3.	"Junior"	P. Goodwin	P. Goodwin Hanwright	4:00
4.	"Emma"	P. Goodwin	P. Goodwin Hanwright	2:20
5.	"Ladybug"	P. Goodwin Hanwright Al Menne	P. Goodwin Hanwright	3:50
6.	"Kiss the Dice"	Menne	Hanwright	1:44
7.	"Doom"	P. Goodwin	P. Goodwin Hanwright	4:30
8.	"Task"	P. Goodwin Hanwright Menne Mike Davis	Carrie Goodwin P. Goodwin Hanwright Cam LaFlam Menne Davis Samuel Rosson	4:06
9.	"Top Gun"	Hanwright Menne Nick Levine	Hanwright Menne	3:33
10.	"Patience, Moonbeam"	Davis	Davis	0:23
11.	"Ephemera"	LaFlam	Hanwright	3:25
12.	"Kid"	C. Goodwin P. Goodwin Leo Kim	P. Goodwin Hanwright Davis Rosson	5:20
Total length:				38:15

Personnel

Great Grandpa

• Carrie Goodwin – bass (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12), vocals (5)
• Pat Goodwin – guitar, piano, vocals (tracks 2–5, 7, 8, 12); banjo (2, 3, 5, 8), bass (2, 3, 5), programming (5), synthesizer (8), Rhodes solo (11)
• Dylan Hanwright – mixing (all tracks), engineering (tracks 2–10, 12), guitar (2, 3, 5, 7–9, 11, 12), vocals (5), synthesizer (6), bass (11)
• Cam LaFlam – drums (tracks 2–9, 11, 12), percussion (2–5, 7, 8, 12), vocals (5, 11)
• Al Menne – vocals (tracks 2–12); guitar, synthesizer (6, 9); percussion (6), bass (9)

Additional contributors

• Jeremiah Moon – cello (tracks 1–3, 5), engineering (1)
• Jordan Cunningham – engineering (tracks 2–7, 9)
• Nick Levine – guitar (tracks 2, 3, 5, 9), synthesizer (6)
• Abby Gundersen – violin (tracks 2, 3, 5)
• Kurt Henry – vocals (tracks 3, 5)
• Rohan Rangray – vocals (tracks 3, 5)
• Sarah Pasillas – vocals (tracks 3, 5)
• Brenna Kamppi – flute (track 5)
• Malia Seavey – clarinet (track 6)
• Mike Davis – engineering (track 8)
• Samuel Rosson – engineering (track 8)
• Thomas Goodwin – vocals (track 11)

References

1. Bernstein, Jonathan (March 26, 2025). "Great Grandpa's Off-Kilter Epiphanies Hit Home". Rolling Stone . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
2. Kurp, Josh (January 8, 2025). "Great Grandpa Announce A New Album, Patience, Moonbeam". Uproxx . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
3. DeVille, Chris (March 25, 2025). "Album Of The Week: Great Grandpa Patience, Moonbeam". Stereogum . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
4. Kelly, Tyler (January 8, 2025). "Great Grandpa announce first new album in five years, Patience, Moonbeam". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
5. Green, Walden (January 8, 2025). "Great Grandpa Announce New Album, Share New Song "Junior"". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
6. Hatfield, Amanda (January 8, 2025). "Great Grandpa announce new LP Patience, Moonbeam, share "Junior"". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
7. Breihan, Tom (March 24, 2025). "Great Grandpa Share New Song "Never Rest": Listen". Stereogum . Retrieved March 28, 2025.
8. Yarbrough, Will (March 26, 2025). "Great Grandpa: Patience, Moonbeam review – cultivating greatness". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
9. Conaton, Chris (March 25, 2025). "Great Grandpa Mix Acoustic Rock With Welcome Surprises". PopMatters . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
10. Sharples, Grant (March 26, 2025). "Indie Mixtape 20: Great Grandpa Get A Little Country". Uproxx . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
11. Gregory, Allie (March 28, 2025). "Great Grandpa Are Whatever You Need Them to Be on Patience, Moonbeam". Exclaim! . Retrieved March 27, 2025.