My Conscience Weighs a Ton: the GLASSJAW thread

[Jammer XCI]

Glassjaw will release their first album in 15 years, Material Control on December 1st.

Their last releases were a pair of EPs in 2011, which were their first releases in 9 years at the time.

They kick ass. Anyone like them around here?

[lennytheweedwhacker]

never heard of them...are they anything like belle and sebastian?

[LoathedVermin72]

Glassjaw will release their first album in 15 years, Material Control on December 1st.

Their last releases were a pair of EPs in 2011, which were their first releases in 9 years at the time.

They kick ass. Anyone like them around here?

OH MY GOD FUCKING FINALLY

Worship and Tribute is one of my top 10-ish albums ever. Our Color Green and Coloring Book are also incredible. That song they released a while back ("New White Extremity") is just as good as anything they've done. And supposedly Billy Rymer laid down the drums for this album. Unlike the underwhelming ATDI reunion, I have no reason to suspect this will be anything but amazing.

PUMPED

[LoathedVermin72]

Oh man I didn't even realize this is supposedly only two weeks away

[Jammer XCI]

I’m fairly certain I’ve seen you on RYM in a Glassjaw shoutbox before.

So fucking hyped for this. I was pissed I miss their headlining show in Cleveland this month and even more pissed when I saw they played 7 new songs at the show. So this is a relief, holding out hope they come back again some time soon.

Billy Rymer is a fucking amazing drummer and if he joins Glassjaw when Dillinger retires at the end of next month, well that would be a killer matchup.

[Strat]

Oh my god. How do you guys listen to this and not think its an obvious ripoff of incubus? And incubus mostly sucks. These guys sound like a band put together on American Idol to sound like a cover band of Incubus.

C'mon. Anybody have class around here? fuck.

[LoathedVermin72]

This band sounds absolutely nothing like Incubus. You don't know what you're talking about, Strat. Stick to Father John Misty or Dave Matthews or whatever

[Strat]

This band sounds absolutely nothing like Incubus. You don't know what you're talking about, Strat. Stick to Father John Misty or Dave Matthews or whatever

YOu shut the fuck up. I hate Dave Mathews Band more than fucking anything in this world. You take that back!

[Strat]

and yes they do sound like incubus. I listened to 2/5's of 5 songs and my opinion is valid and correct.

[LoathedVermin72]

In that case Father John Misty sounds exactly like Dave Matthews

[Strat]

In that case Father John Misty sounds exactly like Dave Matthews

Well he doesnt and FJM last album sucks. So *shrugs*

[LoathedVermin72]

In that case Father John Misty sounds exactly like Dave Matthews

Well he doesnt and FJM last album sucks. So *shrugs*

That's the joke.

[Jammer XCI]

Incubus and Father John Misty

[Leatherhead]

I've heard of this band, but have never listened to anything. After one song, I'm thinking I could really like this.

[Leatherhead]

Glassjaw will release their first album in 15 years, Material Control on December 1st.

Their last releases were a pair of EPs in 2011, which were their first releases in 9 years at the time.

They kick ass. Anyone like them around here?

OH MY GOD FUCKING FINALLY

Worship and Tribute is one of my top 10-ish albums ever. Our Color Green and Coloring Book are also incredible. That song they released a while back ("New White Extremity") is just as good as anything they've done. And supposedly Billy Rymer laid down the drums for this album. Unlike the underwhelming ATDI reunion, I have no reason to suspect this will be anything but amazing.

PUMPED

Give in•ter a•li•a some more listens, I think it's holding up decently.

[LoathedVermin72]

Glassjaw will release their first album in 15 years, Material Control on December 1st.

Their last releases were a pair of EPs in 2011, which were their first releases in 9 years at the time.

They kick ass. Anyone like them around here?

OH MY GOD FUCKING FINALLY

Worship and Tribute is one of my top 10-ish albums ever. Our Color Green and Coloring Book are also incredible. That song they released a while back ("New White Extremity") is just as good as anything they've done. And supposedly Billy Rymer laid down the drums for this album. Unlike the underwhelming ATDI reunion, I have no reason to suspect this will be anything but amazing.

PUMPED

Give in•ter a•li•a some more listens, I think it's holding up decently.

It's...fine. Without Ward, it's kinda just another Bixler/Rodriguez-Lopez project. But, in any case, I think ROC is a lightning-in-a-bottle record for me. Nothing else ATDI produced in any other session is even in the same universe to my ears. On the other hand, I love everything Glassjaw has ever made (with the exception of their debut album).

[LoathedVermin72]

Is it just me, or does the mixing seem kinda weird on this? Palumbo's vocals sound really buried.

[Jammer XCI]

That new song is awesome, their packages for buying this album are fucking insane though. $65 for the cheapest one, and some of them are fucking nuts like a tattoo of their logo.

This is the band that once released an EP by buying a “Glassjaw pizza” at 1:11 PM at some random pizza shop on Long Island though.

[LoathedVermin72]

oh my fucking god

[LoathedVermin72]

So,

1. This album is very, very good.

2. This album is also very short. Which isn't a bad thing? But after a 15 year gap since their last LP, 12 new songs - one of which was released two years ago, and two of which are short, instrumental, filler tracks - seems a bit paltry.

3. The way they combined their aggressive, energetic Worship and Tribute/Our Color Green sound and their sensual, jazzy Coloring Book sound into one new whole is striking. The album feels a bit experimental. They definitely aren't resting on their laurels or trying to retread worn ground.

4. I love this band, oh my god I love this band.