{"id":67871,"date":"2018-08-01T18:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=67871"},"modified":"2018-07-31T21:07:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T20:07:51","slug":"review-no-better-it-felt-like-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-no-better-it-felt-like-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: No Better – It Felt Like Glass"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>No Better<\/strong>‘s Facebook handle may be ‘NoBetterSadSongs’, but that isn’t an accurate descriptor for the California band’s work on debut LP –\u00a0‘It Felt Like Glass’<\/em>. This is emo-tinged with indie influences and gleaming with the sheen expected of a group recently signed to No Sleep Records, and it is overwhelmingly happy.<\/p>\n

Singer, guitarist and lyricist Josh Olivier’s goal of self-betterment and development through the process of songwriting has resulted in music, which is refreshing in its positivity and crafted with joy.<\/p>\n

‘Poise & Light’<\/em> doesn\u2019t so much encourage optimism as fanatically yearns for it to pervade all areas of life \u2013 when Olivier yells “I want to walk with poise and light”,<\/em> the ambiguous phrase’s meaning is made clear through emphasis.<\/p>\n

If one track sums up the vitality of ‘It Felt Like Glass’<\/em>, it is ‘My Love Says Always’<\/em>, a delightful melting pot of the punky opening verse, multi-instrumental links and staggered hooks. It stands out and sticks even on a first listen through, and it is followed on a second by the catchy, upbeat ‘Remember This’<\/em>.
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