The Gluons
Something old, something new
As of right now, I have Cinderella on my mind. I’m not talking about the fairy tale, nor the Disney movie, but rather glam rockers Cinderella, from Philadelphia. They’ve shoved through the deepest recesses of my memories right up into my current thought patterns because of the title of their famous power ballad Don’t Know What You’ve Got then in parenthesis Till It’s Gone.
Why am I thinking about a sappy 80’s power ballad? I’m not; it’s just every time that adage comes to mind I get these mental images of Tom Keifer sitting silhouetted at a baby grand, with a rippling sunset-washed lake in the background. You know, like in the video?
So anyway, this stream of consciousness took root when I listened to The Modern Late At Nights by The Gluons, and it made me realise just how much tape hiss has been lacking in my life. Oh, how I took it for granted! Tape hiss, back in the day, was gorgeous, and when deftly used became an intricate ally in the definition of one’s sound. Which is exactly what The Gluons succeeded in doing, giving their catchy 1960’s flavoured garage-bred pop-rock that grubby, distorted fuzz that challenges you to full-on hum the catchy hook with the crunchy crinkling. Singer Andrew Ashbrook’s vocals sift through all the scraping noise and synth loops, and still manages to convey enough flounce to understand that these guys know what they’re doing. Lo-fi strikes back with a fistful of art.
In essence, as digital recording allows for pristine sound, making music go through a complete Lysol-isation, it’s good to know some folks don’t fear germs enough to keep us from getting dirty with them.
MP3: The Gluons - The Modern Late At Nights
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