Written by Kirsty (pictured)
Produced & Recorded by Glimmer.
Recorded on Tascam488 cassette tape at the end of the 90s. 
Drums, bass & main guitars recorded live at a rehearsal room on beer-soaked SM58s. Vocals & extra guitar at our house on Bruce St, Leederville. 

Shouldn't Really Get Upset

Written by Wrob (pictured)
Produced & Recorded by Glimmer.
Recorded on Tascam488 cassette tape at the end of the 90s. 
Drums, bass & main guitars recorded live at a rehearsal room on beer-soaked SM58s. Vocals & extra guitar at our house on Bruce St, Leederville. 

Bad Luck

Written by Kirsty
Produced & Recorded by Glimmer.
Recorded on Tascam488 cassette tape at the end of the 90s. 
Drums, bass & main guitars recorded live at a rehearsal room on beer-soaked SM58s. Vocals & extra guitar at our house on Bruce St, Leederville. 

Pretty (slow version)

Blue Mascara

Written by Wrob
Produced & Recorded by Glimmer.
Recorded on Tascam488 cassette tape at the end of the 90s. 
Drums, bass & main guitars recorded live at a rehearsal room on beer-soaked SM58s. Vocals & extra guitar at our house on Bruce St, Leederville. 

Pic is Chris, probably wondering why he can't hear more hats! 

Enough

Kiss

Written by Wrob.
Recorded by Glimmer on a Tascam Porta07 cassette 4-track.
Yep, that's all we had back then kids. Crap mics in the rehearsal room, even worse mics at home. 

South Pacific (4 Track)

Written by Kirsty.
Recorded by Glimmer on a Tascam Porta07 cassette 4-track (pictured).
This is the rehearsal room at Rockforce where we laid down drums, bass and main guitar to 2 tracks, using dented, stinking SM58s. We added vocals and extra guitar at home with even worse mics. 

Pic: Mitch & Kirsty

Sparkles (4 Track)

Written by Kirsty
Produced & Recorded by Glimmer.
Recorded on Tascam488 cassette tape at the end of the 90s. 
Drums, bass & main guitars recorded live at a rehearsal room (driveway pictured)on beer-soaked SM58s. Vocals & extra guitar at our house on Bruce St, Leederville. 

Pic by Tessie Scott

Confession

Glimmer were a late-nineties rock band in Perth, Western Australia. 

Kirsty: vocals, guitar, viola
Wrob: vocals, bass
Chris: drums
Mitch: guitar, vocals

We recorded these tracks ourselves, as demos, on 4 Track and 8 Track cassette recorders. Most never really got past the demo stage into a 'real' studio (lack of funds).

Bands we loved (and still do) include, Afghan Whigs, Sunny Day Real Estate, and Something for Kate.  

Bands from the aftermath of Glimmer are Braving the Seabed, Minor Ache and The Leap Year.

Photos by; Tessie Scott, Craig Newbold and Glimmer.
Emotional support and 'fuck yeahs' from Clint Dyer.

Glimmer

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