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Influences
Radiohead, The Cure, Keane, David Bowie, Stone Roses, Bob Dylan, Donovan, The Pixies, Jeff Buckley, Iron & Wine, Coldplay, The Smiths, Suede, Don Mclean, Primal Scream, The Verve, Blur, Oasis, Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, Elvis Presley, Beach Boys, Beatles, Portishead, Massive Attack, Classical
Glass Pear is singer/songwriter Yestyn Griffiths. The Welsh-born singer is the younger brother of recording artist Jem. After co-writing songs for her debut “Finally Woken” and follow-up “Down To Earth”, Yestyn sent a 4 track demo to tastemaker DJ Nic Harcourt of KCRW. Nic’s early support for tracks “Last Day Of Your Life” and “Vultures” was instrumental in getting the music heard. In late 2008 the producers of 90210 chose “Last Day Of Your Life” to end the debut episode of the new series and Grey’s Anatomy featured the track in early 2009. Aptly described by Dave Matthew’s A & R as being like “Keane but with balls”, Yestyn cites Jeff Buckley and the Beatles as influences, while echoes of early Radiohead and Coldplay are heard throughout Glass Pear’s stadium-sized sound.
Asked on NPR radio for her 2009 music tips, Gossip Girl’s music supervisor Alex Patsavas said that Glass Pear “will have a big impact in the future. [He writes} beautiful, melodic, well-crafted pop songs.”
In October 2009, CW series Vampire Diaries featured Glass Pear's song "Wild Place". Fox's "Bones" followed with a prominent placing of "My Ghost" in November. The debut album "Streets of Love" is released on Yestyn's own label WOL Records and is available digitally on iTunes/Amazon. The physical CD can be ordered from CD Baby.
Why Glass Pear? Yestyn writes:
“A lot of the songs I write are about the fragility and transiency of life and love. So I wanted to find a name that expressed that. Apparently the ancient Chinese believed that the pear was a symbol of immortality (pear trees live for a long time). Its also a symbol of affection in other cultures. In Chinese the word li means both “pear” and “separation,” and for this reason, tradition says that to avoid a separation, friends and lovers should not divide pears between themselves. So for me a glass pear is a pear that is fragile, breakable, needing protection, just like love.”
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Just stopping by to say hello and say that your music is A-mazing! It just pulls at my heart strings :) Thank you for putting it out there for us all to hear...
Hi Yestyn, thanks for the add! You make beautiful music, and you already know that "my ghost" make me cry every time I heard... thanks, you're very nice! love from france
Thank you so much for accepting, I am Lexi Roy and I also follow you on Twitter. I love your songs and I hope that you will be out in the music business for yrs to come.
Hi ! I'm French and I first heard you on Vampire Diaries with the song "Wild Place" and then I really like what you're doing. I love your songs. Thanks to you first for added me on myspace and facebook , and also because you took the time to write me a loooong message ^^ I'm probably one of the last persons who are buying cds and I wish I couldhave your album. Keep in touch. . .
How's it going mate I have been playing live for the last few months come have a listen to what i sound like live on acoustic, they're all brand new songs so a bit rough. leave me a comment if you're feelin them.
Congratulations! You are an uncle! Awww...that's so cool. Babies...sigh...they are soo innocent. (: Best wishes to your sister and her new baby...so exciting! ^^
i know i when i was watching the show it came up and completely surprised me and i was i just listened to that song lol. good job man keep it up . btw i didnt even read ur blog about ur song possible being on the show thats why it surprised me hahaha
and thanks for the add!
I have been playing live for the last few months come have a listen to what i sound like live on acoustic, they're all brand new songs so a bit rough. leave me a comment if you're feelin them. 
