Glasser returns with majestic single 'New Scars'

Glasser   Single ‘New Scars’ out now via One Little Independent Records   Smartlink Youtube Spotify

“Soaring vocals with free-flowing, rhythm-obsessed eclecticism that make for a notably welcoming collection of atmospheric, electronics-brushed pop” – Pitchfork   “It’s Glasser’s sonic constructions which holds our interest first and foremost; a bolder and more up-front sound” – The Line Of Best Fit   “Potent, sexually charged and teeming with life. Make no mistake, this isn’t sex as male-gaze-pandering titillation, packaged in clichéd, chart-friendly couplets, but sex from a singular female perspective: intimate, all-encompassing, ecstatic. This is pop for consenting adults: music for awake minds” – Dazed   Glasser, the elevated electronic project from Cameron Mesirow, returns for the first time since her sublime ‘Sextape’ mix in 2018 with single ‘New Scars’, out now via One Little Independent Records.   As with her past material, ‘New Scars’ is a prismatic impression of emotion. The track is assured, it floats majestically from soft piano-led atmospherics to the rising of epic strings that expand outward endlessly. At the centre of this expanse is Glasser’s singular, exquisite voice that echoes with celestial melancholy. A darkness that surrounds from all sides, but upwards, towards the surface there is a warm light.   She explains that “New Scars was written during the early pandemic days, at the beginning of what would be a larger unravelling. I was spending time in someone else’s empty apartment when we all were considering our homes in a new way. These friends had gone away for months, and I imagined filling their place with love, and wanted everything I made to be about loving. I was afraid, too, so I guess I was trying to comfort myself. It seems like real comfort is always found in acceptance of difficult things, and I wanted to be comforting at the same time I was facing the void”.   The video is made from footage by David Gruber who creates unique constructions that aim to study fragile deep sea life forms without damaging them. The marine biologist from New Jersey is best known for a 2014 study wherein he and colleagues identified more than 180 new species of biofluorescent fish, a ground-breaking find, but he was as interested in the process as in the discovery. He and roboticist Robert Wood teamed up to engineer “squishy robot fingers” that provide a less-invasive means of studying ocean life. He states, “We approach these animals as if they are works of art. Would we cut pieces out of the Mona Lisa to study it? No - we’d use the most innovative tools available. These deep-sea organisms, some being thousands of years old, deserve to be treated with a similar gentleness when we’re interacting with them”.   Mesirow was fascinated by the images captured as well as Gruber’s ethic, and they struck up a quick friendship. She says that “his empathetic approach has a gentle effect on the creatures that he studies.  I came upon it one day and was shocked at the visual. I see tenderness in this video. I see love that is untethered to the human-centric brand of romance and ancestry. I see tenderness that is an atmosphere and not a product. And I see an embrace that encompasses risk and fear as well as curiosity. The jellyfish stays close longer inside the embrace than you expect”.   Born in Boston, raised in the Bay Area by musician parents, Mesirow’s Mother was a founding member of Human Sexual Response, a queer new wave band who performed in the late 70’s into the early 80’s.  She crafted GarageBand demos that pitted her delicate, swooping vocals over sparse electronic rhythms and circular melodies that evoked avant-garde music and global folk at the same time. These tracks made their way to labels True Panther and Young Turks, which released her albums ‘Ring’ in 2010 & ‘Interiors’ in 2013.  She self-released ‘Sextape’, an intimate project that built her production around conversations on formative sexual experiences, to critical acclaim before signing to One Little Independent.   Recently Glasser has performed as a duo called AUERGLASS with the artist Tauba Auerbach at SF MoMA on a two person pump organ that they designed together. The Auerglass Organ was built in 2009 and made its debut at Dietsch Projects in NYC.  Along the way Glasser has performed at MoMA, PS1, The Walker Arts Center, moCa, Coachella, Primavera, Latitude, Field Day, etc.  She has toured with the XX and Sigur Rós' Jónsi.   Production credits   Song by Glasser Production Glasser and Patrick Ford  Mixed by Chris Elms Video by David Gruber and Robert Wood Font by Glasser   Art credit: David Gruber   Photo credit: Shaun Macdonald   Follow Glasser   Facebook Twitter Instagram Spotify