New Music Initative 065: Glint
Jun. 1st, 2016 06:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23One of the reasons I have a blog is to promote new bands to my (ever decreasing) audience. I have been actively searching (if not blogging) in 2016. I find that I still find most of my music through DJ-created playlists (usually via Iowa Public Radio) as opposed to "modern" techniques like algorithm-based websites.
Glint is one of my favorite discoveries of the year. The brain child of New York musician Jase Blankfort.
The type of music Glint makes is probably not everyone's cup of tea here. It's synth based and more pop than rock. Some people dismiss this genre outright unless its KMFDM-style bombast.
The artist I see most mentioned in Glint articles is David Bowie. I would not have made that comparison, except that of course, Blankfort, like most artists in his style is probably a Bowie fan. There is a certain similarity to nth-generation Bowie, and the 3rd most mentioned artist in Glint reviews- TV on the Radio.
The band Glint reminds me alot of is the band that gets mentioned 2nd most often- and fuses the synth and guitar, pop and rock, new wave and Britpop- Muse. Glint reminds me of Muse in many ways- musically and in presentation- supremely confident.
Which still probably won't turn everyone here on, but for those that might like it, check out the new album Inverter. There are a couple of standout tracks, but the good news is that it is pretty solid throughout, which is a tough feat to pull off.
Glint is one of my favorite discoveries of the year. The brain child of New York musician Jase Blankfort.
The type of music Glint makes is probably not everyone's cup of tea here. It's synth based and more pop than rock. Some people dismiss this genre outright unless its KMFDM-style bombast.
The artist I see most mentioned in Glint articles is David Bowie. I would not have made that comparison, except that of course, Blankfort, like most artists in his style is probably a Bowie fan. There is a certain similarity to nth-generation Bowie, and the 3rd most mentioned artist in Glint reviews- TV on the Radio.
The band Glint reminds me alot of is the band that gets mentioned 2nd most often- and fuses the synth and guitar, pop and rock, new wave and Britpop- Muse. Glint reminds me of Muse in many ways- musically and in presentation- supremely confident.
Which still probably won't turn everyone here on, but for those that might like it, check out the new album Inverter. There are a couple of standout tracks, but the good news is that it is pretty solid throughout, which is a tough feat to pull off.
