“Many summers ago I
took my first trip to the Glass Lake. Having arrived at its wooded bank my eyes
caught the tree line and found their first full-on view of the water – the sun
and setting colors reflecting from its silvery surface as a perfect mirrored
half. I knew I'd found something important.”
Stumbling across
the music of Alice and the Glass Lake consisted of, slightly less glamorously,
clicking on some Internet links, but listening to her debut, 'The Evolution EP’, is
no less special or important than that discovery of the glass lake.
Delicate, ethereal vocals; folky melodies; incandescent
synths and guitars cut with pounding drums – this really is music of ephemeral,
seraphic beauty and (of course) glass lakes.
Paracosm stands out for its
spectral pizzicato strings and shimmering guitars, but it’s lead single Higher that truly surmises the appeal of
‘Evolution’. An opening verse of synth
droplets and thunderous drums, as if after a storm; a second verse that adds a
rumbling bassline; and a middle eight that scorches with its bass synth riff
aided by the off-kilter beat. ‘Evolution’
is an EP of enchanting music that transports us to Alice’s glass lake and
beyond.
4/5
Listen: ‘The Evolution EP’ is available now.