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After a week of intense work, the Glass rebirthed Hibernation, a record where operatic Bono-style vocals are delivered with all the casual faltering and vulnerable charm of Pavement's Steve Malkmus. It's a record about snakes, cannibals, burning villages, and 9/11. It overflows with tight, shimmering indie-pop, relentless drumming, impressionistic narratives, and head-twisting electric guitar meltdowns courtesy of Bailey and guitarist Justin Minus.
- Memphis Flyer
This is what great music, at its core, is all about. The Glass have built a palace from ashes, and we should all feel so lucky that we get to walk inside and bask in the phoenix glow for ourselves. - CherryBloss.org
"So if the post-rock revolution went and invaded the prog-folk scene, well, the Glass would probably rise up from the ashes of the battlefield." - Aiding & Abbeting
From the banks of the muddy waters of the mighty Mississippi, or some other cliché about being from Memphis, the Glass skillfully blend indie rock and Americana. Imagine Low's reverb-drenched slo-core spliced with alt-country, and some uneasy, quivering vocals like a distraught Jay Farrar. - Impact Press
Then there's the Glass who can shift gears from straight-up rockers to creepy but artfully arranged melancholic moaners. They make hopelessness so damn romantic you almost want to go out and throw your life away so you can feel half as beautifully lost as they sound.
- Memphis Flyer
4 Stars!
"Don't miss out on this sweeping epic of a masterpiece." - Commercial Appeal
Discography
Demi-urban Pitch (2002)
Concorde (2003)
Hibernation (2005)
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Bio
The Glass began in 2002 with the release of Demi-Urban Pitch, a demos record of sorts that would come to define 2003’s Concorde, their first proper album. Drummer John Argroves and bassist Tommy Pappas anchor the frenzied dual guitar interplay of singer Brad Bailey and Justin Minus. The Memphis Flyer says The Glass made their mark on the Memphis music community “melding tragic, largely impressionistic lyrics with a big indie-rock sound.” Hibernation, the second release from The Glass, is a summation of a year’s worth of regional and national touring, with the sound of the band expanding from the dirge-like slow burn of Concorde to a fuller more dynamic expression of the band’s live presence. After releasing Concorde, The Glass charted on CMJ’s top 200, peaking at ..165 and began building a city by city fan base by touring with national acts such as Lucero and independently striking into new areas. Originally set for release in the spring of 2005, the Hibernation recordings were lost in the fire that destroyed Memphis’ famed Easley/McCain Recording Studio. Starting over from scratch, The Glass routed their April tour to conclude at a secluded cabin in the Ozark hills of Arkansas. “After a week of intense work, the Glass rebirthed Hibernation, a record where operatic Bono-style vocals are delivered with all the casual faltering and vulnerable charm of Pavement's Steve Malkmus. It's a record about snakes, cannibals, burning villages, and 9/11. It overflows with tight, shimmering indie-pop, relentless drumming, impressionistic narratives, and head-twisting electric guitar meltdowns courtesy of Bailey and guitarist Justin Minus” (Chris Davis, Memphis Flyer). Hibernation was released locally in July of 2005 on Makeshift Music, an independent, artist run collective specializing in Memphis grassroots music. The Glass spent the summer of 2005 touring with Lucero and the Honorary Title on the West Coast. With a pending national release, The Glass will continue touring nationally in support of Hibernation well into 2006 and beyond.
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