8.4
Contact: august@novo.net
Web: shiningglass.bandcamp.com/album/yellow-purple
Seeking: Review
Style: Indie Rock
There’s a foreboding, sinister feel to Tucson, AZ indie band Shining Glass’ “Drawing Flies.” That, despite the apparent simplicity of the musicianship. Or perhaps because of it. There’s a chant-like quality and a magnificent drone to songs like “Three Died” and “Bald King of the Old World” that is both beautiful and horrifying, like a Lynch movie (RIP).
But it’s utterly addictive. When the discomfort is amped up, it’s impossible not to feel drawn in. Meanwhile, Drew Johnson’s voice, in harmony with his bandmates, is quite hypnotic. Like the Arizona desert, it’s all both bleak and gorgeous.
