Glass Cabin is the duo of Americana musician David Flint and singer songwriter Jess Brown. With over a decade experience in the industry, co-producing for other artists, they’ve decided to release their own material in the form of their debut, self-titled EP. Here’s my track by track review.
By Graeme Smith
Feature photo by Artem Maltsev, Em Genovese
Glass Cabin opens with the foot-stomping, lively Hey O. The instrumentals are wonderfully atmospheric while the lyrics paint a picture of nature and romance. The vocals are passionate and suit the genre perfectly. It’s a strong start.
Pray For Me, Pray For You brings a different vibe. Hard-edged strings create a sense of urgency while the vocals here are mournful. There’s just something classic country rock about it all and it hits the heart hard.
Opportunity opens with an echoing, plucked melody and a low-down and dirty arrangement. Stomps and claps give it a visceral feel while the vocals are bluesy and chanting. The lyrics speak of shaking off malaise to seize the day and it delivers that message in a perfectly rousing way. It’s an EP highlight.
Wait So Long has a steady groove and a lyrical bite. It imagines an encounter with an ex-lover and doesn’t pull its punches with its sentiment. Starin’ The Devil Down keeps the fiery atmosphere going, and Jess’s lyrics are rich with storytelling detail.
Crazy Missing You provides some contrast. A gentle, acoustic ballad, it shows the opposite side of love that Wait So Long does, in that absence of love can break a man. The feeling is wonderfully emoted in the vocals and the soft guitar melody. Feel Again provides a coda to the story, with a brighter and more hopeful arrangement but the same sense of longing.
The EP closes with Final Day. It’s Glass Cabin’s final moment to cement with us just how strong their song-writing and production is and they don’t waste it. It’s got an epic feel about it and lyrically it’s more outward-facing than the rest of the EP. It proves to be another highlight.
This is a great debut from David and Jess. They’re experience comes through clearly, as does their point of view. Fans of rock and Americana will find a lot to love about this collection but there’s something universal about it too. You can check out the whole of Glass Cabin below.