Lawrence Morrill Glass Neanderthal
  • The Habit of You
  • Tina Fey
  • No Christmas This Year
  • Making Love to the Telephone
  • Lou Reed Died
  • Where Love Can Grow
  • Mary Contrary
  • Anybody's Star
  • Jukebox
  • It Wasn't Love
  • Believe
  • The Habit of You
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:40) [8.39 MB]
  • Tina Fey
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:42) [8.46 MB]
  • No Christmas This Year
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:11) [7.31 MB]
  • Making Love to the Telephone
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (02:22) [5.42 MB]
  • Lou Reed Died
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:30) [8.02 MB]
  • Where Love Can Grow
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:14) [7.4 MB]
  • Mary Contrary
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (02:13) [5.08 MB]
  • Anybody's Star
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (02:59) [6.85 MB]
  • Jukebox
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (02:40) [6.12 MB]
  • It Wasn't Love
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:10) [7.26 MB]
  • Believe
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (02:58) [6.81 MB]
Biography
LAWRENCE MORRILL GLASS' NEANDERTHAL SPOTLIGHTS
RAPIDLY RISING SONGWRITER IN ABSOLUTELY PEAK FORM

Vivid vignettes and cinematic landscapes define the landscape
on Austin-based artist's new collection featuring all-star players

AUSTIN, TX – Lawrence Morrill Glass spins stories with a novelist's eye (“The Habit of You”) and a poet's heart (“No Christmas This Year”). Evidence: Neanderthal. The rapidly rising songwriter's seamless new collection delivers vivid snapshots as wildly cinematic (“Making Love to the Telephone”) as they are carefully chiseled (“Where Love Can Grow”). Sideways winks occasionally emerge (“Tina Fey”). “I wanted to share love songs,” says the Austin resident, a longtime movie set designer and special effects coordinator. “Some with a smile, some with a tear. Some caught between the two. Maybe find a way to describe the heart’s needs – without forgetting to be happy sometimes.”

Accordingly, Glass' earthy narratives frequently frame human condition's core (“Where Love Can Grow,” “Lou Reed Died”). “I almost said a prayer today/I swear I really tried/Guess it's never been my way to look that far outside,” Glass sings on the later. “Then I tried to shed a tear/Wish I could have cried/It broke my heart to hear Lou Reed died.” Few writers blueprint bruised souls as clearly. Fewer still deliver with such striking immediacy. “I listened to more primitive angels while writing Neanderthal,” Glass says. “It’s easy for me to overthink to the point that I’m not smart anymore.”

Such perspective delivers stunning results. “Lawerence is a deluxe standard,” red-hot instrumentalist Lew Card says. “His songs play like classic films with Glass in the lead roll professing new visions of love, loss, and the in between. Plus, he has a voice that is smooth as Elvis on the velvet.” Legendary guitarist Will Sexton echoes: “Such precision, a powerful collection of musicians complimenting Glass's intimate grace.” Indeed, the players – including A-list players Card, Johnny Dango, Andrew Duplantis (Son Volt) and more – back Glass with equal measures grit and grace throughout.

Listen closely. You'll hear. “It's as ambitious an album as you're likely to hear in these times of playing it safe and going for the cheap and easy score,” Dango says. “These songs were recorded by artists who, while not lacking in pop sensibilities, nevertheless went beyond mere convention on every track. This is an album that may seem simple enough on first listen, but repeated listening will reveal truly thoughtful song craft and layer upon layer of sonic texture, rich with meaning and feeling.

Trace Glass' eclectic sound back through his own personal journey. The Washington, D.C. native grew up in diverse music cities like Detroit and Berkeley as well as spending time in small town Connecticut. He dove headlong into noise pop and classic underground rock while playing CBGBs and other legendary New York City venuse while living in the Big Apple in his twenties. After living briefly in San Francisco, Glass moved to Los Angeles and scored a label deal with Interscope Records.

Los Angeles guided him toward his career in set design and special effects for movies and national advertisements. The new vocation provided a direct creative link with his music. “I like teling stories,” Glass explains, “and film's obviously about the process of storytelling in a visual medium. It makes you reexamine how you're writing.” He currently lives in the Live Music Capitol of the World, Austin, Texas, where he recorded Neanderthal with producer James Stevens at EAR Studio.
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