Glassing Release Melancholic New Single “Sleeper”

Sometimes listening to a Deftones album is bittersweet, because you can scream out “I don’t care where just far!” into an empty bucket of ice cream and still feel exhilarated afterwards. Glassing’s new single “Sleeper,” which made its premiere on Metal Injection, has that same kind of effect; it’s dark and brooding in nature but you can’t steer away from the exalting feeling it delivers within the first twenty seconds.

The single is made up of intricately constructed layers of dreamy atmospheric sounds, wailing tormented vocals, and slow riffs that combine elements of shoegaze, dream-pop, and early black metal, breaking free from any one specific genre. The band notes that: “‘Sleeper’ comes from incessant suspicion, always quick to remind you, ‘you deserve nothing and you know it to be true.’” The video’s accompanying visuals of barren coastlines and death are enough to send you into a four minute existential crisis with open arms.

Glassing’s most recent single comes off their upcoming LP entitled Spotted Horse, which comes out on May 17 via Brutal Panda can be pre-ordered here. Following the release of the album, Glassing will take off on a U.S. summer tour, with dates posted underneath the embed.

6/01/2019 Barracuda – Austin, TX
6/14/2019 Ventura – San Antonio, TX
6/15/2019 Rudyards – Houston, TX
6/27/2019 Freetown Boom Boom Room – Lafayette, LA
6/28/2019 Santos – New Orleans, LA
6/29/2019 MidCity Ballrom – Baton Rouge, LA
6/30/2019 TBA – Birmingham, AL
7/01/2019 Springwater Supper Club – Nashville, TN
7/02/2019 House Show – Richmond, VA
7/03/2019 Kung Fu Neck Tie – Philadelphia, PA
7/05/2019 The Middle East – Boston, MA
7/06/2019 Brooklyn Bazaar Basement – Brooklyn, NY
7/07/2019 Spirit Lodge – Pittsburgh, PA
7/08/2019 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH
7/09/2019 Sleeping Village – Chicago, IL
7/10/2019 Foam – St. Louis, MO
7/11/2019 Whittier Bar – Tulsa, OK
7/12/2019 Bike Shop – Dallas, TX
7/13/2019 TBA – Ft. Worth, TX