Toronto – A lot of people like to classify music according to music genre – it’s electro, goth, indie-rock, twee, folk-pop. While that itself is quite informative, I like to classify music based on mood and time. For example, I would classify She & Him as spring time afternoon picnic music. Death From Above 1979 would be my ‘pre-game get ready to kick some ass music’ and so on. In this case, Glass Candy is the classic ‘it’s 2am, I don’t know where I am and looking at the dense city landscape’ type of music. Similar to the XX in that aspect. The Portland duo has been releasing records for most of the past decade, but it was their 2008 album Deep Gems that caught my attention.
With sleazy late night bass lines and minimal instrumentation, the music relies mostly on Ida No’s high pitched yet hazy voice and it works nicely together to give you that “late night too tired for the next day” vibe, which makes them perfect for a Thursday night 1 am Wrongbar show. They also sample Geto Boys in one of their songs, the appropriately named Geto Boys.
Highly recommended. Be there early.
Glass Candy – Candy castle by Magnet
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