New York’s Glimmer released their latest track, Sorrow Again, on June 25. Like their previous singles, it was mastered by Will Yip (Turnstile, Superheaven, Title Fight), and recorded in Brooklyn with Jeff Berner. It lands just ahead of a European summer tour and marks another step toward their debut full-length, expected this fall.
The band’s sound leans somewhere between early ’90s melancholia and the heavier end of the shoegaze revival—drawing from Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine, and more recently, acts like Nothing and Narrow Head. Sorrow Again sits comfortably in that lineage. It’s grungy but melodic, a little sad but not drowning in it. The guitar tones are thick, the vocals float somewhere in the back, and the chorus sticks without forcing itself.
There’s a sense of restraint here that works in the song’s favor. Glimmer doesn’t go for the obvious climax; instead, they let the distortion settle and loop in on itself, leaving space for the melody to carry the weight. It’s pop, technically, but in the same way Superheaven or even early Smashing Pumpkins can be called pop—catchy but smudged.
Their European tour kicks off next week, starting in Italy and running through France, Germany, the Netherlands, Croatia, and back to Brooklyn for a hometown show with Cold Gawd and Newmoon. Full dates below.
Glimmer – European Tour Dates:
7/4: Prato, IT – Off Tune Festival
7/6: Sessadio, IT – Cascina Bellaria
7/7: Besancon, FR – Brin De Zinc
7/8: Rouen, FR – Le 3 Pièces
7/9: Paris, FR – Supersonic
7/10: Nijmegen, NL – Merleyn
7/11: Dortmund, DE – Sommer Am U
7/12: Berlin, DE – Loge
7/13: Kusel, DE – Kinett
7/14: Memmingen, DE – Mood Club
7/17: Zagreb, HR – Mochvara
7/18: Ravanna, IT – Hana-Bi
7/22: Brooklyn, NY – The Woodshop (w/ Cold Gawd, Newmoon)
