THE GLASS HOURS

The Glass Hours are American songwriters Megan Barbera and Brad Armstrong. Combining influences from Megan’s Colorado mountain roots and Brad’s Birmingham, AL southern roots, the Americana/Country Folk duo met in New York’s Hudson Valley in Summer 2022 and began writing and performing together immediately. They recorded their first album the following spring.

Their self-titled debut album was released by Cornelius Chapel Records in March 2024. The duo was invited to play NYC’s Underwater Sunshine Festival, an annual music showcase curated by Adam Duritz, lead singer for Counting Crows. From there, they self-booked two national tours in 2024 and began writing their second album while on tour in the West.

The Glass Hours’ second album, Chapel Glass, was recorded in November 2024 at Dial Back Sound in Water Valley, MS. It is set for release September 26, 2025 with U.S. and Europe tour dates to follow. Chapel Glass was co-produced, engineered and mixed by Clay Jones (Al Green, Modest Mouse) and includes Matt Patton (Drive-by Truckers, Laura Jane Grace) on bass, and Jason Lucia (Blue Mountain, Galactic Engineers) on drums. 

Like much of the work they’ve done in their respective solo careers, both albums dance between this and that, drinking from the wells of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams. The songs go where they want to go; Brad and Megan simply try to stay out of the way. Although it is nearly impossible, in this new world of niche artistry, not to pick a genre camp and pitch a tent, The Glass Hours seem intent on trying. Yet, there is a thread that ties the whole thing together, and that is the constant tension and tapestry of their voices harmonizing. Every song on both albums was written with the idea of this harmony and interaction, point and counterpoint, between two voices trying to come together as one.

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