glaive and kurtains announce collaborative album ‘God Save The Three’
After performing to the biggest crowd of his career at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town in February, glaive makes his return with the announcement of his album with his longtime collaborator, best friend and underground producer prodigy kurtains. To be released on May 8, God Save The Three honours their shared dynamic which changed the DNA of pop music as we know it.
When they were still in school, glaive and Kurtains led the charge of an internet-fuelled sound which challenged the parameters of electronic pop music and became a cultural fascination. glaive’s latest album Y’ALL – with kurtains at the helm of its production – captures the story of a teenager pulled up from his roots, finally returning to his hometown in North Carolina at twenty, a radically changed person in an unchanged place. This maturity is reflected in the scale and complexity of sound, while still setting the dancefloor alight.
Today, they share God Save The Three’s forerunning single ‘The Troubles’. With a video filmed in Kilkee, Ireland, the dance hit primed for the club finds a surprising ally in the dramatic vista. Performed together at the London headline show with a setlist bursting with unreleased tracks from the album, fans have been baying for the first taste to drop.
Speaking on the story behind the track, the duo share: “‘The Troubles’ came together during a recording trip we made to The Cotswolds in sunny England. It’s a song that reflects the juxtaposition in our lives, representing the tension between our modest yet lavish tendencies. We needed a dance track, so we made a dance track.
kurtains began with the garage-inspired drums layered with soft synth chords, and glaive wrote the iconic hook line referenced in the title and his verse. After a slight struggle for ideas for the second verse, kurtains jokingly rapped over the bassline in a Welsh accent… We laughed, for it felt like magic. This song is inspired by a wide mix of different genres within the dance music realm.”
glaive’s previous works cypress grove, all dogs go to heaven, and then i’ll be happy, have all cemented him as a generational artist, lauded by the likes of The New York Times, Vulture, GQ and The FADER. His second studio album of last year, May It Never Falter, was hailed as a genre-defying body of work that marked the beginning of an independent chapter in his artistry.
May It Never Falter was recorded in the remote landscapes of Iceland and Wales, continuing the Sigur Rós-inspired approach to isolated, immersive recording environments that began with his debut album i care so much i don’t care at all (2023). The album was listed as one of the best of 2024 by Vogue and was supported by a North American and European tour in spring of 2025.
