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Angela Owens

Ned Russin of Glitterer.

This solo act, created by Pennsylvanian Ned Russin, weaves together different threads of ’00s rock and pop to create a fresh sound for this decade. “Destiny,” from the recently released project Looking Through The Shades, combines the distorted guitar of alt-rock and grunge, the soft synth of bedroom pop, and the shout-sung vocals of emo to create something that is both an homage to the past and something undeniably its own.

press release:  Glitterer shares a new video for the song “1001” from the album Looking Through The Shades Out July 12 on ANTI-.

Looking Through The Shades was recorded in the cozy carpeted basement of the Russin family home, in Kingston, Pa., and co-produced by indie-rock prodigy Alex Giannascoli (also known as (Sandy) Alex G) and the Arthur Rizk (Code Orange, Power Trip, Sumerlands, the 2018 Grammy Awards). The album contains Glitterer’s best-yet sonics and songs; it has been constructed in such a way as to evince a spirit — co-operative, semi-schizophrenic, greater than the sum of its parts — that is proper to rock bands and that is inaccessible to even the least self-involved Soundcloud rappers and bedroom artists. Simply put, Looking Through The Shades is the sound of a group of people playing music, together, in a room. Meanwhile, the lyrics are still reluctantly but rigorously self-aware, the choruses are still habit-formingly catchy, and the arrangements still carry not an ounce of excess fat.