{"id":95625,"date":"2024-02-26T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=95625"},"modified":"2024-02-25T19:46:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T19:46:53","slug":"song-of-the-day-glimmer-buried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/song-of-the-day-glimmer-buried\/","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Day: Glimmer – ‘Buried’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Formed less than a year ago, New York newcomers\u00a0Glimmer<\/strong> have not wasted any time, producing three singles so far. The latest comes in the form of ‘Buried’<\/em>. \u00a0Awashed with fuzzed-out guitars and swirling reverb, the track prospers with urgency, allowing the quartet to showcase their brand of “grungegaze”.<\/p>\n

Jeff Moore’s timid vocals ideally blend into his and Johnny Nicholls’ surging guitars, with the rhythmic duo of Kevin Dobbins (bass) and Jaye Moore (drums) adding to\u00a0‘Buried’<\/em> distorted wall of sound in its chorus.<\/p>\n

“Buried is about being at your lowest point in life and wanting to escape from everything, including yourself. It’s a figurative take on the only way to do that,”<\/em> explains Glimmer<\/strong> frontman Jeff Moore. “It was written fairly quickly but a lot of work was put into making it sound the way it does. It was influenced by all of the bands I had been listening to at the time (like Nothing and Narrow Head) plus some of my favorites from the ’90s. I think I was listening to a lot of The Cure at that time as well.”<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s understandable to see why Moore would identify bands such as Nothing<\/strong><\/a> and Narrow Head<\/strong> as influences. However, pioneering shoegaze band\u00a0My Bloody Valentine<\/strong> and college rockers\u00a0Dinosaur Jnr<\/strong> can also be heard in\u00a0‘Buried’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The latter band can also be heard on the track’s accompanying b-side. ‘Daydream’<\/a><\/em>, counters\u00a0‘Buried’<\/em>s immediacy with a gentler approach with hushed vocals and clean guitars taking control early on.\u00a0 It eventually gives way to a stirring guitar solo that comfortably dwells in a grunge\/90’s alt-rock vein.<\/p>\n

Even though this is only\u00a0Glimmer<\/strong>‘s third single, both\u00a0‘Buried’<\/em> and\u00a0‘Daydream’<\/em> show they’re capable of exploring their sound, effortlessly providing a tonal shift. Having worked with producer Jeff Berner on both tracks along with past single, the grunge-heavy\u00a0‘Self Destroyed’<\/em>,\u00a0Glimmer\u00a0<\/strong>are working on a debut full-length. They hope to release it later this year.<\/p>\n