When we contacted Trespassers William about doing a session for us, we hadn’t realised that they were touring with Glissando. When we found out, we had to ask if they wanted to do a session too, and they kindly obliged, despite singer Elly not feeling too great.
So another hazy session coming from the lovely Palm House in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Core members Elly and Richard are joined here by Paul, one of a large revolving cast of members. The first of the two tracks is a new one, “The World Without Us”, which you can hear in demo form on the band’s Myspace page. It’s a super sparse song, with two seldom-picked guitars and a funereal keyboard backing Elly’s haunting voice. The second track is a cover of the Low song, “Venus”. This is a slightly more upbeat track (not an often-used description of Low’s output) than the last, but it still retains the sparseness. This song also allows us to marvel as Richard plays glockenspiel with two pens. Pretty well done too, Richard. In the background you will spot some utterly bewildered tourists, sheltering from the rain, not fully understanding what was going on.
Later that night we would be treated to an unbelievable performance as support to Trespassers, showing that Glissando are just as incredibly beautiful and evocative and talented as their tour mates.
