There’s something to be said about an undeniable “hook and catch” chorus and Grand Canyon out of Los Angeles certainly has many of those instantly classic in an ideal musical climate, where bands that reference The Byrds and Gram Parsons top the charts.
With their third release, Forevermore (October 7th), the band led by Joe Guese and Casey Shea deliver analog sounds at its most earthy.
The themes of their songs also made quite a metamorphosis on the new album. While previous songs were ripped straight from Shea’s personal journals and lived experiences, being stuck at home required him to find new inspiration. When the pandemic began and his touring schedule dried up, he committed some of this newfound extra time to the challenge of reading the Bible from start to finish.
With this newfound inspiration, Glide is premiering the powerful “Wallflower Girl,” which is self-described as “an ode to 60’s psychedelia through the lens of a couple of songwriters who grew up loving 90s Brit Rock. Like their cavernous band name, this outfit sounds larger than their parts, conjuring up luminosity in its most pure song-oriented form.
This song was written and rewritten a couple of times, as was the case with a lot of the songs on this album. Joe had the idea of doing the “Ticket To Ride” drum pattern early on, and it really worked to add to the overall 60s feeling. When we first brought the song in to play to the band, we spent a good 30 minutes trying to decipher the time signature of the instrumental section….I’m not sure if there was ever any consensus. Other than that, there were a lot of throwing little nods to Oasis and George Harrison, especially in the background vocal parts. Was great to get my old friend Wes Hutchinson in to help on the harmonies. We’ve been singing together for almost 20 years, so it’s like singing with a brother with him. The final piece of the puzzle came when I sent an early version to another old friend. He loved the track but said he could hear a great radio edit made if we lost the double pre-chorus before the final chorus. I think it was a nice way of saying…it’s too long! If you made it that far into the song, you’ll notice it’s not there. It was a good call
