Maple Glider

Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 35:54 minutes | 414 MB | Genre: Indie Folk, Female Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Partisan Records

Maple Glider, aka Melbourne / Naarm-based artist Tori Zietsch, returns with new album I Get Into Trouble, the follow-up to her stunning 2021 debut To Enjoy is the Only Thing. I Get Into Trouble sees Zietsch delve into her Christian childhood, exploring her relationship to her body, consent, shame, and the death of relationships, both romantic and familial. Heartbreaking at times, the songs ultimately paint a hopeful picture, shining a light on new life, new love, and the desire to find peace and connection with these experiences. While Maple Glider’s delicate brand of sneakily catchy psych-folk has never sounded sharper, the music centers around the lyrics, exploring these deeply personal themes and often serving as a self-catharsis, brought to vivid life by the beauty of Zietsch’s artistry and wry sense of dark humour.

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Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 00:35:54 minutes | 414 MB | Genre: Pop, Rock, Alternatif et Indé
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover

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Maple Glider – To Enjoy is the Only Thing (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 35:51 minutes | 408 MB | Genre: Pop, Folk, Indie Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Partisan Records

A tone of voice, words, and a dreamlike sound. When you’re writing an introspective indie pop-folk song, getting these elements right will help you stand out from the crowd. Tori Zietsch, alias Maple Glider, has mastered them all, and so she has made it out in front of the pack. The Australian, who spent time in Brighton before returning home to Melbourne, can hold her own alongside Cat Power, Adrianne Lenker, Angel Olsen, Julia Jacklin and Sharon Van Etten. The subject matter she is working with might be classical and familiar (a strict, religious education, first love, an awakening to the ways of the world, solitude, distance) but To Enjoy Is the Only Thing offers a truly unique kind of intimacy. With a splash of humour here or a graceful confession there, she is always able to sidestep heavy-handedness or lukewarm cliché. But first and foremost, this record is a showcase for a sublime voice. On really stripped-down sequences, as on Be Mean, It’s Kinder Than Crying, where her voice bounces off the same two repeating chords, Maple Glider is awe-inspiring. “To me”, she writes, “To Enjoy Is The Only Thing feels like walking past tinsel-covered trees in mid-September, swimming along the calanques in the south of France, frost on the hood of a car, darkness at 4pm, lightness until 10pm, a muted feeling, the perpetual grey fog that swallows the Silver Coast in Portugal, an ugly green dress, the color red, red wine, red blood, red lips, the red of a cardinal’s robe, Switzerland, my mother’s diaries, a coroner’s report, the sun on my face, the end of love”. One comes away from this album feeling deeply moved, blown away by these 35 timeless, graceful minutes… – Marc Zisman

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