glass beach - plastic death - Album Review

For this album review, glass beach return with a fascinating progressive rock pivot on their sophomore album, full of obfuscation, queerness, and metacommentary.
Best Songs: 'coelacanth’, ‘motions’, ‘rare animal’, ‘the killer’, ‘commatose’, ‘abyss angel’
Worst Song: 'guitar song'
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glass beach - plastic death - Album Review (progressive rock / emo)
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[@KWilliamWhite]

hey mark, gb drummer here. I really enjoy this take/critique of the record. honestly, nice to see people not fully sold on it give so much thought to it.
i gotta know your thoughts on guitar song seeing it as the only song listed in your "worst song"

[@jooree7696]

Well, that was unexpected...

[@SpectrumPulse]

Glad you like the review, and I appreciate the shoutout! Honestly, with 'guitar song' it came down to a number of little things - it feels a bit abbreviated and lacking a standout moment, the softer acoustics blended with the touches of synth and J's vocals in a way I didn't really like, especially as the cadence kept shifting, and while it does make sense as a breather after 'slip under the door', lyrically it's replaying elements of 'motions' that I think that song delivers more effectively. It's one of those cases where I don't even think it's bad so much as one I like the least, one where I get what it's doing in the sequence of the record and it does capture a certain atmosphere that contextually makes sense especially with its cyclical chord progressions and ouroboros references, but in contrast it's one I would revisit less, that's all :)

[@KWilliamWhite]

totally fair! thanks for taking the time to get back to me. I like your mention here about motions basically "doing it better" for you.

[@LDS1310]

love this!
the one thing i did want to say is that both j and i (gb guitartist) engineered the album, will yip only mastered it.

[@OurFamilyInMotion]

Can't wait to hear what you think of the great new album by Future Islands.

[@michaelmacvittie6977]

My only issue with this album is that it feels a bit long, but I also don't know what if anything should be cut.

[@alexddragame]

Solid album even if I feel like I don't like it as much as a lot of people I know seem to.

[@ConvincingPeople]

Welp, new record I need to listen to on top of all the stuff I missed out on last year. Salud.

[@justpressplay4231]

I have done it! The treasured First!

[@michaelhutton6392]

I can't recommend this album, if it means that I'll end up making a Gorillaz-inspired Freudian slip.

[@i.hold.vertigo2329]

Can't wait for the doldrums of January to be over.

[@DashieNegan41]

It was not a bad album just too long