Premiere: brother bird Shares New Single “quitter”
New album another time Out March 8th via Easy Does It Records
March 05, 2024
Photo: Chris Bauer
Under the moniker brother bird, indie singer/songwriter Caroline Glaser debuted in 2018 with her self-titled EP and followed it up in 2021 with her first full-length album. gardens, which conjures up a set of gauzy and melodic songwriting touches and weaves them into poignant lyrical confessions. Most recently, Glaser returned last year with a string of new singles, teasing her upcoming sophomore album, another time. The full record will be released later this week, and ahead of the album's release, Glaser shares a final single, “quitter,” to be premiered with Under the Radar.
The record's previous singles found Glaser occupying familiar territory, offering shades of nostalgia, raw lyrical musings, and even glimpses of sublime melodic bliss. Instead, “quitter” hits harder, supporting Glaser's shimmering vocal tone with rumbling bass, heavy guitars and heavy percussion. Rather than intimate or elaborate, the results feel shadowy and tenuous, laced with an unsettling undercurrent. At the same time, Glaser also dresses the track in soaring harmonies and horn blasts, giving the track a sense of contrast and understated catchiness that runs alongside the magnetic grooves.
Glaser says of the track, “This song has a bit more groove than the rest of the record – which I think is important. He recovered very quickly. I actually wrote it on the piano at the same time I wrote “something better”… they have similar feelings. Jake Cochran (Illiterate Light) and Tim Bruns came and watched it with me a few days later. It was basically just me singing whole notes on a piano… that floated around the melody. I'm still figuring out the structure of the song. Be comfortable with it. They had a lot of space to fuck and try different things. I knew I wanted some kind of horn, and I knew I wanted it to sound pretty big and kind of mean. I couldn't have picked better guys to experiment with. We all felt that day that we had something really strange and special. Excited for people to finally hear it”
Check out the song and video below. another time is due for release on March 8 via Easy Does It Records. Brother Bird will also join Dustin Kensrue on his national US tour starting April 24th in Austin. Check out their tour dates below.
Spring US tour with Dustin Kensrue
04/24 – Austin, TX @ The Parish
04/25 – Dallas, TX @ Sons of Hermann Hall
04/27 – Orlando, Florida @ The Social
04/28 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
04/29 – Nashville, TN @ Eastside Bowl
05/01 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
05/02 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
05/03 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
05/04 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
05/06 – Lakewood, OH @ Mahall's
07/05 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
08/05 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
05/09 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
05/11 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre
05/12 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Commonwealth
05/14 – Seattle, Washington @ Neumos
05/15 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
05/17 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
05/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
05/19 – Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory
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