Racing Glaciers are a group of guys that know how to fly under the radar. It was only when I received a press release this morning announcing their latest single Animal that I realised I had been listening to them for a few months without knowing, loving on their earlier single First Light. Turns out I had received the notification of that release too and quickly dismissed it. But not this time, I won’t make those mistakes again. Never again.
Animal plays like a cooler version of anything from The Fray, Coldplay or any of those brilliant ballad type bands that built fame on the back of beautiful soundscapes and sophistication. The track has this kind of sad, vindicating sound to it, and it’s noticeable that there was something broken about the writing process. If you read Lead singer Tim Monaghan’s comments about the process behind Animal and the new EP Don’t Wait For Me, you can feel it’s got this rustic vibe about it.
“I was back home for a few days and we have this old beat up piano. It’s never sounded very good but there’s something I love about it. I wrote Animal one evening and then we developed the sound as a band,” said Monaghan. “Don’t Wait For Me was a natural process, we spent a week in this little studio out in the woods run by the EP’s producer Jolyon Thomas and his dad Ken and they both have a great ear for creating big, spacious sounding recordings.”
Don’t Wait For Me is out now and available for download on iTunes or stream on Spotify.
