Stream: Margaret Glaspy, ‘Emotions and Math’

Jordan Kleinman on April 12th, 2016

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Twenty-seven-year-old singer-songwriter Margaret Glaspy is poised to make waves with her upcoming debut record, “Emotions and Math” (out June 17 via ATO Records). Though the lyrical nature may lead to some breakups, its music could serve as a cathartic foundation for newly single listeners. Just watching her various live solo sessions, one can almost imagine the musical connection of watching her with a guitar in the center of a dimly lit coffeehouse in the Upper West Side — rapt attendees swaying ever so gently.

Born in Red Bluff, Calif., Glaspy moved to Boston to study music and stayed for three years, playing and touring with other musicians, then cutting her teeth in New York and getting the attention of ATO. Her vocals range from lilting to raw, the guitars from half-strummed/half-finger-picked to biting and electric, her topical matter from confessional to observational — and all her songs possess a comfortable space for the listener to sort out the complexities. Emotions and math: Both are tricky.

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