7/10

On their seventh full-length release 'Stranded Assets', My Glass World offer no easy answers, but they do ask the right questions. The eagerly-awaited album finds the band's Jamie Telford once again diving headfirst into the moral and political murk of our modern moment. What emerges is a record rich with unrest and resonance, a stark portrait of contemporary disillusionment painted in jagged saxophones and shadowy synths.

From the opening notes, 'Stranded Assets' feels like a slow burning listen that never feels truly comfortable. The mood is cinematic but never indulgent, anchored by Telford’s precise songwriting and unwavering vocal delivery. His lyrics are observational and often scathing, while at times chilling in their clarity.

There’s also an undeniable urgency here, but also an eerie sense of control as each song feels placed with intention. While the record wanders stylistically through jagged grooves, brooding textures, and noir-like instrumentation, it never feels fragmented. But for all its grit, 'Stranded Assets' stands as a quiet, determined expression of resistance.

There’s no fluff here as even the record’s more subdued passages are laced with tension. In a time where much of modern music feels either escapist or overloaded with metaphor, the new LP stands apart for its unflinching specificity. It names names, points fingers, and it asks what’s left to believe in when even belief has become commodified.

With this new effort, My Glass World deliver an album that looks to interrogate the moment . It’s not easy listening, and that’s precisely the point. "Stranded Assets' reminds us that protest can be quiet, as long as the words still cut and the rhythm still pulses.