Waterglass are the (albeit slowly) rising stars of dark, crystalline pop in the UK. Their starkly beautiful, sometimes disturbing, melodic guitar-led music has been gathering listeners all over the world for some years now. With the release of their debut album WisdomLikeSilence they are set to open up a massive new audience with which to share their viscerally charged stories about the world and the people in it. Getting to this point has been a long struggle, about which you can read more below. But first, a look at Waterglass as they are now...

Waterglass are a five-piece outfit consisting of Victoria (voice), Andy (guitars), Rose (synthesisers), Andrew (drums and percussion) and Aidan (bass guitars). They draw their influences from a huge range of music including rock, country, choral and pop. Together, they write classic pop music with a dark and emotional edge drawing comparisons with The Cocteau Twins, Radiohead, The Cure and Morcheeba.

They have been plying their trade in the venues of the UK for many years now, in a number of incarnations. On the way they have garnered a reputation of one of the UK's most exciting bands. Their CD releases have been lauded and their live appearances feted. Their determination to be free of the vicissitudes of the recording industry have seen them set up their own record company and recording facilities. One of the last of the truly independent bands, Waterglass continue to single-mindedly pursue their own musical vision with scant regard to the fads and fashions to which the music industry is prey.