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# SONG PREMIERE: Glenn Echo - Drink up This Fire
- URL: https://www.glamglare.com/music/song-premiere-glenn-echo-drink-up-this-fire/
- Published: 2021-09-01T10:11:58.000Z
- Updated: 2021-09-01T15:24:04.000Z
- Author: Elke Nominikat
- Tags: Music, Song Pick of the Day, #wordpress, #Import 2024-07-26 07:44

Any day is up to a brilliant start with a song as glorious as “Drink Up this Fire,” the new single by [**Glenn Echo**](https://www.glennecho.com/?ref=glamglare.com). With a little over two minutes, it might be the shortest track on the artist’s upcoming album *Fixed Memory,* but every note in “Drink Up This Fire” counts and adds to the song’s magic. The New York-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist creates the most enchanting chamber-folk pieces that instantly charm their way into listeners’ ears and linger thanks to their poetic beauty. “Drink Up this Fire” closes on a high note, giving an idea of what an empty fire-holding glass might sound like. What a surprising yet highly satisfying end to a fantastic song!

We asked **Matt Gaydar**, aka Glenn Echo, about the background to “Drink up This Fire,” and he told us:

> This song started as somewhat of a walking meditation, in the morning, strolling around the different small parks in South Brooklyn. I was trying to replicate the physical feeling of getting up and moving through the dynamic progression of the track; starting quiet and pulling out of a dream to an actual rising up in pitch and energy through the slide playing.

Looks like we got the “starting into a new day” part just right. We definitely can see ourselves beginning new days with something as gorgeous as “Drink up This Fire.” Glenn Echo explains further:

> The track sonically is heavily inspired by Blake Mills’s record Break Mirrors, with many layers of acoustic guitars, and a warm blown-out slide solo, as well as conceptually inspired by this animated short from Satoshi Kon called Ohayo. It parallels another track on my album “Rising Wide-Eyed” as an opening to a new day. In the flow of the album, which is meant to be the shape of a palindrome, this track signals the midpoint.

We are excited to premiere “Drink Up this Fire,” our Song Pick of the Day:

Pre-order [*Fixed Memory*](https://new.glamglare.com/album/glenn-echo-fixed-memory?ref=glamglare.com), out October 15th, and connect with Glenn Echo on [Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/glennecho)and [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/glennecho/?ref=glamglare.com). Add “Drink up This Fire” to your playlist as we are adding it to our [glamglarepick playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1IcRfqHINV6sOlkeZwk7z7?si=y6aoe%5FPQQgeVCGoOj3jqsQ&ref=glamglare.com) on Spotify:

**Photo credit:** Ariana Dixon