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GLASSIO SEARCH & DESTROY

Just yesterday we had shared ‘Time To Get Lost’ from Los Angeles duo Bad Wave that spoke of anger towards the current political situation in America that national and global citizens have been shoehorned into thanks to a farcical campaign and a broken voting system. Today, we’re following up with another anxiety-driven track from New York pair Glassio, aka Charlie Pinel and Sam Rad. This East Coast duo offer up a mournful, retroised synth-pop cover of Iggy & the Stooges’ original ‘Search & Destroy’, with production by eminent NYC producer Doug Schadt (Maggie Rogers and MICKY.) A particular moment in the song that seems to encapsulate the resistance posed by many US residents to a certain coming inauguration is the choral break where many voices seem to join in unison for a hopeless plea, “honey, gotta help me please, somebody gotta save my soul.” Lastly, here’s what Pinel and Rad have to say: “We were feeling very distressed about how current events had us and many of our friends feeling shattered about the future; about the coming year, and who would be in charge of all of us. Would this mean war abroad? Would this mean more struggle here at home? It felt appropriate to revive a song that was originally written about a very turbulent time in American history, and re-dress it for what we're going through today -- except to end it with a touch of hope, and belief in ourselves and the presence of good will.” - HT

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