VIDEO PREMIERE: March To May Share Seductive & Graceful “Hylas”

From their first encounter around a roaring bonfire on the Washington coast to headlining sold-out shows at Seattle’s most prominent venues; March to May has quietly become a group to watch in today’s modern folk landscape. The guitar,  piano and Celtic harp led duo layers serene harmonies and intimate lyrics augmented by lush violin and cello, delicate drum patterns and electric bass. They continually push against genre boundaries to create a sound that is simultaneously familiar and foreign, integrating folk instrumentation with chamber pop and baroque rock influences.. Indeed, the emotional power of this collaboration is arguably its deepest strength, carrying the listener along in a style not dissimilar to the gorgeous duos of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irgloa (aka The Swell Season) or The Civil Wars.

Glide is thrilled to premiere the official video for “Hylas,” the lead single off their new album What I Was And More, due out in September. The song is loosely based upon John Waterhouse’s famous painting of Hylas and the Nymphs, and is set against haunting, dark, and breathtakingly beautiful instrumentation, Hylas takes us into a seductive world where the worst betrayals stem from what you *don’t* do. The instrumentation creates a powerful palette upon which Guyaz’s voice builds a further solid foundation while Wesche’s soars above, creating a powerful vocal demonstration of the yawning pain spelled out lyrically.

“Hylas is a satire of the type of person who will say all the right things only to leave you hanging when it actually matters,” say Wesche and Guyaz. “Musically, we wanted to capture something beautiful but jarring – the kind of sucker-punch feeling of discovering rot at the core of what you thought was good.”