Glass Pear is a Welsh singer and songwriter, born Yestyn Griffiths.
Early life
The Welsh singer is the younger brother of recording artist
Jem.
"Wales' sexiest men"
'' Western Mail'', 4 December 2010
Career
After co-writing songs for Jem's first album, ''Finally Woken
''Finally Woken'' is the debut studio album by Welsh singer-songwriter Jem, released initially in the United States on 23 March 2004, with ATO Records.
Critical reception
Announced as America's biggest British female debut artist of 2004. ''R ...
'', and the follow-up, '' Down To Earth'', Griffiths sent a 4 track demo to the DJ Nic Harcourt
Nic Harcourt (born September 23, 1957) is an English-born American radio and television presenter, producer, and journalist best known as the former Music Director and on-air presenter for the Santa Monica, California-based radio station KCRW. Har ...
of KCRW
KCRW (89.9 MHz FM) is a National Public Radio member station broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, where the station is licensed. KCRW airs original news and music programming in addition to programm ...
. Harcourt's early support for the tracks "Last Day Of Your Life" and "Vultures" was instrumental in getting the music heard. In late 2008, the producers of '' 90210'' chose "Last Day Of Your Life" to end the first episode of the new series and ''Grey's Anatomy
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'' used the track in early 2009.
In October 2009, CW series ''The Vampire Diaries
''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural teen drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson (screenwriter), Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the The Vampire Diaries (novel series), book series ...
'' used Glass Pear's song "Wild Place" and "Say It Once" for season 8 of their hit series ''One Tree Hill One Tree Hill may refer to:
* "One Tree Hill" (song), a 1987 song by U2 referencing One Tree Hill, New Zealand volcanic peak
* ''One Tree Hill'' (TV series), a 2003–2012 American drama series named for the U2 song
** ''One Tree Hill'' (soundtr ...
''. Fox
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Twelve sp ...
's hit TV series ''Bones
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'' followed with a prominent placing of "My Ghost" in November towards the end of the episode. The first album, ''Streets of Love'', was released on Griffith’s own label, WOL Records.
"Until the morning comes", a special collaboration with Jem, was released in December 2009.
An eight song EP, ''Sweet America'', was released in August 2010.
Discography
Singles and EPs
* Glass Pear EP (2008)
# "Last Day of Your Life" – 4:16
# "Vultures" – 3:30
# "Streets of Love" – 3:47
# "Wild Place" – 3:01
# "Come Alive" – 4:56
* Last Day of Your Life (2009)
# "Last Day of Your Life" – 4:18
# "Last Day of Your Life (Acoustic)" – 4:34
# "Last Day of Your Life (Delta Heavy
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Remix)" – 7:41
# "Last Day of Your Life (E Disco Mega Mix)" – 5:25
* Until the Morning Comes (Feat. Jem) (2009)
# "Until the Morning Comes" – 4:19
* Sweet America EP (2010)
# "Where Is My Home?" – 4:20
# "Loveable" – 3:39
# "Say It Once" – 4:18
# "No Reason to Love" – 3:56
# "Sweet America" – 3:24
# "Eyes Wide Open" – 3:39
# "Fall to Earth" – 3:23
# "Morning Light" – 3:43
Albums
* ''Streets of Love
"Streets of Love" is a song by rock band the Rolling Stones which was released as a double A-side single with " Rough Justice" from the 2005 album ''A Bigger Bang''. The single was released on 22 August 2005, prior to the album.
Overview
"Streets ...
'' (2009)
# "Last Day of Your Life" – 4:18
# "Vultures" – 3:30
# "Listen to the Music" – 4:04
# "Streets of Love" – 3:50
# "Colours" – 4:09
# "Wild Place" – 3:02
# "Come Alive" – 4:57
# "This is not a Dream" – 4:07
# "Violet Waters" – 4:26
# "My Ghost" – 2:56
* '' Glass Pear'' (2011)
# "One Day Soon" – 2:53
# "Dizzy" – 3:52
# "Planet Earth" – 3:11
# "Love is all I Need" – 4:08
# "Long Before You're Here" – 0:53
# "Oxygen" – 4:34
# "Closer" – 3:49
# "Grace" – 3:22
# "Epiphany" – 3:55
# "Summer" – 3:10
# "Eternal" – 1:49
References
External links
Official Glass Pear website
YouTube Official Channel
Glass Pear at MusicBrainz
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Welsh singer-songwriters
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Welsh male singers
British male singer-songwriters