American singer-songwriter John Grant talks to The Ticket about the music behind his dark, synth-driven second album, Pale Green Ghosts, his collaboration with Sinéad O'Connor, his HIV diagnosis earlier this year, synths in his cereal and inspiring drives down Colorado highways.





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