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
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:57 (one year ago) link
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!
― Simon H., Wednesday, 13 November 2019 17:02 (one year ago) link
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
― Simon H., Wednesday, 13 November 2019 17:05 (one year ago) link
love this record
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 17:06 (one year ago) link
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.
― kanye kendrick frank kendrick frank kanye (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 17:53 (one year ago) link
also the boring but true fact that underneath the "change arrangements every 8 bars" approach the songs are just really fucking good
― Simon H., Wednesday, 13 November 2019 17:55 (one year ago) link
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.
― gman59, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 22:53 (one year ago) link
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
― ufo, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 23:27 (one year ago) link
i think my main issue with this is the emo-ness of his voice clashes with the smooth parts too much
― ufo, Thursday, 14 November 2019 06:23 (one year ago) link
Love this album so much, the transitions are always so satisfying.
― Tim F, Thursday, 14 November 2019 07:51 (one year ago) link
i think "dallas" is my favourite on this, a real journey
― ufo, Friday, 15 November 2019 13:59 (one year ago) link
yoshi's island is my favorite i think
― ciderpress, Friday, 15 November 2019 14:26 (one year ago) link
― ufo, Thursday, November 14, 2019 1:23 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
i noticed this too, but i actually find it really charming
― jacquees, full of cobras (voodoo chili), Friday, 15 November 2019 15:34 (one year ago) link
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?
― ufo, Saturday, 16 November 2019 08:18 (one year ago) link
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.
― tangenttangent, Saturday, 16 November 2019 11:43 (one year ago) link
bumping to remind everyone to vote in the year-end poll
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Thursday, 9 January 2020 17:36 (one year ago) link
the best album
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 January 2020 17:37 (one year ago) link
definitely the shortest hourlong album in recent memory
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 9 January 2020 17:40 (one year ago) link
it'll be in my top 5 for sure
― ciderpress, Thursday, 9 January 2020 17:43 (one year ago) link
oh wow this is fun.. hope it can sustain what im hearing on the first two songs lol
love these track titles
― championship winning vibration (Spottie), Thursday, 9 January 2020 18:57 (one year ago) link
it gets a little less hectic, but the songs remain very very good
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Thursday, 9 January 2020 19:08 (one year ago) link
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.
― championship winning vibration (Spottie), Thursday, 9 January 2020 19:11 (one year ago) link
p4k review: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/glass-beach-the-first-glass-beach-album/
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2020 14:12 (eleven months ago) link
joining the blessed pantheon of beloved personal faves hitting the 6-to-7 P4k score range; it's in good company
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 30 January 2020 14:26 (eleven months ago) link
feel like i must've hallucinated a pfork review of this last year
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 January 2020 15:19 (eleven months ago) link
buncha cool new-ish glass beach related youtube content:
mini album of rough jams/sketches/songs? from j released during the present quarantinehttps://youtube.com/watch?v"vH1bkPuQAvk
90 min long 'the making if the first glass beach album' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsjbxWWNKKE
― lumen (esby), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 08:07 (nine months ago) link
whoops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH1bkPuQAvk
― lumen (esby), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 08:08 (nine months ago) link
glass beach good
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 18:10 (eight months ago) link
gecs: made of wood
i gotta check out that classic j quarantine thing
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 18:11 (eight months ago) link
I started to listen to this yesterday when mentioned in the gecs thread but got interrupted, liked what I heard so far I think.
― silby, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 19:56 (eight months ago) link
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.
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 July 2020 16:02 (five months ago) link
there's also a neal schon-style power ballad solo near the end, which is cool.
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 July 2020 16:03 (five months ago) link
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.
― tangenttangent, Wednesday, 19 August 2020 10:06 (four months ago) link
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.
― i got a homogenic björk wine farmer permabanned (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 19:21 (four months ago) link
ok i finally love this
― ufo, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 01:32 (three months ago) link
the more i listen the more I think “classic j” is one of my favorite songs ever
― covidiot wind (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 01:54 (three months ago) link
If, like me, you got excited by seeing a 14-minute new Glass Beach track on your Release Radar, you should know it's a (sigh) car seat headrest cover
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Friday, 8 January 2021 13:17 (one week ago) link
it's at least an improvement on the original
― ufo, Friday, 8 January 2021 13:30 (one week ago) link