Music Review // Karise Eden & Greg Gould "All That Glitters"

 

There is something about a song that can come on and just feel so cinematic that it just pulls you in.   From the very first note of "All That Glitters" that is exactly what happens, as this can feel like a Demi Lovato or Florence Welch type of pop number with soul.   The music on this is big and expansive, but the vocals are perhaps even more so.   While it begins with Karise Eden singing, it then shifts to Greg Gould and then they end up singing together which is perhaps how they become most powerful.

I feel like there is a message within this song but it is perhaps a message we each need to find personally.  When this music video starts, Karise Eden is coming out of the grave and running from a mob while holding a baby.  Greg Gould at one point comes out of a shed (?) that says "Career Suicide" and "Too Gay".  He then proceeds, once out of it, to set it on fire.  These feel very much like personal struggles these artists have gone through, but both have found a way to deal with it through song.  

This notion is that not all the glitters is gold, so you have to be aware of things seeming too good to be true and that sort of idea.  They don't ever really say too much about this in terms of what happened, but the lyrics have the chorus of: "I know the grieving comes in stages / I do what I can to remain gracious / The only medicine for hatred they say is forgiveness / I'm not there yet so I guess I'll fake it" I don't feel like you need to know their stories in order for you to sing along with this and have it relate to something personal in your own life.

In any type of writing, I feel like it's always best to write from personal experience because that's how they tell you to form your own voice.  But with this song here, Karise Eden & Greg Gould have left enough to the imagination (especially if you're hearing the song and not seeing the video) that it feels like it can be universally relatable.  Just think of all of the times you've wanted to tell someone "Sorry not sorry" and then put this song on and sing along in a big, dramatic way with it instead.  It will help the peace of all of those involved, but especially you.