Recently, it appears the four-to-the-floor beats of dance music is littered all over Top-40 radio. So many dance producers are hooking up with rap artists who own auto-tuners and are currently spewing out some sort of hybrid form of monotonous pop dance-rap. This is not the case with The Glass, who happen to take a more original and refreshing route. Made up of Dominique Keegan and Glen ‘DJ Wool’ Brady, The Glass spin a mixture of house, electro-pop, and new wave on their debut album At Swim Two Birds.

Starting the album off with a little bit of trance, “Four Four Letter” gives a great outline of their general sound. The track fits many great situations, whether you want to get up and dance to the pumping bass or sit back and get lost in the dreamy soundscapes of their synths. “Wanna be Dancin” fits this description as well, but with more house in the mix. “Heavy Disco” sounds like a Deadmau5 track if he had depression, and there’s plenty of funk to go around. “Washed Up” could easily pass off as The Muse doing a dance single, but remains true to the group’s style.

The unfortunate part of the album is that the individual tracks don’t stand on their own. The vocalist doesn’t exactly demonstrate a great amount of versatility, and it leaves all their vocal lines sounding similar. The entire album feels like the group had taken one formula and ran with it. And although it certainly makes some good songs, using just one style for a whole album makes one boring record. A great first album with some even greater production, At Swim Two Birds is worth picking up when it’s released on November 16th.

Conclusion: A hybrid of dance music styles and pop with amazing production, The Glass release a debut with an interesting style that they over used.