Glass Beach [US] for Crossover
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Topic: Glass Beach [US] for Crossover
Posted By: Captain Midnight
Subject: Glass Beach [US] for Crossover
Date Posted: October 05 2024 at 21:33
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Artist image https://images.app.goo.gl/r9oGuVHjDWmQ6mQU9 Glass Beach are an independent rock band formed in Los Angeles (currently based in Seattle) who's music style is a blend of Emo, Math Rock, Neo Psych and Progressive Rock. J McClendon (vocals/guitar) formally made music under the name Casio Dad but wanted to expand into a full live band, they would move into an apartment in Los Angeles with bassist Jonas Newhouse and drummer William White, who had discovered Casio Dad on their college radio station and connected with J online. They'd play shows in LA and make demos in their apartment with equipment borrowed from the warehouse where Jonas and William worked. "The First Glass Beach Album” would be released independently to little fanfare outside of their family, friends, and fans of the trio’s previous projects, However they slowly gained a cult following and even gained enough traction to get signed to a record label and the band did a tour in 2020, unfortunately the band had to somewhat pause due to the Covid 19 pandemic lockdowns, so the band wasn't able to practice at this time, they tried many different experiments pieced together over Zoom calls and Discord. However J would make plans for a second album, developing a brief obsession with the works of Carl Jung and studying their favorite experimental music, the band was on track to making their softmore album. J’s partner Daxe (the band’s primary visual artist who had painted most of their album and single art) moved into a house together. Now able to have in person band practices with less covid risk, they began working on their new material in earnest, with a new level of dexterity on their instruments from constant solo practice in isolation. Songs would be jammed out and eventually reworked into songs for the album and in January of 2024 the album would be released after months of teasing and cryptic promotion through social media. "Plastic Death" garnered much more praise and attention from fans and music outlets such as Pitchfork and Rate Your Music, and as of writing this the band is currently working on their third LP https://youtu.be/E7hGTQKHnrY?si=CD-naHmKrhhOQCyG https://youtu.be/T4t1vYNY0mA?si=cLm02rbk7GQwUGNb https://youtu.be/kx57HI6WEUQ?si=PS2ECymrnCQeGxP6 https://youtu.be/uykRfCBDdsc?si=hf5_rydPAN35hD2F https://youtu.be/1R4JcZbDvy8?si=x-kW7XExtGgOrBPP https://youtu.be/7n-DMIYiT_M?si=xgSGNf7vJtLQ5-pc |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 06 2024 at 01:15
| ok, noted |
Posted By: AgustinMorales
Date Posted: October 19 2024 at 10:32
| Thanks for sharing. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 26 2024 at 03:46
| added |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: October 26 2024 at 03:58
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I'm a huge fan of Glass Beach. This is as close as you can get to a true "prog punk" fusion genre. I'd also recommend you check out Jay McLendon's early solo work He's Not with Us Anymore released under the name Casio Dad. ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: Captain Midnight
Date Posted: October 26 2024 at 04:55
| Awesome! Can you send a link, I'll add the albums if they haven't been added already |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 26 2024 at 05:01
I added the albums and a few singles. https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=12831" rel="nofollow - Glass Beach
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Captain Midnight wrote: