"The Glow, if it hasn’t been drilled into your psyche by now, is decidedly “lo-fi,” as purely as that term can be digested, a record of simple, inexpensive means stretched to fill the responsibilities normally supervised by cadres of instruments and small countries of musicians. At least in theory: where lo-fi has come since this record’s release is almost meaningless, but back in the days of yore, Elvrum was demonstrating “lo-fi” as the functional bridge between the hugeness of alternative rock (the ostensibly limitless resources of radio pop and the cosmic spit-length of Radiohead’s burgeoning world-rule) and the immediacy, even accessibility, grunge left behind when the word became more groan than buzzed. (And yep, Elvrum’s from Olympia, WA.) The Glow Pt. 2, then, is that piece of architecture canonized, an immense, self-contained testament to elephantine aspirations held breathlessly within mousey every-people."
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