Breaking Glass with Phenomenal Handclap Band
The Phenomenal Handclap Band returns to Nublu Records with Breaking Glass, the first single from their forthcoming new album.
While some music turns inward, "Breaking Glass" looks directly at the world outside. Built around the idea of pressure reaching its breaking point, the track takes shattered glass as both a symbol and a warning. The moment frustration becomes retaliation. The band describes the song as a narration, an incantation, a threat, and a prophecy all at once. That tension runs straight through the recording. Juliet Swango contributes vocals, percussion, and piano alongside Monika Heidemann on vocals, percussion, and Prophet-5. Daniel Collás handles drums and Juno-60, Jeremy Kay locks in the electric bass, Peter Matson of Underground System adds guitar, and Moussa Fadera contributes additional percussion and what the band credits as "spiritual advisement".
The impetus for the new album is our realization that there seems to be a lot of somewhat self-involved artistic expression and not enough commenting on what's happening around us. To me, the sound of breaking glass has always been synonymous with riots. It is anger at being provoked to the point of retaliation, the fight part of fight or flight. The lyrics for the first verse sum it up: "First the blood, it boils / Then the teeth, they bare Next the fists, they clench / Eyes on fire, beware." "Breaking Glass" is a narration, incantation, threat, and prophecy, all in the same breath.
Phenomenal Handclap Band
Produced and mixed by Collás and mastered by Dustin Alexander, "Breaking Glass" arrives as a two-track digital 45 pairing a full extended version built for the longer ride with a focused radio edit for broadcast, playlists, and quicker entry into the track. "Breaking Glass" is the follow-up to Phenomenal Handclap Band's Nublu debut, 2025's "We Are Worlds Away," recorded in Stockholm with longtime collaborators Fredrik Swahn and Morgan Phalen. The 12" and digital editions of "We Are Worlds Away" are available for anyone who missed it last Fall. "Breaking Glass" doesn't abandon the dance floor. It gives it something heavier to carry.
Phenomenal Handclap Band - Breaking Glass
Release Date 10th September 2026
Label Nublu Records
Tracklist
1. Phenomenal Handclap Band - Breaking Glass
2. Phenomenal Handclap Band - Breaking Glass (Extended version)