INFORMATION:
This double A side single is Glissando’s first output for 2 years. It’s a hint at what might be to come from their second album - due in 2011.The atmosphere of these two songs stands alongside the duo’s previous work but there is a slightly darker tone, more strings and the introduction of minimal drums which were absent in their debut album. Glissando have expanded their sound and worked more intensely on the composition of the songs.Released as a limited edition CD of just 150 copies, the packaging is sublime, hand crafted and produced by Glissando.

PRESS:
“Leeds’ Glissando return with a sublime double a-side release taken from their second album (which is due to be released towards the year’s end). As on their debut, ‘With Our Arms Wide Open We March Towards The Burning Sea,’ Elly May Irving’s haunting vocals again add an eerie and slightly spine-chilling quality, leaving you lingering for her every last word as you are slowly absorbed by the beautiful but dark piano melody. Although recorded in the “cold winter of 2010” this record could equally be suited to watching the sun begin to slowly set on a summer’s evening as the shadows grow longer. The two tracks work stunningly side by side and conjure up reminders of The Paradise Motel and Wildbirds & Peacedrums’ softer moments. Another highly recommended release from Gizeh Records.” TASTY

“essentially an extension of the brooding, cavernous ballads which made up their debut. Initial listens may leave you a little dumb struck as to the appeal of these tracks, they are real slow burners, but after a few more listens the exquisite craft becomes patently clear. 'The Long Lost' is a noir-ish mesh of purposefully struck keys, sombre cello and Elly May Irving's ethereal almost operatic vocals. The whole track feels like a collision of beauty and murk, like a princess dancing through dim sodden streets littered with decaying corpses, and it's a captivating juxtaposition. 'Of Silence' has a similar tone, although to a lesser extent, it seems by all accounts a little more elegiac, and builds to more of a crescendo - albeit one executed with graceful restraint. Glissando have crafted a sound which is distinguishably their own, and
given the critical acclaim which greeted their previous ouptut it would be little surprise if album number two pushed them further in to the limelight.” GOD IS IN THE TV

RELEASE DATE:
June 2010

TRACKLISTING:
1. The Long Lost
2. Of Silence

CREDITS:
Elly May Irving / Richard Knox

ARTWORK:
Kate Schofield / Richard Knox

LINKS:
Glissando website

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