Glowing House


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Add To Favorites “It’s the kind of music that can make your entire body feel like jello – like you’re

falling in love – because you most likely are."
Glowing House does not set out to make you fall in love with them, but it is easy to see
why more and more people leave their shows feeling something special. They are a trio
of educated musicians who strongly believe in the potential deep within the most basic
elements of music, which all too often get overshadowed by gimmicks.
Their harmonies are polished; “not a microtone off.” Their melodies are meticulous
and serve as a perfect vessel for the lyrics, which seem to be what Glowing House slaves
over most. Each word carries a weight that makes even the most casual listener pause to
hear the next verse.
Given the variety of instruments on the stage at any given time, it is easier to say that
Steve Varney plays with strings, Jess Parsons plays with keys, and Patrick Kline plays
with anything that can be hit or shaken. Parsons and Varney split the lead vocal duties,
but all three merge on harmonies.
Whether the song is slow and soulful or unrelentingly upbeat, their instrumentation and
style places them squarely into the genre of new-age folk, garnering comparisons from
fans to one of their biggest influences, The Swell Season.
Their first full-length album, ‘The Annual Demise of Every Aspen’, was released in
2009 and collected positive reviews from publications in their hometown, Denver,
Colorado. This first album was made during a time of uncertainty as to what the band
was becoming—a vision now being made clearer every time they set foot on the stage or
in the studio. The second album, which is already well underway, will truly be a
Glowing House record; full of offerings and nuances by each member to create an
original collaboration.
It is their love of honest music, their ability to enrapture audiences, and the results of
hours of hard work that allow them to end most of their more intimate shows as an
unplugged, huddled trio—completely exposed in front of their listeners.
“It takes talent and confidence to pull that off, and Glowing House has both in spades.”