thraed for the first glass beach album (and all subsequent glass beach albums)

maximalist prog-jazz-emo for the agoraphobic and apocalyptic. aka my chimerical romance. sorta feels like saves the day, say anything, hellogoodbye, and the hotelier blenderized into a purée. before i heard it i balked at the running time but an hour feels like it goes by in seconds when so many catchy melodies are whipping by your head like hummingbirds. probably the most impressive and ambitious debut album of the year. kudos to tim f for putting me onto them initially, kudos to the rolling emo thread for reinforcing just how great this record actually is. and they're on run for cover now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxoDHXRpENo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYkPElpuYoo

the MCR connection wasn't fully cemented for me till I watched the "classic j dies" video. great album, very curious to see where they could even go from here, I'm guessing towards more of a live-band feel following some touring. speaking of which I am desperately hoping they tour properly!

I'm also gratified that there's an "internet band" the kids like that I also like because it proves I am not quite yet dead lol

love this record

yess, love that these guys are getting attention. i think the reason why i like this more than 100 gecs other 'internet bands' is that glass beach eschews off-putting archness for a theater-kid sincerity. it really helps carry their ambition and make the album feel like a lot more than just 1000 ideas thrown at the wall.

also the boring but true fact that underneath the "change arrangements every 8 bars" approach the songs are just really fucking good

all the best parts of the brave little abacus meets all the best parts of lemon demon. love em. chatted with them a bit on Instagram too and they were very very nice. extremely talented band.

i am halfway through this record and it's the most absurd and astounding music i've heard this year and i'm amazed it works as well as it does

completely unsurprised to find they started out in the chiptune scene, the band they feel closest to is Crying but they just go a lot further

i think my main issue with this is the emo-ness of his voice clashes with the smooth parts too much

Love this album so much, the transitions are always so satisfying.

i think "dallas" is my favourite on this, a real journey

yoshi's island is my favorite i think

i think my main issue with this is the emo-ness of his voice clashes with the smooth parts too much

― ufo, Thursday, November 14, 2019 1:23 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

i noticed this too, but i actually find it really charming

it's just taking a bit of getting used to, there's certainly a lot to like about it

has imago heard this yet he'd surely love it?

I've played it around him a couple of times and I think he liked it, but wasn't concentrating enough, so I'll redouble my efforts.

It's great returning to this album and finding new parts to love each time. My favourite track changes with each listen, but at the moment it's probably the closer, orchids.

bumping to remind everyone to vote in the year-end poll

the best album

definitely the shortest hourlong album in recent memory

it'll be in my top 5 for sure

oh wow this is fun.. hope it can sustain what im hearing on the first two songs lol

love these track titles

it gets a little less hectic, but the songs remain very very good

lots of ideas being thrown around on this. not sure I can pin down what they are going for but I guess thats the point.

p4k review: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/glass-beach-the-first-glass-beach-album/

joining the blessed pantheon of beloved personal faves hitting the 6-to-7 P4k score range; it's in good company

feel like i must've hallucinated a pfork review of this last year

buncha cool new-ish glass beach related youtube content:

mini album of rough jams/sketches/songs? from j released during the present quarantine
https://youtube.com/watch?v";vH1bkPuQAvk

90 min long 'the making if the first glass beach album'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsjbxWWNKKE

whoops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH1bkPuQAvk

glass beach good

gecs: made of wood

i gotta check out that classic j quarantine thing

I started to listen to this yesterday when mentioned in the gecs thread but got interrupted, liked what I heard so far I think.

new song: https://glassbeach.bandcamp.com/track/running

sounds like if the beths covered ave maria. on sale for the low low price of $100.

there's also a neal schon-style power ballad solo near the end, which is cool.

I genuinely thought this was going to be on the Bill and Ted soundtrack for a second and had to check. They sound as good in arena rock mode as any other.

https://glassbeach.bandcamp.com/track/classic-j-dies-and-gets-a-million-streams-on-spotify

super fun acoustic version of "classic j" to celebrate the song surpassing 1 million spotify streams.

ok i finally love this

the more i listen the more I think “classic j” is one of my favorite songs ever