A shimmering beast, by Glaciers

A shimmering beast

by Glaciers

supported by

Marta RatonPersona Instant love. Sweet and calm, carefree music, magical. I got the Memorial Coin and now it's one of my treasures. Favorite track: I Didn't Know.

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

50 NOK or more
Memorial coin with a small booklet and a paperbag.

Includes unlimited streaming of A shimmering beast via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 2 days

edition of 100

100 NOK or more
Full Digital Discography

123

releases

Get all 123 Metronomicon Audio releases available on Bandcamp and save 75%.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Underestimated (ambient mix), Inte Ligent Dansmusik, Ski Jam Oriental, Safety, grace (Sommerfeldt remix), New Year's Sale, Kikerter & ris, 2022, SNAFU, and 115 more. , and , .

731.75 NOK or more (75% OFF)

1.	All Down The Day 04:18	buy track
2.	I Didn't Know 04:48	buy track
3.	Onandon 06:04	buy track
4.	The Way I Meet My Doom 04:20	buy track

about

For the last 9 years artist, illustrator and musician Nicolas Burrows recorded and performed under the name ‘Glaciers’, releasing two albums and a handful of EPs, and performing regularly in the UK and sat festivals in Canada, Norway and Portugal. ‘A Shimmering Beast’ is the last ever release under the name ‘Glaciers’ and brings the project full-circle to where it began, in Norway in the summer of 2006.

Nicolas is currently writing and recording under the name ‘Fell’.

credits

released June 22, 2015

All songs written by Nicolas P. Burrows. Performed by Nicolas P. Burrows with Jørgen Sissyfus Skjulstad, Sara Lena Yri Cools, Thomas Meidell & Tessa Horvath.

Produced by Sissyfus at Metronopolis. Recorded at Metronopolis, Oslo and Fairchild House, London 2012-13.

Art by Yokoland

The title 'A Shimmering Beast' is taken from the Ted Hughes poem, 'The Mayfly Is Frail'.

(P) & (C) 2014
Metronomicon Audio
Old rice re-served
www.metronomiconaudio.net

license

about

Metronomicon Audio Oslo, Norway

Metronomicon Audio is a small record label based in Oslo, Norway. Strictly speaking, it is not really a label, but rather a community with some 20 active members and a wide range of affiliates which together aim to promote new and interesting music.

metronomiconaudio.net

contact / help

Contact Metronomicon Audio

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like A shimmering beast, you may also like:

Saints and Sebastian Stories
by Konradsen

featured on Bandcamp Radio Oct 29, 2019
go to album
Gardening
by Siv Jakobsen

Oslo's Siv Jakobsen showcases a gift for plush, softly strummed indie folk on her bucolic third LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 25, 2023
go to album
The Nothing
by The Last Dinosaur

Jamie Cameron conveys heartbreak and loss with violins, acoustic plucking, tambourine beats, and whispered lyrics. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 20, 2017
go to album
The Other Half of Everything
by Martin John Henry

At first glance, the landscape on the cover of Martin John Henry’s The Other Half of Everything is a scene of complete isolation. This is Scotland. An archetypal rugged landscape of hills and lochs, as far as the eye can see. On closer inspection, there are some signs of habitation: buildings, roads, farms… but they … Continue reading Album of the Week: The Other Half of Everything → Bandcamp Album of the Day Nov 21, 2011
go to album
Coxswain
by Routine Layup

Wry songs from this Washington artist that recall the homespun charm of early Mountain Goats. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 4, 2021
go to album
Gualala
by Simon Linsteadt

Maine singer-songwriter takes his confessional folk in an electronic direction, dabbling in synthwave textures and bedroom pop arrangements. Bandcamp New & Notable May 26, 2021
go to album
Siren/Zero Double EP
by Obscura Hail

Juggling art rock, chamber folk, and bedroom pop, Obscura Hail's double EP charts vast stylistic terrain with confidence and ease. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 28, 2020
go to album