Gold Celeste set up camp between sleep and sentience

Much like that period of semi-conciousness between sleep and sentience, The Glow is a record that occupies the middle ground somewhere between the ephemeral and the tangible - a sonically woven tapestry that's interested predominantly in the human condition, how we interact with others and the emotions we project as a result of such interactions.

Interestingly enough, the dream-poppy transience of the record's instrumentation belies just how deep the thematic strands run; the airy textures a far cry from the weight carried in much of the lyricism. “Open Your Eyes” for instance, is a woozy, ephemerous affair that deals with the placation and pacification of modern society, its dark undertones becoming fully realised only during the entirely instrumental conclusion.

Of course, not all the record is in danger of floating away on its own transience; the understated psych-pop that liberally litters the record is the perfect counterpoint to the otherworldly Scandi-gaze that makes up the other fifty percent. And whilst tracks such as “Time of Your Life” and “The Dreamers” channel the likes of Mac DeMarco brilliantly, it's the final track of the album, “The Start of Something Beautiful”, with its miasmic synths and swirling textures, that's the true, if not literal, centre-piece – the apex of an album so rich and so resonant that it's impossible not to go back to.