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henning(at)musicofglass(dot)com
Glass is infectious. This music doesn't change the world or change music much, but it is well crafted pop music with great instrumentation, vocals and beat. "Mr. Popstar" is a great forward book-end to this collection.
Alla som är trötta på begreppet singer/songwriter räcker upp en hand. Jag sa räcker upp en hand, inte slutar läsa. Men lugn, jag håller med. Hade jag inte skrivit det här hade jag förmodligen slutat läsa själv. Men då och då kommer det något inom sagda genre som inte bara fångar örat utan också tar sig hela vägen in i hjärtat. Som stockholmsduon Glass.
Låtskrivaren, keyboardisten och sångaren Henning Axelsson och gitarristen Robert Säll gör vad singer/songwriters brukar göra; de skriver låtar och framför dem utan större gester och utan att utmärka sig. Men de gör det alldeles, alldeles utmärkt. De använder sig av en i sammanhanget lite udda harmonik som känns både egen och samtidigt alldeles naturlig. Fundamentet är pop, en synnerligen, i all sin nakenhet, välarrangerad och uttrycksfull sådan, men det går även att spåra en stor kärlek för Brill Building och Burt Bacharachs låtskrivarkonst i det lilla.
Musiken är skör och intagande utan att bli mesig och Axelssons veka, men samtidigt charmerande röst bygger upp mörka men hoppfulla vinterstämningar som oerhört smakfullt accentueras av Sälls flinka gitarrspel och ibland av klockspel och ljuva kvinnliga stämmor. ’Somehow Far Away är’, med sitt Twin Peaks-liknande arrangemang en rysare, och ’Tongue Stuck On Ice’ förtjusande med en refräng som långsamt stegrar sig upp genom vinternatten. Vem vet, kanske ända till stjärnorna.
Glass: one part singer songwriter, one part band. Glass a duo from Sweden combines the band and singer/songwriter categories and make it a simple yet original combo. I compare almost all the Glass songs to taking an 80's am catchy radio hit and symplifying it to it's bare essentials and you there you have a catchy, moody, beautiful little Glass number. Simple, smooth and delightfully good, a Glass that is always on the half full side.
25/7 Countryside Festival, Örebro län - 19/7 Angsjön Festival - 18/5 Release, Allt ljus på oss (Samlingsskiva), Akkurat - 8/5 Bara Vi - 24/4 Vanadis restaurang - 3/4 Bara Vi - 28/3 Café mineur, Stora nygatan, Gamla stan - 11/3 Bara Vi - 6/3 Vanadis restaurang - 12/2 Bara Vi -
15/11 Bara vi - 9/11 Kjellsons - 2/11 Kjellsons - 1/11 Vanadis restaurant - 26/10 Kjellsons - 25/10 Bara vi - 19/10 Kjellsons - 20/9 Bara vi - 10/8 Private Party - 30/6 Lycksele Music Festival - 10/5 Bara vi - 28/4 Restaurangen - 22/3 Bara vi bar - 1/3 Bara vi bar - 16/2 Stereo Lounge -
10/12 Nytorget vintermarknad - 1/12 Restaurangen - 29/11 Alcazar - 15/11 Bara vi bar - 31/8 Underbara bar - 30/6 Restaurangen - 18/5 Underbara Bar -
5/10 Jam Akustiskt - 20/5 Café Williams - 28/4 Patricia night live - 14/2 Bara Bistro Bar -
6/11 Attac-fest(privat)
Music of Glass second full length album "Why State The Obvious" is more bitter a more raw than the debut Life Lines.
The band has taken a step further in sound and feel.
Dotty Blue - Vocals Franco Santonione - Guitar Marika Willstedt - Cello David Bryntesson - Trumpet Mikael Emsing - Percussion
Music of Glass: one part singer songwriter, one part band. Music of Glass from Sweden combines the band and singer/songwriter categories and make it a simple yet original combo. I compare almost all the Music of Glass songs to taking an 80's am catchy radio hit and symplifying it to it's bare essentials and you there you have a catchy, moody, beautiful little Music of Glass number. Simple, smooth and delightfully good, a Glass that is always on the half full side.
Liselott Berglund - backup vocals Angelica Thelin - backup vocals Kristina Axelsson - backup vocals Andreas Rydman - lapsteel guitar Jonas Knutsson - baritone saxophone Per "Ruskträsk" Johansson - alto saxophone Anders Niska - alto saxophone Mats Agnelid - trombone Martin Lood - trumpet and flugelhorn Anna Rodell - violin Åsa Stove Paulsson - viola Josef Cabrales - viola Håkan Westlund - cello Andreas Kjäll - Horn arrangements Marcus Fjellström - String arrangement
Listen to our music through the myspace page: www.myspace.com/musicofglass
Buy our music at klicktrack: www.klicktrack.com/dlp
Music of Glass started out as a band during the winter of 2004. Henning met Robert through some of their mutual friends, and through his gut feeling he asked if he liked to start a band with him after meeting shortly a couple of times. They ended up recording 7 of Henning's original compositions as a demo in Roberts flat and arranged the songs together. The music turned out to be melodic pop with influences from all kinds of music they liked. Some influenced by the American songwriter tradition, some with a touch of 60s brittish pop or jazz.
In the year of 2005 things started to roll for Glass. At this time Glass decided to make an album and brought the friends Christopher Anderzon and Henrik Ståhlberg in to join. In february 2006, after year of recording and mixing, the recording was done - Life lines.
Henning Axelsson - lead and backupvocals, keyboards Robert Säll - acoustic and electric guitars Christopher Anderzon - bass Henrik Ståhlberg - drums
Hello folks!
It’s time for us to announce two releases.
- You’re looking at it right now; The new Music of Glass homepage. It’s playful and wants to be explored. So go ahead, drag and drop your way through the menu.
- Record release of our album ”Why State the Obvious” on september the 26th in Stockholm. It’s a co-release with the fantastic band Dotty Blue myspace.com/dottyblue. It’s going to be a great evening. Stay updated for place and time.