Extraordinary Renditions’ by My Glass World is released on 18 September 2026 on Luxury Noise Records. The new single ‘This Perfect Summer’ will be made available on 4 September 2026, with accompanying video. This album is the band’s eighth, and in fact the fifth created by composer, singer, musician Jamie Telford in cahoots with his musical foil Sean Read. Jamie has previously written and recorded alongside a range of talents from Paul Weller to Richard Strange, whilst Sean has production credits with artists like Edwyn Collins, Dexys Midnight Runners and Dave Gahan and the Soulsavers to name but a few; he also provides sax and woodwinds on the record.
Jamie Telford says of the new material, “‘This Perfect Summer’ was written long before the crisis we all face in this ‘Long Hot Summer’, to paraphrase a different song. ‘This Perfect Summer’ seems prescient but obviously the effects of unforetold weather events were destined to happen soon. Before we pretended a Mediterranean Climate is all we wanted in Britain, at least take a look at what’s been happening everywhere, as disaster after disaster unfolds”.
“Every part of the world suffers as the likes of Trump et al say the Climate crisis is all fake news while sticking their collective heads in the sand”.
“The album is also informed by health concerns, and some of the lyrics reference that, as well as some wider, more philosophical issues and other more unusual terms of endearment. Songs like ‘We’re All The Same’ and ‘The Other Side’ contain elements of some of these ideas. It’s a worldly, wordy album that hopefully explores the writers’ views as well as having a more grounded look around”.
Previous tracks from the band have been championed on radio by, amongst others, Guy Garvey and the late great Janice Long. The output of My Glass World consistently raises a magnifying glass to the vagaries and the vicissitudes of modern life, looking at the status quo and finding it largely wanting. Songs are vigorous and venomous but delivered with a nod to the contemporary, and anchored by experience, expertise, emotion and feel..
‘Extraordinary Renditions’ by My Glass World will transport you to places you didn’t always know you wanted to visit, but it will never be a boring ride…
