Life Is Not a Lesson

Life Is Not a Lesson
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Studio album by
Glitterer
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2021 (2021-02-26)
RecordedMarch–May 2020
StudiosKingston, Pennsylvania
Genres
Length21:40
LabelANTI-
ProducerNed Russin
Glitterer chronology
Looking Through the Shades
(2019)		 Life Is Not a Lesson
(2021)		 Fantasy Four
(2022)
Singles from Life Is Not a Lesson
  1. "Are You Sure?"
    Released: December 9, 2020
  2. "Didn't Want It"
    Released: January 13, 2021
  3. "Life Is Not a Lesson"
    Released: February 11, 2021

Life Is Not a Lesson is the second studio album by American rock musical project Glitterer, which was at the time the solo project of Ned Russin of the band Title Fight. released by Anti-. The album has received positive reviews from critics and consists of shoegaze, grunge, and hardcore punk.

Reception

Dave Beech of Clash Music scored this album a 7 out of 10, calling the music, "intense, claustrophobic and often cathartic". In Kerrang!, Mischa Pearlman gave Life Is Not a Lesson a 3 out of 5, stating that the music act shows promise, but that this album needs more length and variation. Spin's Danielle Chelosky characterized this release as "uncomfortable and eccentric" as well as "a hidden opportunity to start a conversation, and to invite others to inhabit Russin's space".

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Bodies"1:48
2."Are You Sure?"1:46
3."Try Harder Still"2:24
4."Little Backward Glance"1:23
5."How a Song Should Go"1:18
6."The End"1:13
7."Didn't Want It"1:59
8."Indeed"1:27
9."Birdsong"1:28
10."I Made the Call"2:31
11."Fire"2:00
12."Life Is Not a Lesson"2:28
Total length:21:40

Personnel

Glitterer

Additional personnel

See also

References

  1. ↑ Breihan, Tom (December 9, 2020). "Glitterer Announces New Album 'Life Is Not A Lesson', Shares New Single "Are You Sure?"". New Music. Stereogum. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  2. ↑ DeVille, Chris (January 13, 2021). "Glitterer Shares New Song "Didn't Want It"". New Music. Stereogum. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  3. ↑ Helman, Peter (February 11, 2021). "Glitterer – "Life Is Not A Lesson"". New Music. Stereogum. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Glitterer". Spotify. Glitterer. Retrieved April 9, 2024. Initially, and for some time, it was a solo project: a man and his laptop. ... Four records, including two full-length albums on Anti-, were released in that one-guy period. ... Ned Russin ... started Glitterer in 2017, about a year after his previous band, Title Fight, stopped touring.
  5. 1 2 3 Beech, Dave (February 25, 2021). "Glitterer – Life Is Not A Lesson". Reviews. Clash Music. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 Pearlman, Mischa (February 26, 2021). "Album review: Glitterer – Life Is Not A Lesson". Reviews. Kerrang!. ISSN 0262-6624. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ Chelosky, Danielle (February 26, 2021). "Glitterer's Life Is Not a Lesson Is an Existential, Idiosyncratic Party". Reviews. Spin. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved March 1, 2024.