Glasser

Cameron Mesirow (born 1983), known professionally as Glasser, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Signed to True Panther Sounds, she released her debut EP Apply in 2009. Her debut studio album Ring followed in 2010. Her second studio album Interiors was released in 2013. After a hiatus, Mesirow returned to the Glasser project with the 2023 studio album Crux.

Early life Mesirow was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her father is a member of the Blue Man Group in Berlin, and her mother, Casey Cameron, is one of the founders of new wave band Human Sexual Response. Following her parents' divorce, she relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area at age ten. She had some piano lessons as a child, and performed in musicals at school. Mesirow eventually studied German and literature at San Francisco State University, where she met Foreign Born singer Matt Popieluch, who helped draw out her songwriting abilities.

Career According to Mesirow, the name "Glasser" was inspired by "a midnight vision of a figure hovering over water".

In early 2009, Glasser's track "Apply" was featured on the eMusic compilation Selected + Collected and the song was later described by Pitchfork as "one of the disc's standouts [...] a great mix of electronic drag and skyward pop [that] showcased Mesirow's impressive vocal range."

In May 2009, Glasser played her first show without prerecorded parts, in support of her first EP, Apply.

In 2018, Glasser resurfaced with the self-released, experimental EP Sextape, featuring spoken word descriptions of a variety of sexual experiences over danceable beats. Pitchfork commended the project for engaging "directly with the thorniness of queer intimacy, the complications that arise when queer people seek each other out to dance, to flirt, and to fuck each other."

In 2022, Glasser again resurfaced with a single titled "New Scars", released on One Little Independent Records.

Glasser said she also has "a couple of other songs that are not on the record", such as "Save Me" that was made prominent by an X Games video on YouTube.

Style Glasser has been compared to Joni Mitchell, Björk and Cocteau Twins.

Discography

Studio albums +List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions USDance USHeat Ring Released: September 24, 2010 Label: True Panther Sounds Formats: CD, LP, digital download 9 18 Interiors Released: October 4, 2013 Label: True Panther Sounds Formats: CD, LP, digital download 15 32 Crux Released: October 6, 2023 Label: One Little Independent Formats: CD, LP, digital download — —

Extended plays +List of EPs, with selected details Title EP details Apply Released: May 26, 2009 Label: True Panther Sounds Formats: 12", digital download iTunes Live: SXSW Released: March 20, 2011 Label: True Panther Sounds Formats: Digital download Sextape Released: April 6, 2018 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download

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