Seth Glier - Things I Should Let You Know [2013][EAC,log,cue FL

rtist: Seth Glier
Release: Things I Should Let You Know
Released: 2013
Label: Mpress Records
Catalog#: MP7403-2
Format: FLAC / Lossless / Log (100%) / Cue
Country: USA
Style:pop,rock

1 Things I Should Let You Know
2 Man I Used to Be
3 New World I See
4 Plastic Soliders
5 Stars and Glitter
6 Down To the Wire
7 Interlude
8 Good Man
9 Avery
10 Too Hard To Hold The Moon
11 Poppies On The Table
12 Everything Beautiful
13 I Am Only As Loved As I Am Open

With his polished tenor vocals and natural affinity for creating shimmering, seductive melodies, singer-songwriter Seth Glier knows how to sway the sentiments of his listeners. Here, the album title alone is enough to catch one’s attention, but it’s Glier’s precise phrasing and subtle touches that make for an engaging start-to-finish listen. Whether he’s singing solitary ballads like “Everything Beautiful” and “I Am Only as Loved as I Am Open” or tackling the more vigorous refrains that spark “Man I Used to Be” and “Down to the Wire,” Glier draws emotional power from the slightest of suggestions. That’s not to say this Massachusetts native is some brooding shoegazer. On the swampy-sounding “The Stars and Glitter” and brassy “New World I See,” Glier livens up the proceedings with some welcome infusions of energy. Still, he’s a master of nuance, and that’s ultimately what makes Things I Should Let You Know an album with so much to reveal. –Lee Zimmerman