Sawdust in My Veins is the debut solo studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter James Grant, released in the UK by Survival Records on 27 April 1998.

[4][5] In a 1998 interview with Teletext, Grant said in response to the suggestion that the album is full of "melancholy ballads", "I don't mean to be miserable; it's just how the songs come out really.

"[9] James McNair of Mojo felt the album showed Grant's songwriting "at its zenith", adding that his "Scott Walker-deep voice [has] matured to perfection and his guitar playing as tasteful as ever".

[10] Tom Ferguson of Music & Media felt Grant had "finally made the album his admirers always believed he was capable of" and praised it as an "impeccably played and sung set".

He felt some of the album was reminiscent of "the silky Steely Dan-isms" of Love and Money, but added that "Grant's first solo outing is a more personal, mature work".