Little Matthew, who helps us out with the record label and filming of Toad Sessions and guzzling of gin and whatnot, wrote about a band called Glaciers a little while ago, the musical and artistic project of a Mr. Nicolas Burrows.  And here is a little more news.

Burrows recently recorded a session with The Golden Owl, which is one of the loveliest looking music blogs I’ve happened across in a long time.  The results included a long interview, which I highly recommend reading here, and three lovely new recordings.

The performances are very simple – just an acoustic guitar, the gentlest of vocals, and lots and lots of empty space – but they really are lovely.  His voice reminds me a lot of local gentleman Thomas Western, actually – there’s just something in the inflections and slightly glutinous nature of it which sounds rather similar to me.

In any case, both of these projects look really interesting to me, both The Golden Owl and Glaciers.  Both seem to pay incredible attention to detail and put great love into their work.  I tend to be more focussed on giving myself as much work as possible, so it’s probably only natural that I end up nursing a sort of envious admiration for people who slow it down a bit and really do things properly – Kilter Records here in Edinburgh spring to mind as well – but it really does warm my heart to see this kind of wonderfully considered and beautiful work being done.

There are three mp3s to download from the session, including a splendid cover of Paper Planes by MIA, of all things, but you are going to have to go to The Golden Owl to find them.  Trust me, it is well worth your time to do so.

Glaciers – Meeting of Tides (Live for The Golden Owl)

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