Justin Sconza – Broken Glass (2025)
From a young age, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Justin Sconza immersed himself in music, his love for this art being a constant in his life. At about 6 years old, he started studying the piano, and when a guitar reached his hands in his early teens, Sconza’s zeal for original compositions burst forth. With influences as diverse as The Beatles, Scott Joplin, The Kinks, Ariel Pink, and cinematic movie scores, the US-based musician embraces everything, expressing life through moving melodies. Join us as we delve into one of his most recent singles, ‘Broken Glass’.
A track off his well-received album, Standards, ‘Broken Glass’ lies alongside ‘In Real Life’ and ‘Lonely Monica’ with vintage jangle-pop and folk tones; however, as much as it is similar to Standards tracks, ‘Broken Glass’ has that feeling of old-school and modern-day pop-rock heard in Weezer’s ‘Buddy Holly’. Then again, given ‘Buddy Holly’ was released a couple of decades ago, Sconza is travelling across older retro and newer retro with tender indie-pop grooves.
Inspired by life in all its triumphs and tragedies, Sconza’s melodies lay bare every intimate detail, whether it be a stark bare-bones soundscape or kaleidoscopic musical flood. Standards is an album that delves into personal reflections and narratives of experiences, oscillating between nostalgia and future hope – ‘Broken Glass’ is potentially one of the most vulnerable tracks. A song touching on the theme of yearning from both yesteryear and the need to look forward, ‘Broken Glass’ finds listeners on the cusp of what has been, what might be, and which way to go.
My introduction to Justin Sconza, I find the wave of guitars, drums and percussion light-hearted, laidback and chilled. Then again, the raw sentimentality and sincerity in ‘Broken Glass’ showcase an intricate unpicking of human fragility with sophisticated elegance.
In addition to the single, Justin Sconza released an official music video for ‘Broken Glass’. Created with an AI text-to-video generator, it’s described as a “…kind of Twilight Zone meets early 90s computer art”. You can view the video below and/or on Sconza’s YouTube channel. Please note that this video uses lighting effects that can trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Find out more about Justin Sconza on his Bandcamp, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and Spotify.
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