There's Always Glimmer

There's Always Glimmer
Studio album by Gia Margaret
Released	July 27, 2018 (2018-07-27)
Studio	Decade Music Studios, Chicago, Illinois, United States Inside Voice Soundhole Studios
Genre	Indie folk[1]
Length	34:37
Language	English
Label	Dalliance Recordings, Orindal Records
Producer	Gia Margaret
Gia Margaret chronology
There's Always Glimmer (2018) Mia Gargaret (2020)

There's Always Glimmer is the first full-length studio album by American pianist Gia Margaret, released in 2018.

Reception

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, There's Always Glimmer received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 75 out of 100 from six critic scores.^[2] Writing for The Line of Best Fit, Chris Taylor rated this album an 8 out of 10, praising Margaret's vocals and stating that the album "isn’t perfect, but that's appropriate really: trying to sort out your feelings in trauma's wake never is".^[3] Margaret Farrell of Pitchfork Media gave this album a 7.4 out of 10, writing that it is made up of "serene, perceptive storytelling" and that the singing "radiates nostalgia, but not longing".^[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Gia Margaret.

1. "Groceries" – 3:35
2. "Birthday" – 3:47
3. "Figures" – 2:54
4. "Smoke" – 3:48
5. "Goodnight" – 2:55
6. "In Normal Ways" – 2:52
7. "Looking" – 3:24
8. "For Flora" – 1:45
9. "Sugar" – 2:15
10. "Exist" – 2:45
11. "Wayne" – 2:16
12. "West" – 2:22

Personnel

• Gia Margaret – instrumentation, vocals, recording, mixing, production
• Bob Buckstaff – bass guitar on "Birthday" and "Goodnight"
• Chris Dye – drum production on "Exist"
• Scott Jacobson – guitar on "Exist", recording
• Jessica Jones – design
• Brendan Losch – guitar on "Birthday", backing vocals on "Birthday"
• John Morton – drums on "Birthday" and "Figures", backing vocals on "Birthday"
• Nicholas Papaleo – keyboards on "Birthday", "Goodnight", and "Exist"; bass guitar on "In Normal Ways" and "Exist"; recording; mixing
• Ivan Pyzow – trumpet on "Figures"
• Rand Renfrow – illustration
• Molly Rife – cello on "Smoke"
• Doug Saltzman – recording, mixing, drum production on "Smoke" and "West"
• Quinn Tsan – vocals on "Looking"
• Rachel Winslow – photography

See also

• List of 2018 albums

References

1. Howieson, Craig (June 11, 2020). "Gia Margaret takes a step back and lets her compositions speak volumes". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
2. "There's Always Glimmer by Gia Margaret Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
3. Taylor, Chris (June 30, 2018). "Heartbreak goes beautifully unresolved on Gia Margaret's There's Always Glimmer". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
4. Farrell, Margaret (August 4, 2018). "Gia Margaret: There's Always Glimmer Album Review". Albums. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 13, 2023.

External links

• There's Always Glimmer at Discogs (list of releases)
• There's Always Glimmer at MusicBrainz (list of releases)