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Citizen of Glass
Singer-Songwriter · 2016 · 10 tracks · 40m

Citizen of Glass

A brittle, crystalline exploration of transparency and privacy. Haunting vocal modulations and rare 1920s synthesizers create a cold, baroque atmosphere.

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It sounds like a beautiful, haunted music box recorded inside a glass cathedral.

A cold, brittle beauty that feels both deeply intimate and unsettlingly exposed.

Citizen of Glass · vs · Agnes Obel
Processed+2.8σ

The vocals lean far further into processed than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 40m
01
Stretch Your Eyes
5:11
02
Familiar
3:55
03
Red Virgin Soil
2:43
04
It’s Happening Again
4:20
05
Stone
3:57
06
Trojan Horses
5:34
07
Citizen of Glass
2:49
08
Golden Green
3:59
09
Grasshopper
2:38
10
Mary
5:47
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring introduction of the pitch-shifted baritone vocal on Familiar that sounds like a ghostly duet with herself.
The way the trautonium creates a brittle, glass-like shimmer throughout the title track, mimicking the fragility of privacy.
The rhythmic pizzicato cello on Stretch Your Eyes that builds a sense of mounting, quiet dread.
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