There was a lot of energy and dynamism in George Glass’ performance, and the songs could sometimes take some totally unexpected detours. I also would say there was an amazing variety with quiet moments when the intimate and bright vocals were the center of attraction over catchy melodies, and then outbursts of instrumentation venturing in a little distortion.
The former members of Death to Anders, singer and guitarist Nick Celgio, bassist Pete DiBasio, and drummer Nathan Kondor, perform under the moniker George Glass, and they were playing at the Satellite on Monday night.
Nick Celgio, with his small hat and a sort of Ted-Leo-physic, was energetically singing with a sort of falsetto (in default of a better comparison, a little Belle and Sebastian-like) these well-crafted songs which were going from sweet harmonies and stomping, sometimes retro, rhythms, to an almost-punk delivery exulting at any moment. Many of the songs seemed already familiar, whereas I had never heard them play, and it is not an easy thing to accomplish of course.
They played their set effortlessly, very tightly with a big sound for only three people (although they were joined by a fourth person for a few songs), going to a catchy-melodious sound to a sort of captivating dissonance in the same song. Their last tune ‘Tricks of the Tradeless’ even had some countrish accents, but overall their indie (let’s consider the real sense of this overused term) music was rich, original and clever, and interesting to listen to even for the first time.