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It's been four years since Cherry Glazerr released her resplendent third album. Filled and Readybut Clementine Creevy has been in no hurry. “I've spent these years taking a hard look at myself, my relationships, and writing about it.” she says. “I guess I'm accepting a lot of my nonsense.”
Cherry Glazerr has been on the road mostly since Creevy was still in high school, and when the pandemic hit, she sank into a static existence she had been deprived of. “When you're always gone, you don't have a clear idea of where your relationships are, whether they're romantic or not. You’re not thinking about the work that goes into maintaining them.” she says.
Creevy describes Cherry Glazerr's ambitious new album, I do not love you anymore, as some of his most personal and raw music to date, a collection of songs that delve into this period of self-recognition. It's the first time he's produced since Cherry Glazerr's garage rock debut. princess haxel, released almost a decade ago when Creevy was a teenager. That album made Cherry Glazerr a major Los Angeles act, and her 2017 follow-up. Apocalypseput it on the national map.
Cherry Glazerr's harsh, tumultuous sound, coupled with Creevy's witty, sarcastic, and occasionally self-deprecating lyricism, made her a joy to watch live, her energy incomparable to the cold, detached slant of indie rock at the time.
Creevy describes I do not love you anymore as a “ripe” album, more in reference to his personal growth than a reflection of the album, which in true Cherry Glazerr style is best described as Extremely Fun. To do so, Creevy teamed up with producer Yves Rothman, best known for his work with Yves Tumor. “I knew I had to work with him.” she says. The collaboration began with a cover of Metallica's “My Friend of Misery” and grew into this new album, which Creevy calls Cherry Glazerr, completely updated. “The songs in this are songs that I have dreamed of making,” she says.
Lead single “Soft Like a Flower” exemplifies that growth. A murky guitar riff opens the track, before Creevy's off-guard vocals enter the mix. He sings about a consuming obsession and is joined in the chorus by his bandmate Sami Pérez. “I'm high on your something” they lament. “I like you to kill me/I like you to kill me/I like you to kill me.” It is proudly emotive, what Creevy calls a “Moment of evanescence.” “It's a real 'losing your shit' feeling.” she says. “I wanted this album to be just heart and soul. “Completely exposed.”
I do not love you anymore uses the element of surprise to your advantage; each track is a radical reimagining of what Cherry Glazerr is and can be. “Bad Habit” begins with a spiraling vocal loop that Creevy began recording at home and expands into a delirious, downtempo dance track without even invoking a guitar.
“I can't wait to play it live. Whenever I don't have a guitar and I can just sing… I love having those moments on tour.” she says. The next song, “Ready for You”, is sung in a funky staccato and the initially redundant bass line in the opening verse is eventually overtaken by a massive, static guitar riff that reminds you that this is, at its core, an album of rock. “At the beginning of the pandemic, I was writing a lot on the snare drum, what I call 'computer music' because I'm technologically challenged.” Creevy says. “It was fun to experiment, but after a while, I really missed rock. I love rock music; I love how cathartic, daring and sometimes a little silly she is.”
While Cherry Glazerr's latest offers insight into Creevy's private moments, it's also a humorous album, one she hopes people won't take too seriously. “Making this record was really therapeutic, but it's also self-aware and, I hope, fun.” she says. On “Touched You With My Chaos,” the loudest song on the album that calls for a scream, Creevy becomes a wildly dramatic narrator, one who slashes the tires on her own car, accompanied by strings and the unexpected squawk of a trumpet. She wrote it after watching Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin and wanted to mimic the feeling of desperation that the film inspires. “I said I loved you!” she howls over and over in the chorus.
Movies have always played a role in Creevy's songwriting, and many of the songs that appear I do not love you anymore can be described visually. When she wrote “Sugar,” Creevy imagined playing it in a dark, seedy club, and her deadpan voice reflected the somber atmosphere. “That song tickles the part of my brain that loves to drive late at night.” she says. They are songs that provide a soundtrack to the listener's life, a score that adapts to any occasion. The title track makes a promise to another anonymous person, but the lyrics repeated in the bridge could easily serve as a love letter to listeners: “In the end, you always hug me.”
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