Artist: GLEN
Title: It Was A Bright Cold Day In April
Format: LP, CD, Digital
Label: Kapitän Platte
Distribution: Distribution: D/ AT: Cargo Records, Norway: Tiger Records, Benelux: Sonic Rendezvous, FR: Differ-Ant, CH: Irascible, IT: Goodfellas
Genre: Post-Rock / Neo-Krautrock
Release Date: 20/02/2026
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters. – Antonio Gramsci
Set to drop on February 20th, 2026, GLEN´s upcoming fourth instrumental five track studio album titled after the first sentence of George Orwell’s, 1984, is a visceral statement of noise driven energy and eclectic free form experimentation. A hypnotic force of structured chaos delivered with absolute conviction. Unsettling in the best way.
The peaceful scenery captured on the album cover evokes a deceptive glimpse of a world in limbo that might turn to ashes in seconds. Like a contemporary descendent of Angelus Novus, the storm that we call “progress” pushes the Angel of History backward into the future while facing the past in front of him piling ruins upon ruins.
The five poems inside the gatefold cover outline the narrativestructure of the album from the maelstrom of the opening track Frenzy, to the album closing warning church bells … and the clocks were striking thirteen, framing the seductive Lotosesser followed by the blast of Brute Force featuring the unease creaking and splintering of Kriton Beyer’s Daxophone and Norbert Stammberger’s furious Soprano and Baritone Saxophone, while Sublime suspends between the freedom of ascent beyond gravity and a relentless thrownness back to earth.
The boundary pushing quartet from Berlin, Germany known forits intense blend of art rock, post-rock and free improvisation, extend their classic line up of two guitars, (Wilhelm Stegmeier, Eleni Ampelakiotou), bass (Roland Feinaeugle) and drums (Achim Faerber) with these guest performances and a various range of instruments from clavinet to synthesizers, creating their immersive, dense, slow-burning sound structures and mesmerizing translucent soundscapes defined by repetition,tension and constant transformation, that shift between explosive energy, structural precision and free-flowing improvisation. Physical, atmospheric, and uncompromising GLEN oscillate between minimalism and eruption. Raw yet deliberate – a controlled chaos driven by reprise, friction andgradual metamorphosis.
Having debuted with Crack (2017), a collision of noise, free-form structures and dynamic currents, their follow-up Pull! 2021) and I Can See No Evil (2023) expanded the band’ssonic vocabulary, introducing broader dynamics, cinematicpacing and a stronger sense of spatial depth. With theirupcoming album release GLEN refine their identity and sonicpalette further, delivering long-form compositions that evolve organically and push their sound into more sculptural territory, combining long-form tension arcs with stark contrasts and an intensified focus on form, atmosphere and momentum.
The album was recorded at andereBaustelle recording studio Berlin, by Einstürzende Neubauten producer Boris Wilsdorfand mixed by producer legend MACK, (who started his careerin Giorgio Moroder ́s Musicland Studios, working with bandslike Marc Bolan ́s T. Rex, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, early Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Sparks, etc. and produced some of Queen´s most acclaimed albums), enjoying as with the previousalbums GLEN’s transcending force by contributing his sonic pristine impactful lucidity.
Less interested in traditional song structures than in meditative process, motion and organic evolution, their pieces emerge from minimal motifs that gradually unfold and expand, fracture, dissolve, and reassemble across extended durations, creating a sense ofmovement that is both trancelike and unpredictable.
The band resists simple categorization while drawing on traditions of European Avant-rock, No New York and echoes of Krautrock, while maintaining a distinct, contemporary unmistakable voice.
On stage, GLEN operates like a single, concentrated organism: physical, direct, incisive and with almost telepathic interplay. A pulse of energy – precise but never sterile, loud, sharp and deeply dynamic, balancing strict structures with spontaneous improvisation. A unique exploration of momentum, texture, and tension. Abstract yet emotionally resonant.
Tracklist
1. Frenzy
2. Lotosesser
3. Brute Force
4. Sublime
5. … and the clocks were striking thirteen
6. Zugzwang (Bonus)
7. Il Ricordo (Bonus)
Links
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/glenband
Official: https://glen-the-band.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/glen_band
Bandcamp: https://glen1.bandcamp.com
Label: https://kapitaen-platte.de
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