July 9 | Written By Jessica Pispisa

‘Glue’ is the new single by the Cheshire-based trio The Spase. It is a melodic tune about wanting and willing to fully submit yourself to something you love, with a noticeable use of a saxophone opening the song. There is a strong influence of the Britpop sound around it, and that’s something that a lot of listeners will pick up, and be happy to hear. Nostalgia is getting a bad rep lately –and for good reason, since the music nowadays is heavily dependent on samples from beloved 90s classics that don’t feel as old as they may be- and it is quite refreshing to hear a song that is happy to wear its influences on its sleeve, without the need to make a full outfit of it. The band mentions that their influences “range from The Charlatans through to KT Tunstall”, which is evident from the catchy chorus and sing-along lyrics that are easy to memorise. 

Songs like these can never go wrong for a listener who likes either instant gratification from their playlists, or looking for something to keep coming back to, to figure out if the lead singer is singing about a lost lover, or something of a more mystical presence. There’s an intense sincerity that runs through the lyric like “Glue to your eyes/I’m as high as sight/Stuck on your web/I feel the world again”. The affinity the singer has to their paramour doesn’t make the listener feel like they are intruding into someone’s personal sentiment, but may remind you of someone you’ve felt intensely for, and how all-encompassing such feeling can have on someone’s mind that it can leave you to “only just sit there hugging pillows” as a way to cope with the intense sensations until they subside, as the song’s last repeated lyrics suggests before the outro.

The band members are three lifelong friends: Andy Forrest (vocals/guitar), Peter Walker (bass), and Simon Morris (percussion/guitar). Without a doubt, it takes knowing each other’s strengths in their own songwriting and musicianship that combined makes the music they make together, like Glue, a joined effort that is enjoyable to listeners, and something they should be proud of. And hey, if you are one of those that may still miss a little of “Cool Britannia”, this is to remind you that it never really went away, just reinvented in this band’s own special way.

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