Life Is Not a Lesson

Life Is Not a Lesson is the second studio album by American rock musical project Glitterer, which was at the time the solo project of Ned Russin of the band Title Fight.^[4] released by Anti-. The album has received positive reviews from critics and consists of shoegaze,^[5][6] grunge,^[5] and hardcore punk.^[6]

Life Is Not a Lesson
Studio album by Glitterer
Released	February 26, 2021 (2021-02-26)
Recorded	March–May 2020
Studio	Kingston, Pennsylvania
Genre	Indie rock • noise pop • power pop • synth pop • shoegaze • grunge • emo • post-hardcore
Length	21:40
Label	ANTI-
Producer	Ned Russin
Glitterer chronology
Looking Through the Shades (2019) Life Is Not a Lesson (2021) Fantasy Four (2022)
Singles from Life Is Not a Lesson
"Are You Sure?" Released: December 9, 2020[1] "Didn't Want It" Released: January 13, 2021[2] "Life Is Not a Lesson" Released: February 11, 2021[3]

Reception

Dave Beech of Clash Music scored this album a 7 out of 10, calling the music, "intense, claustrophobic and often cathartic".^[5] In Kerrang!, Mischa Pearlman gave Life Is Not a Lesson a 3 out of 5, stating that the music act shows promise, but that this album needs more length and variation.^[6] Spin's Danielle Chelosky characterized this release as "uncomfortable and eccentric" as well as "a hidden opportunity to start a conversation, and to invite others to inhabit Russin's space".^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bodies"	1:48
2.	"Are You Sure?"	1:46
3.	"Try Harder Still"	2:24
4.	"Little Backward Glance"	1:23
5.	"How a Song Should Go"	1:18
6.	"The End"	1:13
7.	"Didn't Want It"	1:59
8.	"Indeed"	1:27
9.	"Birdsong"	1:28
10.	"I Made the Call"	2:31
11.	"Fire"	2:00
12.	"Life Is Not a Lesson"	2:28
Total length:		21:40

Personnel

Glitterer

• Ned Russin – instrumentation, vocals, recording, production

Additional personnel

• Susy Cereijo – photography
• Colin Gorman – drum recording, Kingston, Pennsylvania, United States
• Sarah King – vocals on "How a Song Should Go"
• Andrew Peden – artwork, layout
• Ruben Preciado – photography
• Arthur Rizk – maracas on "I Made the Call", mixing, mastering
• Ben Russin – drums, photography

See also

• 2021 in American music
• List of 2021 albums