Alt-rock artist GRANDSON hit Manchester Academy on Thursday evening with two clear agendas – to make the room tremble from the sheer volume of the bass, and to unify the crowd in channelling their frustrations against the current state of the world. It is undeniable that across the globe, we as a population are experiencing within real-time a terrifying period of history. Music is an escape – live music, for many individuals, can feel like a brief window of reprieve for th