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Glacier Premiere Video for “Though They be Red Like Crimson, They Shall be as Wool”; New Album out Now

Posted in Bootleg Theater on October 5th, 2017 by JJ Koczan

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Last week, Boston post-metallic five-piece Glacier marked the vinyl release of their properly punctuated second full-length, Though Your Sins be as Scarlet, They Shall be White as Snow; Though They be Red Like Crimson, They Shall be as Wool., basking in a long-running tradition of forward thinking atmospheric heft native to New England and the greater Northeast. Of course that lineage goes back to the early days of Isis‘ formative churn, but Glacier seem to find even more common ground with groups like Rosetta from Philly, defunct Brooklynites Red Sparowes, or Russian Circles from Chicago as regards their method of conjuring ambient wash and presenting it with patient, longform fluidity. They hit the half-decade mark this year, and as their emergent penchant for cumbersome titles demonstrates, their approach is both mature and still very much geared toward a future, longer-term progressive evolution.

That’s admirable as far as ethos is concerned, but ultimately says little about the music. In that, the cerebral approach of the triply-guitarred Glacier — comprised of the first-names-only lineup of Dooley, Matthew, Derek, Ryan and Jesse — finds them crafting graceful textures of airy layering, driven intermittently by heavier stretches. The album derives its lengthy glacier though your sins be as scarletname from its two likewise lengthy inclusions, “Though Your Sins be as Scarlet, They Shall be White as Snow” (12:58) and “Though They be Red Like Crimson, They Shall be as Wool” (15:31), and while the risk a band invariably runs in creating such headphone-ready immersiveness of wash lies in pulling out the human aspect of their sound, Glacier have found a way to directly work against this in their new video for the longer side B piece. And it’s something of a classic idea as well: They perform the song live. I know — pretty crazy, right?

While you’re filing the concept under ‘what’ll they think of next?,’ make sure to actually check out the clip for “Though They be Red Like Crimson, They Shall be as Wool.” Captured by Treebeard Media and filmed at The Record Co. in Boston, it’s a familiar enough band-in-a-room-rocking-out form, but the instrumental fluidity of what Glacier do comes through unabated in the recording, and as it’s a little bit rawer than the version on the album proper, it’s got more of an impact to it as well, which only enhances the several peaks in volume and intensity. Still headphone-worthy, but with no shortage of heft behind it either, the song is all the more resonant for the passion behind it that becomes so obvious in watching the band play. Nicely done all the way around.

Glacier‘s Though Your Sins be as Scarlet, They Shall be White as Snow; Though They be Red Like Crimson, They Shall be as Wool. is available now, from the group directly and from Kapitän Platte in Europe. The band offers some comment on the track below and some more background, as well as upcoming live dates.

Please enjoy:

Glacier, “Though They be Red Like Crimson, They Shall be as Wool” official video premiere

Glacier on “Though They be Red Like Crimson, They Shall be as Wool”:

“We’re excited to have this video to serve as an accompaniment to our new record. As a group, we tend to stray away from anything that doesn’t highlight the music. That being said, we utilized the resources we had to invite the listener to watch us play the latter half of the record. The idea was that we really wanted whoever might be interested to experience the feeling of intimacy of being in a room with us while we play. This marks the only time you’ll see Glacier live without going deaf.”

Glacier’s track “Though They Be Red Like Crimson, They Shall Be as Wool” performed live at The Record Co. in Boston, MA. Engineered by Jesse Vengrove and Corey Wade at The Record Co. Assisted by Matt Cohen. Mixed and Mastered by Benny Grotto at Mad Oak Studios. Camera Operators Stephen Lo Verme, Erin Genett, Jenny Berman, and Matt Cohen. Editing and Color by Stephen Lo Verme. No Happy Music, The Record Company, Treebeard Media.

Bio:
Formed in Boston in 2012, Glacier is a five-piece instrumental band whose music fully embodies their name: a crushingly loud and unrelenting force. After releasing dual sophomore records (‘Black Beacon’ and ‘Kirtland’) in 2014, Glacier played heavily in the northeast/New England area with friends such as Astronoid, Pray for Sound, Infinity Shred, Destroyer Of Light, Horseburner, Isenordal, Harris, InAeona, KYOTY, and Sea. The band has built a reputation for being an honest and hardworking band in the music community.

In July of 2017, Glacier released a new LP titled “Though Your Sins Be As Scarlet, They Shall Be White as Snow; Though They be Red Like Crimson, They Shall Be As Wool.” Clocking in at just under 28-minutes, the two song LP (recorded at Converse Rubber Tracks and mastered at Hills Audio) is currently available for streaming/download as well as vinyl in the U.S. through No Happy Music and in Europe through Kapitän Platte. The new tracks are the most focused and powerful songs the band has written and are the clearest representation of what they’ve set out to do from the beginning.

Glacier live:
Oct 09 Charlie’s Kitchen Cambridge MA w/ Pray for Sound, Set
Oct 28 Dungeon of Doom Peterborough NH
Nov 17 O’Brien’s Pub Allston MA w/ SEA, Pray for Sound

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