London-based singer-songwriter Frank Joshua’s new neo-psychedelic single Glass is an enchanting and heroic song that demands self-reflection and encourages listeners to endeavour momentum.

By Katie Stewart

Accompanied by an eerie yet elegant music video (well worth a watch), the track is unavoidably thought-provoking. Its message is reflective, promising personal growth and sharing a pride in that growth through its accomplished and sturdy dream-pop percussion and building orchestral strings.

Despite this sense of achievement, of unbreakable, hard-earned resilience, there is an unexpected layer of sadness throughout forcing listeners to confront the paths they’ve trodden so far. This is achieved through Joshua’s soft yet richly timbred vocals which run parallel to wistful, melancholic electronic melodies with satisfying style. Together the vocals and music epitomise nostalgia, contemplation, and fulfilment.

This is a track that gets better with each replay. Layers of instrumental build up a fragmented landscape, like a shattered glass. It’s dispersed; it’s glinting; it’s angular. Each pristinely produced musical element exists in its own effective right whilst sitting together in one perfect union, inviting an ever-lasting exploration from listeners.

A devastatingly triumphant climax in the song’s final quarter consolidates these themes of evolution. Drawing on – and amplifying – jubilant yet mature string motifs used throughout, and adding bursts of cymbal rolls, the song prevails a justified sense of catharsis.

Glass is out now and you can give it a listen below.

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