Growing up only a mile apart, Maggie Schneider and Alex Downtain knew they wanted to live, eat, and breathe music–only for 19 years, they didn’t know the other existed. After sharing the stage at Atlanta’s alt safe haven, The Masquerade, the pair began working on demos for Maggie’s solo project in 2018. By 2019, Alex joined her band, and by 2020, they would introduce themselves to the world as glimmers.

The pair used the pandemic as a time to fine-tune their sound and tell a story bigger than themselves. Their two sister EPs, Cluttered Heart and Worlds Apart, paint two interconnected pictures of the highs and lows of hopeless romanticism. The lead single, “Not Good At Goodbyes,” garnered praise from NPR and Alternative Press and swiftly became a fan favorite across the globe. After a whirlwind year of touring with bands such as UNWELL, Rarity, and Telltale, Maggie and Alex decided to focus on writing and recording new music. The duo began to discover the next phase of their sound. The result was glimmers’ 2023 single, “Jaded,” which sheds light on the constant cycle of comparison as a woman in the music industry.

glimmers has since been touring, opening for Set It Off, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and The WLDLFE, and dropping more heavy-hitting tracks, including “False Hope” (co-written by Cassadee Pope of The Voice / Hey Monday), “Bad Influence,” and “Back To Hell.” In 2024, they hit the road on their first full US and Canada tour supporting Bailey Spinn and Senses—marking a major milestone in their journey as a band. Taking pride in what they’ve done thus far as an independent act, Maggie and Alex are now gearing up to release their debut LP, The Art Of Shattering, which will be released in November 2025 and distributed via Vydia. The album encompasses who Alex and Maggie are now, where they are going, and the kaleidoscope of experiences that have shaped them along the way.