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The Glass - Concorde (Originally Released in 2003)
Concorde was written and recorded in 2003 in Memphis’ immortal Easley/McCain studios (White Stripes, Pavement, Sonic Youth). The record was cut as The Glass were becoming a band, whittling down their sound, surrounded by their friends—the roommates, pals, local colleagues and contemporaries who helped make Concorde what it became—who produced the record, played on sessions, designed the album art, made t-shirts, sold records at shows, or opened up their calendars for The Glass to play.
Singer and songwriter Brad Bailey remembers, “We started recording only a few months after I’d given up trying to be a guy in a band.” But then a friend introduced him to bass player Tommy Pappas late one night at a bar and The Glass took on a new momentum. Rehearsing at drummer John Argroves’ parents’ metal fabricating company, where both Argroves and guitarist Justin Minus worked, the group often wrote and arranged the songs one day and recorded them the next, or whenever producer Tim Regan (Snowglobe, Oh No Oh My, Spiral Stairs) could get them into the studio at an odd hour or on a slow day. “I painted houses and between that and Tim’s help and cash from gigs and my student loan check, we were able to cobble together enough to finish eight songs over six months.”
“Concorde is about the loss you feel when you find an emptiness at the center of an everything,” Bailey says. “And that vow betrayed, that pact—that concord, that’s broken.”
Designer Sasha Barr added an accidental “e” to the title and they decided to leave it there.
The Glass sold out of two pressings of Concorde, peddling merch off the stage on van tours across the US.
“They were sad, slow songs that didn’t always go over out of town,” Bailey remembers. “But we always managed to sell four or five copies of Concorde everywhere we played. There was always that kid in the back listening. That’s who we played to.”
Eight lovelorn vignettes, full of grief but mad with all the hope for a new pact, from which was born every great lost thing.
Concorde was written and recorded in 2003 in Memphis’ immortal Easley/McCain studios (White Stripes, Pavement, Sonic Youth). The record was cut as The Glass were becoming a band, whittling down their sound, surrounded by their friends—the roommates, pals, local colleagues and contemporaries who helped make Concorde what it became—who produced the record, played on sessions, designed the album art, made t-shirts, sold records at shows, or opened up their calendars for The Glass to play.
Singer and songwriter Brad Bailey remembers, “We started recording only a few months after I’d given up trying to be a guy in a band.” But then a friend introduced him to bass player Tommy Pappas late one night at a bar and The Glass took on a new momentum. Rehearsing at drummer John Argroves’ parents’ metal fabricating company, where both Argroves and guitarist Justin Minus worked, the group often wrote and arranged the songs one day and recorded them the next, or whenever producer Tim Regan (Snowglobe, Oh No Oh My, Spiral Stairs) could get them into the studio at an odd hour or on a slow day. “I painted houses and between that and Tim’s help and cash from gigs and my student loan check, we were able to cobble together enough to finish eight songs over six months.”
“Concorde is about the loss you feel when you find an emptiness at the center of an everything,” Bailey says. “And that vow betrayed, that pact—that concord, that’s broken.”
Designer Sasha Barr added an accidental “e” to the title and they decided to leave it there.
The Glass sold out of two pressings of Concorde, peddling merch off the stage on van tours across the US.
“They were sad, slow songs that didn’t always go over out of town,” Bailey remembers. “But we always managed to sell four or five copies of Concorde everywhere we played. There was always that kid in the back listening. That’s who we played to.”
Eight lovelorn vignettes, full of grief but mad with all the hope for a new pact, from which was born every great lost thing.
- Bass – Tommy Pappas
- Drums, Percussion, Wine Glasses – John Argoves
- Guitar, Portastudio – Justin Minus
- Vocals, Guitar, Organ, Piano – Brad Bailey