Tender Glue and the indie rock brightness, tropical punk bursts and endearing storytelling of "My Sweetest Tone"

 

"All the pills are drying me out / You gave me hope but turning me down / All of you here but never around..."

The indie rock brightness, tropical punk bursts and endearing storytelling by Tender Glue, the musical moniker of Polish born / raised, New York based singer-songwriter / multi-instrumentalist Tom Gluewicki, feels like a sonic indie music, one that dances, one that slow dances on porches and one that runs full speed into the unknown. I am thoroughly loving the feeling here, the way the shuffling drums and surfy tom tom beats feel in my chest, the glimmering guitar lines sing their own melodies, the rolling bass lines, the drones of glacial guitar chords and, of course, Gluewicki's vocal countenance that has different degrees of pathos, simmering longing and maybe even regret. AND for me personally, the sound here has me reminiscing about LA loft / warehouse shows in the late aughts when the world, in general, felt less worrisome. "My Sweetest Tone" exists on the new live album called "Time Machine" (Live from the Flat).

About this track Gluewicki shares:

[As an uneducated immigrant who came to this country with no money or knowledge of English in my teenage years, the US quickly showed me where my place is. The verses represent this sort of way of being mistreated and the chorus describes that no matter what life throws at me, I’ll always stand my ground and “carry on with my sweetest tone.”]

LYRICS

All the pills are drying me out
You gave me hope but turning me down
All of you here but never around

It’s alright
I will carry on
In my sweetest tone
Sometime I wish you could just
Wait for me

All the jeans are wearing me out
You built me up now tearing me down
You showed me love now loving me out

It’s alright
I will carry on
In my sweetest tone
Sometime I wish you could just
Wait for me

It’s alright
I will carry on
In my sweetest tone
Sometime I wish you could just
Wait for me

LINER NOTES (excerpted / bracketed):

[Tender Glue is made up of Tom Gluewicki, who was originally born and raised in Poland and later moved to New York in 2002. He explains his first encounter with playing music when he was twelve years-old after he had fixed a broken guitar that his brother brought home. You can learn more about his story in the “ABOUT” section of his website.]

[He shares: To mark the 10-year anniversary of my first official release (Wait For Steady Light), I’m releasing a new live album called Time Machine (Live from the Flat), out September 25.

This record holds songs from every album I’ve made over the past decade, revisited and re-recorded in a new way.]

-Robb Donker Curtius

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Tender Glue (noun): Not a person. Not a band. Music made by an urge to create.

Tender Glue is made up of Tom Gluewicki, who was originally born and raised in Poland and later moved to New York in 2002. He explains his first encounter with playing music when he was twelve years-old after he had fixed a broken guitar that his brother brought home. You can learn more about his story in the “ABOUT” section of his website.

On September 25th, 2015, Tender Glue released his debut EP titled, “Wait For Steady Light”. After several years of creating original music, this album is a culmination of raw recordings, composed with minimal equipment, using the resources Tom had in his home. Full length album "Steady Light", which was a continuation of the EP, was released year later on August 26th, 2016.

The latest album titled "Closet Leftovers", was released on September 28th, 2018 on Tom's record label called Don't Label Me Records. The first four singles from the album were released between February to June of 2018. "Closet Leftovers" was recorded and produced by Tom in his studio apartment closet after he moved from Brooklyn to Manhattan more than a year ago.

Tender Glue, singer songwriter / multi-instrumentalist Tom Gluewicki, Polish born and raised / New York based, indie rock, post punk, indie alt pop, tropical punk, LIVE project, new album "Time Machine",