
A new album release from Glimtvis gives off a warm and honest approach in the form of vibrant and character-riddled Americana rock singles that delve into subgenres like contemporary pop and more but these songs tell stories and come from a personal perspective so you end up getting very attached to the lyrics of them as well and you can tell after a few tracks that all of these songs seem to come from someplace genuine.
The Nashville Confessions is an album that really gives pieces of oneself and some of these songs feel so relatable that you feel like they could have served as part of the soundtrack to a certain chapter in your own life and I feel like that's an amazing connection to be made musically.
The guitar tone across this record is outstanding and really helps pinpoint the aesthetic that this record was looking for along with these bountiful and robust vocal harmonies throughout the record coming from both parts and it just oozes soul and personality from beginning to end so there is so much to soak in that the record actually ends up being a sort of escape from your own reality.
You don't always come across a record that pulls you away from your surroundings and puts you into these stories and these situations, but this record certainly does and when it's over, you have to snap yourself out of it.
This is like a gift musically to be honest because it's such a rarity these days.
We live in such a single-based society which there's no problem with, but I come from a time where you would hear a song on the radio and then you go by the album and when you listen to the full record you got an experience along with it.
And this album gives me that same feeling because it serves that same purpose. These are stories that are being told and they're being performed with soul and heart and that's the kind of thing that makes a record special.
Now, having said all that, there is an abundance of a sort of heavy rock backbone throughout the record as well that I quite enjoy. It had a little bit of edge and added an impact to the songs as well right where it needs them because none of it is really over the top but instead, perfectly balanced so that the record has this dynamic that serves its purpose.
What gets me is the energy levels as well. And recorded, which is all incredibly well done here because everything is polished, clean, crisp, but also full-bodied.
It's also about the performance and this is possibly the most important aspect of the whole thing.
The performances on this record are authentic and that's what grabs you, and wraps itself around you, and keeps you right where it wants to.
That's really the thing that makes the stories and the songs so connective.
Some of these songs come through so wash with such amazing instrumentation and electric energy that it becomes quickly infectious.
Of course, you can hear Americana and southern soul and tons of this stuff, probably even the entire record but there's a lot more than that to it and there are layers to be peeled back here.
This may have been honest and genuine, but it was also a lot of fun, and some songs are insanely danceable, while other ones leave hooks and courses bouncing around in your head for hours or even days after the songs have ended and the only way to satiate that is to go and listen to them again.
This whole record was a damn good time and it was a lot to soak in but I would highly suggest listening to the full album from beginning to end simply because if you listen to one or two tracks only, it may give you a bit of a hint of what you can expect but, does not give you the full spectrum of what the album has to offer as a whole.
So, there would be a lot to miss out on there.
Check this record out as soon as you can, listen to the whole thing through because it's worth your time. It's about 45 minutes or less so trust me, you have that time, listen to it on the drive home from work.
See how this record affects you because it will affect you in some way.
Remember where you heard it first.
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