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21 January 2024

Artists: THE GLASS HOURS
Who: American songwriters Brad Armstrong and Megan Barbera.
Their music blurs between Sunday afternoon country-folk and
the golden age of the 1970s.

New single: SAME OLD YOU
Track from their self-titled nine-song debut album,
out on March 1st via Cornelius Chapel Records.

Barbera: “‘Same Old You’ started out as a straightforward observation of how hard it can be to change, even when we keep hitting the same proverbial wall. It then evolved into a diary of sorts about life on the road as a musician. As is often the case, the monetary yield of creativity turns out to be much slimmer than the soul yield. But in the end, we make art because we’re called to the process, and that’s really the spirit of the album.”

Amstrong: “Touring has always been pretty rough. Surprise. We used to stay at campgrounds to keep the money in the gas tank. There was always something so beautiful and romantic about that and about the lies we tell ourselves to justify keeping on with it. Reminds me of
a line by Oberst about some sad singers playing tragic. But that doesn’t make it any less true.”

TUTV: Goosebumps all the way. Same Old You is a crystalline lullaby with a melancholic country aroma. Tender, moony, and enticing. The endearing duet vocals and melancholic guitar sparks augment the soul-stirring effect of this bittersweet humdinger.

It’s a candlelight pearl, a heart-warming companion on these freezing winter nights. Romanticism in motion. Think of the quietest moments of Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten and Willie Nelson. Beautiful. Just beautiful.

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