Glo-worm - Glimmer 

 

 

Glo-worm produce chiming pop music of a non-bouncing variety that sounds pure, forlorn and unencumbered. Glo-Worm are at the heart of the '90s East Coast independent pop music scene that brought us Slumberland Records, Velocity Girl, Versus and chickfactor magazine. Glimmer [KLP054] brings all the various glo-worm 45s together under one roof. It's a real charmer, and now available for the first time as a long playing (LP) phonograph record glo-worm formed in Washington D.C., summer 1993 and features the voice of Pam Berry (co-founder of chickfactor magazine) accompanied by Dan Searing (drums, percussion) and Terry Banks (guitar). Previously, Pam had sung in Black Tambourine. Terry played in Tree Fort Angst and a stint in English underground combo St. Christopher. Dan had been in Whorl.During the course of glo-worm's two-and-a-half-ish year lifespan, the band released three 7" EPs (issued by the Somersault, Slumberland and K labels) and had songs on a couple of compilations, all leading up to the glimmer [KLP054] album, which compiled the 7" EPs and added a cover of The Cure's 'Friday I'm in Love' and was released by K in 1996 as a compact disc.Pam Berry, the voice of Black Tambourine, shares songs of a more intimate and personal nature in Glo-Worm than in any of her other many combos. This results in a very satisfying listening experience as one is transported through Pamland celebrating love, loss and bohemian life in general.The members of Glo-Worm are people involved in the very beginnings of the '90s East Coast underground pop scene that gave birth to Slumberland Records (all the members of Glo-Worm have played in multiple groups on the label).During the course of Glo-Worm's two-and-a-half-ish year lifespan Glo-Worm played shows with the likes of the Magnetic Fields, Small Factory, Heavenly, The Clientele, Honeybunch, Would-Be-Goods, Pizzicato Five, Tsunami, Boyracer, Air Miami, The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group, and Ivy. The band's biggest show was in Spring 1995, opening for Radiohead at the now-razed Washington Convention Center.Besides Glo-Worm's breathtakingly beautiful original songs, Glimmer has four fun covers done in their own inimitable style: Petula Clark "Downtown," Bobby Darin "Beyond The Sea," Velocity Girl "Crazy Town," The Cure "Friday I'm in Love."released by K in 1996.

 

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Travelogue
2. Useless
3. Change of Heart
4. One Million Rainy Days
5. Wishing Well
6. April Street
7. Beyond the Sea
8. Friday I'm In Love
9. Holiday
10. Downtown
11. Tilt-A-Whirl
12. Stars Above
13. Crazy Town
14. I Will Remember You