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Bigger Than You

from Lustre by Glassreel

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"Bigger Than You" is the first single from Glassreel's full length debut album Lustre. "Bigger Than You" is coming out July 29, 2022, with the album Lustre coming out September 30, 2022

“‘Bigger Than You’ describes the end of a destructive relationship,” says guitarist Trevor Graumann. “It’s an attempt to make sense of chaos.”

“To me the song is about struggling to see things concretely (“It’s not always plain to see/I will forget what you meant to me”) rather than settling for abstractions,” adds singer Kelly Beaton.

Musically, “Bigger Than You” is a meeting of genres: a country ballad structure meets a dancey beat with power pop underpinnings. The noisy guitar that persists throughout the song helps to illustrate the tension between chaos and order described in the lyrics
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Lustre is the upcoming album from Winnipeg pop group Glassreel, to be released on September 30, 2022. The album title stems from the reflective and introspective nature of the material. Glassreel’s first full-length collection, these eight tracks represent an artistic step forward for the band, utilizing a fresh and diverse range of material. "We've got a lot of exciting new music on the go," says Beaton. With this song and this album, Glassreel hopes to normalize the fade-out again. Upon the release of Lustre, Glassreel will embark on a Fall 2022 North American tour.

"Bigger Than You" was produced by Mike Beaton, and mastered by Ottawa engineer Philip Shaw Bova (Father John Misty, Feist, Andy Shauf). The video for "Bigger Than You" stars singer Kelly Beaton, and was filmed by Winnipeg filmmaker Sean Guezen. The video’s intensely personal narrative and tones of loneliness reflect the sentiments revealed in the song's lyrics.

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Bigger Than You

And there's a reason why
we never had goodbye
and there's a reason why

Yeah there's a reason why
I ride days out into night
like some new battle cry

They say it's bigger than you
but they don't own the truth
It's not always plain to see
I will forget what you meant to me
and there's a reason why

You found a way to me
in spite of me
living on empty

But you let the past decide
there was nothing to satisfy
your own hypnotic tide

They say it's bigger than you
but they don't own the truth
It's not always plain to see
I will forget what you meant to me
and there's a reason why

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from Lustre, track released July 29, 2022

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A meeting of breathy arrangements and atmospheric guitars, Winnipeg alt pop group Glassreel is a collaboration between Kelly Beaton and Trevor Graumann. Joined by the rhythm section of Ken Phillips and Andrew Workman, the band’s music has been compared to artists such as Belle and Sebastian and Mazzy Star. ... more

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