Gliss - Love The Virgins (c) 2007 Cordless Recordings
Artist....: Gliss
Album.....: Love The Virgins
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 13
Genre.....: Indie
Label.....: Cordless Recordings
Catalogue#: CDL75P
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.myspace.com/gliss
Tracklist:
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01 Gimme The Hit 03:15
02 Blue Sky 03:08
03 Huh What 03:07
04 Innocent Eyes 04:15
05 Love The Virgins 02:50
06 Off To Bed 04:08
07 Make Believe 02:49
08 Falling To Pieces 03:36
09 I Want You 04:04
10 Moped 03:07
11 Kissing The Blvd 03:56
12 Fade Away 04:23
13 All You People 09:07
Total:71,8 MB / 51:45 min
Release Notes:
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Gliss conjures up a world where American garage rock meets the swirling
ominous sounds of Berlin's Krautrock.
Once upon a time, Gliss were a four-piece band, plying atmospheric
indie rock to an LA environs swamped with such things. They could've
disappeared into the ether, barely leaving a trace, but instead the
lineup splintered, and a far more magnificent Gliss emerged from the
ashes.
The new look trio, comprising original members Marti Klingman and David
Reiss, and Danish expatriate newcomer Victoria Cecilia, kicked Gliss
out of the doldrums and onto the world stage with two successful tours
of Europe, where most of this album was written and in some cases
recorded. There's a frisson about the band now that was previously
missing, and a jolt of energy that will stun their old fans. This is
obvious on "Huh What?," a raw slab of garage-styled punk, whose raucous
edge echoes of the Seeds and its buzzsaw guitars of the Velvet
Underground. "Blue Sky," in contrast, has all the thrust and power of
the Stooges, and a guitar riff that storms round your brain for days
after. A guitar riff rules "Make Believe" as well, but here it slams
across a fevered piece that's equal parts indie, punk, and arena rock.
Which could describe U2, but it's "Moped" whose chiming guitars brings
that band's early career to mind;
kick that style to stadium size, add some droning guitar and dense
atmosphere to the mix, and you've got "Fade Away." Of course, no one
conjured up atmospheres like the Cure, and "Innocent Eyes" pays homage
to their marvelous dream-drenched style. Here, Gliss also musically
acknowledge their own past, while simultaneously giving their sound a
crescendoing majesty never remotely reached in the past. "Kissing the
Boulevard" follows Robert Smith and his crew into tougher climes, then
takes it a step further, expanding the sound, hiking up the energy, and
dragging ethereal atmospheres straight into the rock realm. The set
ends with the haunting "All You People," a bottom heavy number balanced
by superbly moody slide guitar. All told,
Love the Virgins is a phenomenal journey that explores myriad moods and
nuances, some delicately shadowed, others drenched in thunderous rock
roars. No wonder Gliss are already darlings of the Euro-scene; now it's
about time they received some hometown recognition as well.