Life Is Not a Lesson

Life Is Not a Lesson
Life Is Not a Lesson
Studio album by Glitterer
Released	February 26, 2021
Recorded	March–May 2020
Studio	Kingston, Pennsylvania
Genre	Indie rock • noise pop • power pop • synth pop • shoegaze • grunge • emo • post-hardcore
Length	21:40
Label	ANTI-
Producer	Ned Russin
Glitterer chronology
Singles from Life Is Not a Lesson
	"Are You Sure?"; Released: December 9, 2020; "Didn't Want It"; Released: January 13, 2021; "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.^[4] released by Anti-. The album has received positive reviews from critics and consists of shoegaze,^[5]^[6] grunge,^[5] and hardcore punk.^[6]

Reception

Dave Beech of Clash Music scored this album a 7 out of 10, calling the music, "intense, claustrophobic and often cathartic".^[5] 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.^[6] 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".^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

Ned Russin – instrumentation, vocals, recording, production

Additional personnel

Susy Cereijo – photography
Colin Gorman – drum recording, Kingston, Pennsylvania, United States
Sarah King – vocals on "How a Song Should Go"
Andrew Peden – artwork, layout
Ruben Preciado – photography
Arthur Rizk – maracas on "I Made the Call", mixing, mastering
Ben Russin – drums, photography

References

^ 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.
^ DeVille, Chris (January 13, 2021). "Glitterer Shares New Song "Didn't Want It"". New Music. Stereogum. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
^ Helman, Peter (February 11, 2021). "Glitterer – "Life Is Not A Lesson"". New Music. Stereogum. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Beech, Dave (February 25, 2021). "Glitterer – Life Is Not A Lesson". Reviews. Clash Music. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pearlman, Mischa (February 26, 2021). "Album review: Glitterer – Life Is Not A Lesson". Reviews. Kerrang!. ISSN 0262-6624. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
^ 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.