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Podcast Episode
Season
Thirteen
number
667
Type
Album Review
Post Date
7/11/2023

Glide

667 Open Up & Croon by Glide

Open Up & Croon

Label
The Hypnotized Label
Release year
1995
Producer
Paul McKercher

Jangly American and Australian indie rock meets UK shoegaze and dream pop on Glide's 1995 debut album Open Up and Croon

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The story of Glide is one of potential cut short with the death of lead singer William Arthur before the end of the decade. Commanding a voice with equal parts sneer and croon, the appropriately titled debut Open Up & Croon from 1995 manages to fuse a variety of sounds into a coherent vision. Jangly acoustic guitars accompany fuzzed electrics and a potent rhythm section across the twelve tracks that range from the uptempo title track opener to a wide array of moods, from the Westerbergian "Why You Asking?" to the more dramatic twists in turns on the back-half of the album like "Caterwaul" and closer "Picking At Your Paws."

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Songs in this episode

  • Intro - He Sees A Way
  • 14:30 - Caterwaul
  • 18:21 - Line
  • 21:59 - Why You Asking?
  • 27:43 - Spin Doctor
  • 31:36 - Open Up and Croon
  • Outro - Something

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