Introducing: Maple Glider

The Naarm/Melbourne based singer-songwriter can already boast over 3 million streams across her first three singles. Maple Glider announces her debut LP, To Enjoy is the Only Thing, is out June 25 via Pieater / Partisan Records.

To accompany the album announcement, latest single ‘Swimming‘ is out now.

“Glider’s airy vocals float beautifully throughout the song, with Iansek’s signature slow-burning and evocative production making for a stunning listen” – NME

“A piece that tries to unravel the intricacies of a religious upbringing and a relationship, both of which kept her from being her true self” – Bob Boilen (NPR)

Maple Glider (aka Tori Zietsch (– pronounced Peach with a Z)) says “this was meant to be a love song, but by the time I finished it, it kind of premeditated a break-up.” It’s set on the south coast of both France and the UK – strangely romantic locations to juxtapose falling out of love. Zietsch teamed up with creative collaborator Bridgette Winten for the music video, with whom she made captivating clips for ‘As Tradition‘ and ‘Good Thing‘. The video for ‘Swimming‘ was inspired by black and white horror films, for their ability to combine satire with emotionally evocative themes. Intimacy, estrangement, confusion, and loneliness are highlighted throughout the clip. Maple Glider’s romantic partner-in-crime – an inanimate skeleton.

Watch: Maple Glider – ‘Swimming’ (Official Music Video)

Maple Glider has connected easily and immediately with a world-wide fanbase. The Naarm/Melbourne based singer-songwriter can already boast over 3 million streams across her first three singles. ‘As Tradition‘, ‘Good Thing‘ and this latest single ‘Swimming‘ have garnered international acclaim from Bob Boilen‘s All Songs Considered on NPR, Stereogum, Paste, PAPER Magazine, NME, Uproxx, American Songwriter, Dork, Consequence of Sound, Brooklyn Vegan, KUTX, Pilerats and many more.

Since its release mid-September, debut single ‘As Tradition‘ has had over 1 million streams (thanks largely to love from Apple Music’s editorial team), was spun first by Bob Boilen on NPR’s All Songs Considered and played extensively across her home country’s public and community radio stations. In the months that followed, Maple Glider’s domestic label Pieater has joined forces with beloved indie imprint Partisan Records (Laura Marling, Cigarettes After Sex, Fontaines D.C.) for releasing her music to the rest of the world.

Second single ‘Good Thing‘ garnered over 100K streams per week since its release, it was KUTX’s song of the day; shared by Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music 1, who said it “floored me”; Mystic Sons named Maple Glider as artist of the week; was featured by Uproxx, American Songwriter, Dork, Consequence of Sound, Brooklyn Vegan and many more.

“SWIMMING” LYRICS

Watching the surfers on the Birling Gap
A few times I nearly packed up my bag
You said baby please don’t leave
There is so much we’ve left to see
Stay with me

I said I would marry you
If I could get a passport to
Work in the land of riches
Live our lives through pictures
Bathing in the sea
Searching for fish while you’re searching for me

You pressed your hands against the darkest spaces of my skin
Tell me my body has been so beautifully lived in
I almost fell apart when you looked straight at my heart
And said baby, swim

We went to your mother’s house
Driving through The Deep South
Mountains and red wine
The best I’ve tasted in my life
You said stay with me

You pressed your hands against the darkest spaces of my skin
Tell me my body has been so beautifully lived in
I almost fell apart, when you looked straight at my heart
And said baby, swim

You said baby, we’re just bathing
You said baby, we’re just bathing
You said baby, we’re just bathing

Watching the surfers on the Birling Gap
A few times I nearly packed up my bags
You said baby please don’t leave
Stay with me

‘Swimming‘ is out now, buy/stream it here.

TO ENJOY IS THE ONLY THING

The debut album by Maple Glider

Out June 25th via Pieater (ANZ) and Partisan Records (ROW)

Pre-order is available now.