Listen out for tracks from the beautiful new Sankt Otten album Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder on the Ambience show on WWUH this Sunday. If you live in Connecticut, USA tune in to 91.3 FM from 9am to 1pm, or visit their website to stream the show.
“The Slow Attack EP is one of the best tastes of good pop to come along this year. Layered, shimmering confections abound, but never sickly sweet. Glassacre demonstrate over these five tracks a command of the atmospheric; ‘Always Further Away’ and ‘Asleep in the Lake’ are the kind of tunes that evoke images of how great it is to feel alive, which is what the best pop on both sides of the Atlantic have always provided. Smart and whimsical, well-crafted and spontaneous. The single, ‘Swimming in Greece,’ tops that Pop Chart in the sky where talent counts. Like a dreamy Big Star, Glassacre’s Slow Attack is life-affirming music at its cheeky best. Here the tracks open doors to memory, reassurance and hope, delivered with comforting hooks and harmonies. Flea once said that there is nothing more serious than having fun; after listening to Glassacre, I would also add being reminded to be happy to that short list of things serious.”
Glassacre’s brilliant Slow Attack EP has just received a glowing review over at Music Emissions, and their stunning new single ‘September 16th’ has just featured on the latest Electrical Language podcast (no. 102). Rest assured that their eagerly awaited debut album Without Sleep will be released in the first half of 2008…
Excerpt: “strong evidence for the innovation still thriving in the genre, stated with real focus and conviction… Monocle do well to set themselves aside from any serious sound-alikes, calling upon the cool melodies of jazz, enforcing a danceable tempo and pouring it all into the classic verse-chorus structure. The end result is fantastic - managing to showcase excellent musicianship, whilst still displaying potential to catalyze the dance floor… As the album progresses into the second half, the sound takes a turn towards the more daring and different… The band manage to slot their sound into these changes perfectly, without forcing an “experimental” feel or disrupting the start-to-finish flow… Overall, Outer Sunset really is a solid record; one that displays much accomplished, with a lot to potentially achieve in future efforts.”
