Seattle-based folk duo Glass Heart String Choir share their new single, a delicate cover of Iron & Wine’s Call It Dreaming, releasing on February 11th, 2022.
Call It Dreaming is the duo’s first release of 2022, a recording that came to life by special request from a longtime supporter of the band as a wedding gift to their partner. It seemed only natural to extend the song’s affirmation of love to others (just in time for Valentine’s Day!), a fond invitation in a globally harrowing time.
Following 2021’s singles Wounds (“…a beautifully raw distillation of love’s pain” [Atwood Magazine]) and California (“…heartfelt and intuitive” [Folk Radio UK]), Call It Dreaming showcases Glass Heart String Choir’s penchant for delicate piano and sweeping strings, transforming the acoustic guitars and percussion of Sam Beam’s indie-folk hit into a warm, melodic declaration of love’s significance.
Friends-in-arms reveling at the intersection of classical perfectionism, existential poetics, and art-film surrealism, Seattle art-pop duo Glass Heart String Choir weaves golden lyrical threads of haute-art into their achingly beautiful orchestral tapestry.
Their previous single and video, Wounds, is a delicate folk-pop offering reminiscent of Sufjan Stevens and My Brightest Diamond. Set within the alluring visuals of Joshua Tree and the Coachella Valley, the video finds the duo’s violinist/composer Katie Mosehauer fighting to escape the cyclic burden of psychic wounds and emotional scars.
Their earlier 2021 release, California, is a lyrical tug-of-war between fond recollection, consolation, and sorrow, with vocalist Ian Williams’ sanguine delivery floating upon Mosehauer’s elegant violin melodies and choral soundscapes suggestive of contemporary soundtrack composers Yann Tiersen and Jocelyn Pook.
The 100+ string-sections and near-operatic highs of their Light EP are replaced with an airy, Enya-esque choir that haunts the piano-driven bridge, and boldly carries the song forward in its latter half, bringing a soft new dimension to the traditional repertoire.