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glasnost
sounds of the future
by: alfredo mejia
photo: ariel pena

One thing that is more secure, Bryan, bassist Glasnost, like broccoli and orange, for At least that is what first makes it clear as we prepare for the interview. Across the computer in an armchair with embossed animal sit the same Bryan, Dan, Omar, Chuck (NYLON misquoted Chuck as Chris no worries), Respectively, bassist, keyboardist, guitarist and manager of the banda, and through the cell have Brandon, the lead singer. With a new EP and two presentations at the last festival South by South West, Glasnost is one of the greatest bands Houston, a city hardly known for his scene independent music.

The history of the banda is summarized in a few keywords: friends already involved in projects music, they decide to pool their minds and something incredible, mixing a bit of electronics, pop, 80's synth, and especially rock. Brandon was drummer, but in the absence of a good singer decided standing in front of the microphone: "It was easier to get A new drummer, a singer," he says.

Despite having clear influences electronic Glasnost's music has a touch dark and dense layered with a sound very similar to what My Bloody Valentine. "We all love MBV, I think it has always been on our minds to When making music, "says Dan. "Obviously what we do is dance, but we get into showgaze whole wave, "says Brandon from the phone.

His latest release, The Great Divide is just a taste of what may do. Contains only three songs, "Come Alone, "" Static "and" The Great Divide ", in addition four remixes chosen through a contest in a blog. Glasnost is safe passages, "In the study we are very free to say our opinion. Glasnost comes from the word "frankly" or "transparency" in Russian, and decided to become the name, we can be objective and find Best for banda, no egos or anything that stand.

I can not resist asking about her song "Steal Your Thunder," which has never been officially launched. "It's one of our first song, people tend to like very much, definitely draw in some way, but we close a cycle. " The meaning, Brandon laughs: "I do not like taking out the laundry, but used to go out with a girl who had these great ideas but they never completed at the end I and she ended up doing was complaining that I used say 'you're stealing my thunder. " "In some ways it is stealing to make a song about it," Bryan said on the other side of the couch.

On its future plans, they commented who hope to release a new EP later this year, keep doing remixes and possibly a tour. "We just recorded three songs, do not carry a calendar of when to leave it all, but we are definitely working on that. " The be waiting.