it's that serious.
and hello Maximum Unicorns–e-mail us glassrocklifegmail to claim two t-shirts, give sizes so we can try to meet that the best we can, though if we sell them all Friday night, as they are hand screened we cannot send any. hope to hell that no one shows up!
It’s Henry Rollins’ 23rd birthday and Marc Ribot is demanding a celebration. He loves that Henry is down to 152.3 lbs and satire has crossed over into reality. Come join Marc and Glass Rock November 18th, 2011 at Union Pool Brooklyn, to hear the hits. Amazing things have been happening to Glass Rock No-Life lately: [Rollins] almost killed himself in a car accident while subconsciously trying to destroy Glass Rock backstock, Tubes covered “You’ve Got a Friend In Jesus” in the shower, Slow Mitt started writing memoirs with laptop vibrato, and the many character actors who play Rynnn returned to their Russian doll formation, causing their employer to leave the house for the first time in 15 years. Quote: “Why is the sun that is blinding me feel so nice?”
http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=7972
“On ‘Baby Baby Baby’, Glass Rock creates a sound that is both beautiful and memorable” -thanks
It’s hotter than Hotter Than July out and you need music for your trip to the beach. What mixtape are you gonna hook-up in the car? Look people, THIS IS NO TIME FOR ART or anything remotely modern. It’s time to go straight forward full on. Here is your guide, not approved by Glass Rock.
1. Roger-So Ruff So Tuff: Why not make it hotter than it already is? You are ruff and tuff enough. Believe.
2. AC/DC-Flick of the Switch: If anyone in the car asks you to turn this off, turn it down, or “why?” (dumbest question ever) immediately threaten to drive into the median and ruin everyone’s day. Follow through on your threat if this persists.
3. Tall Firs-Hairdo: How did this get in here? (not approved by Tall Firs)
4. ZZ Top-Precious and Grace: If anyone in the car asks you to turn this off, turn it down, or “why?” (dumbest question ever) immediately say, “Cuz this song is cool as sh*t.” See number 2 if grumbling continues.
5. Wire-the 15th: Okay, maybe a little ART.
6. Glass Rock-Runaway: The fans demanded this one. (approved by Glass Rock)
7. Egyptian Lover-Egypt Egypt: To a paraphrase a famous apocryphal jazz paraphrase, If [i] have to explain this to you, you’ll never understand.
8. Soft Location-Diamonds and Gems: How did this get in here? (approved by Soft Location)
9. Mudhoney-Dicks Hate the Police: Say goodbye to those pests in your rearview.
That’s about it.
Stay studley out there or perish!-the h*cker
http://www.nme.com/reviews/glass-rock/12191
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nadir [ˈneɪdɪə ˈnæ-]
n 1. (Astronomy) the point on the celestial sphere directly below an observer and diametrically opposite the zenith
use: “The nadir of [my] webmastering was confusing nadir with zenith.”
Album review…
Glass RockBaby Baby Baby2nd album of gentle and haunting alt-rock poetry from Kathy Leisen and band of Detroit/Brooklyn journeymen.8/10Label: Glass Rock Recordings |
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Despite the knowingly ironic “rock” title of this LP, there is something reassuringly traditional about Glass Rock’s line-up; 2 guitars, bass, drums and vocals. That’s about as basic as rock’s palette gets, four-square rock classicism providing the bedrock for the vocalist to take flight and draw you into their world. But that’s where any stodgy, rock stereotype ends.
Glass Rock are the product of 2 bands merging, as referenced on the title of their first LP, Tall Firs Meet Soft Location, released on Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace! label. The new band name aptly describes their clear and glacial sound, the smooth edged bell-like guitar tones, coupled with the rock poetry of vocalist Kathy Leisen, providing a window into her world, like a Patti Smith for the new millennium. There’s no artifice either, an open honesty permeates the album, no need for studio gimmicks or effects; the songs, singing and playing are reward enough for investing a little time with this album.
There’s a mercurial aspect to their sound that refuses to be pinned down, duelling yet complimenting guitars, no effects, just that straight-in-the-amp pure tone, tasteful and restrained bass providing the rhythm along with the imaginative and timely flamboyant drums. The band coming across like a hybrid of The Smiths, Mazzy Star and Television. It’s Kathy Leisen’s lyrics and delivery that takes the album to its own new place. Melodic, sensuous and confident.
Urban romanticism, early adulthood rootlessness and questioning collide to create a set of rich vignettes, on the one hand soothing, yet deep and haunting on the other. Best listened to at night, it’s like Frank Sinatra’s In The Wee Small Hours for the Pavement generation. (Interestingly a trawl around the band’s website shows that they have a sense of humour and fun at odds with the seriousness and weightiness of their recordings.)
This time round it’s a self release, having parted amicably with Ecstatic Peace! earlier this year. It’s not clear whether that was mutual, the label’s decision or the band’s. One thing’s for certain, the music holds up fine over any possible economic factors. As label’s continue to struggle and self-releases are becoming more of the norm, buying direct from the band increases that symbiotic relationship between the people who make music and the people who buy it. This is definitely one album worth spending your pocket money on. An accomplished effort.
Click here for Glass Rock’s website.
Duncan Fletcher
Sadly, intern Waldo Jeffers has been [let go] from Glass Rock Recordings. We enjoyed the half day he worked with us but not the massive amount of packing tape he used which 1) does not [exactly] grow on trees and 2) is needed to package and ship the new Baby Baby Baby vinyl. Good luck during your new internship with 4AD Waldo!
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Va Vinyl Vis Vinally Vout!
That’s right! Somehow miss that? Vell, Va Vinyl Vis Vinally Vout!
On that Agnostic Front, Glass Rock Recordings Distro Rep Steve Czar had an anxiety dream last night wherein he tried selling the wax to various stores in the Detroit area and each record not only had the cover of Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by Iron Maiden but also sounded like Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by Iron Maiden as though it had been played with a bent record needle (protractor needed) in a dank dungeon for a decade. This album has divided Maiden fans for years and now it tortures Distro Rep Czar in his bed at night because it’s supposed to sound like Glass Rock. “First, I am two warring Maiden fans in one,” says Czar. “Is Seventh their nadir or their shark jump? What does nadir mean? Is it like “apex?” And now this. I have to call Waldo at the main office.” Good luck Steve!
APPENDIX
And if you heard we were celebratin the 4th of July that’s a worldwide lie -Public Enemy (not speaking for Glass Rock)
don’t ruin my day
blue spider
don’t leave a trail
cuz i don’t want to be found
don’t ruin my day
with little fires
you take my words and put em in your mouth
torture them for a while
you take my words and put em in your mouth
torture them for a while
my head
and my heart
brings you laughter
they’re taken apart
that’s what you’re after
oh aint things hard
well they could be better
uh-oh
they could be better
There are many great releases in 2011, [I] am sure, some not even made by 50 to 60 year olds or Glass Rock, currently enjoying the success of their smash single Please Please Please. But none of them are making this list intended for you to embrace the heat (rather than run away). Check back in 2040 for your Hotter Than July in June Playlist and dig all the artists from 2011 then.
WARNING: Some of these songs really tow the line.
1. BT Express “Express” Best Part: They wait until 2:35 to bring in the vocals. It takes a while for the Express to even announce they are coming (and they’re still not there but boy, are they f*ckin there).
2. Soul Generation “Million Dollars” Best Part: Makes me wanna make out with myself in a garage.
3. Jones Girls “You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else” Best Part: Do not play around your loved one; you will both think the other one is cheating. It’s that powerful.
4. Gene Harris “Losalamitos” Best Part: This one really really tows the line. Surrender. Peace to Captain Ted Shumaker.
5. Sonic Youth “Teenage Riot” Best Part: Comes right after Gene Harris, is even cheesier. Come on!
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