Scarlet Tongues

THE GLASS HOURS – Wholehearted Country Folk Duo Touch Heart And Soul With Their Self-Titled Debut Album

Posted on by JL

1 March 2024


Album cover

Artists: THE GLASS HOURS

Who: Seasoned American songwriters Brad Armstrong and Megan Barbera.
Their music blurs between Sunday afternoon country-folk and the golden age
of the 1970s. Combining influences from Megan’s mountain roots and Brad’s southern roots, The Glass Hours is currently based in New York’s Hudson Valley. Prior to start the project, they have written, performed and recorded for various independent projects.

Debut album: THE GLASS HOURS

Press info: “The songs go where they want to go; Brad and Megan simply try to stay
out of the way. Although it is nearly impossible, in this new world of niche artistry, not
to pick a genre camp and pitch a tent, The Glass Hours seem intent on trying.

Yet, there is a thread that ties the whole thing together, and that is the constant tension and tapestry of their voices harmonizing. Every song on The Glass Hours was written with the idea of this harmony and interaction, point and counterpoint, between two voices trying to come together as one.”


Photo: Braden Chattman

TUTV: This is the kind of record I love to play at the end of a busy day and after
listening to too much, noisy stuff. The soothing mix of melancholic country, musing
folk, sepia-colored blues, some bluegrass, roots, and pop/rock influences can work magically to slow down your stressed mind, as happens here.

The heroes of the sensitive songs here are the duo’s wholehearted voices, solo or harmonizing together. Armstrong and Barbera are both blessed with a characteristically warm, tender and yearning Americana voice. Of course, you need the right, affective tunes that can entertain people’s ears. There are 9 of them here. All enchanting and heart-and-soul touching. References? Young and old(er) artists such as Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, Lana Del Rey, Willie Nelson, Crystal Gayle, Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris. Impressive, right? You betcha.

Add romanticized stories about all things good and sad, bright and dark in life, and you get a lasting record and sonic companion for quiet moments, away from this world’s rat race.

Get a drink of your choice, dim the lights, sit down,
relax, let the music come to you, and start dreaming.

SINGLES: Hurricane / Scarlet Tongues / Same Old You

– HURRICANE –

– SCARLET TONGUES –

– SAME OLD YOU –

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THE GLASS HOURS: Instagram – Website

THE GLASS HOURS – Emotive Singer-Songwriters Touch With Riveting Reverie ‘SCARLET TONGUES’

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New striking strokes

15 December 2023


photo: Braden Chattman

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: SCARLET TONGUES
Piece from the duo’s self-titled nine-song debut album,
out on 3 Jan 2024 through Cornelius Chapel Records.

Brad Armstrong told Americana UK that “‘Scarlet Tongues’ started as a kind
of call-and-response folk song, then the idea of how that repeated line could mean
different things evolved. It’s a song about chasing something, but always coming
home, or wanting to, anyway. It’s kind of an apology, I guess.“

TUTV: I’m a sucker for melancholic and bittersweet lullabies. And this is one.
A romantic reverie that touches heart and soul with its riveting melody, sparkling acoustic/electric guitar play, lazy drum beats, and warm duet vocals. It has
a Christmassy feel. It’s a sepia-coloured delight. Emotive country at its finest.

Tune in.


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THE GLASS HOURS: Instagram – Website