When you hear music like Β Glare'sβthe wild, loose and woozy drags of guitar; the impossible beauty of it allβwhat kind of landscape presents itself in your mind? Vistas big enough to be forgotten in. Deserts which stretch back to the beginning of time. Infinite horizons melting into pink bokehs. Itβs Texas, isnβt it?Β
Sunset Funeral, the bandβs debut LP (out April 4 on Deathwish Inc. + Sunday Drive Records)Β is a fog of dreamy grief, where feeling supersedes language.Β On first listen, the albumβwhich scans as vast as desert sandβmay overwhelm the senses. But look closer, and youβll find a multiplicity of heavily crushed textures, treasures.
Their latest single, "NΓΌ Burn," is a crunchy and lilting number that harkens back to the bandβs grittier hardcore roots. But even when they deign to go hard, you can hear a softening in Glareβs sound compared to any of their previous releases, as well as an attempt to lean into more traditional pop song structures. The music drifts heavenward, to be sure, though itβs still tethered down by steady foundations. Itβs beautiful. Itβs humid. Itβs delirious. Itβs music made by people whose feelings speak louder than their words.Β
The band shares: "' NΓΌ Burnβ is about how it feels like the world stops when youβre grieving. 'Iβll find you in a new sun, feel a new burn' means finding those we lost in the warmth we feel... Β it'sΒ a big, explosive song and probably our heaviest. When we finished writing it we immediately knew itβd be a single."
Glare, on tour w/ Superheaven:
Apr. 26 Louisville, KY - LDB Fest Apr. 27 Saint Louis, MO - Delmar Hall Apr. 29 Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall
May. 01 Las Vegas, NV - Fremont Country Club May. 02 Los Angeles, CA - The Belasco Theater May. 03 Berkeley, CA - The UC Theatre May. 04 Pomona, CA - The Glass House May. 06 Mesa, AZ - The Nile Theater May. 08 Austin, TX - Emo's May. 09 Dallas, TX - Ferris Wheelers May. 11 Chicago, IL - Metro May. 13 Detroit, MI - The Majestic Theatre May. 14 Toronto, ON - The Opera House May. 16 Philly, PA - Union Transfer May. 17 Boston, MA - Royale May. 20 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel