Glassio is the NY-based dream pop project of Irish-Iranian songwriter and producer Sam R. In much the way BlackPlastic favourites Yumi Zouma do, Glassio draw on influences of dance music but apply them to introspective, slow disco.
A Million Doubts is a perfect example of what Glassio can deliver... At this strangest of times, this is music that feels what I feel, but sets our loneliness amongst rock pools and salt spray and sunset cocktails. The vocal harmonies, acoustic guitar and loose, electronic percussion give this a beautiful, soft and spellbound feeling. It’s being alone in beautiful, crowded spaces.
Launched alongside the announcement of his debut album, *For The Very Last Time, A Million Doubts is about nostalgia and the things that get left behind. Describing the meaning behind the song, Glassio says:
“As a song, I was writing it with my late grandmother in mind. She passed when I was six-years-old, and I wanted the song to pay homage to the people no longer with us that we think of making proud through our careers and through our lives without them. The people that are always on our mind when something good or bad happens to us. When I finished the first mix I remember going up to my roof and staring at the moon for hours and feeling really close to people no longer in my life. At the time I really needed a song to serve that function and I think this one really did and still does.”
A Million Doubts is beautiful - I can’t wait to hear more of For The Very Last Time when it is released in July.