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Foreign Bastard

by Gláss

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1.
Hawser In 09:46
Foreignness, therein Rope burns (emic) on the chin/Some voyeur (etic) getting in Some mirror eyed spectacle, stood up from tripping A room, in Boardings bounding thin Terrain quandaries, flower eyes in Sit, newspaper, hold, therein I just had to see what I could get away with Pronunciations, I find them all so amusing These drinks, these feats, in Knowing me and you, time purchasing Perchance, to grasp the stem, feeling To see, pink coins turn floor-wise, method in “Where have they gone?” “speaking?” “No thanks wrong number” bone and skin Cold, Cold, fixed vacationing (two passports at this time) Lay me down easy, with correct wording Grangewood park gates, a ghost, therein Waters of self purpose in the tumult, the rabble, the din I just had to see what I could get away with Fog filled fields of fissures watching Supreme love, clicks and clacks, ordaining Infidelity anklets of nations, shame on him Red is an innocent cranes foot and an experienced wild Leitrim berry’s string Kindly twiced, but actually once, kin Purple armpit marks, of love, of sin The hue of that last September, gin Newly found arrogance post stress, chagrin The passing of local news, the dustbin Polemic bam bam, closed concept, therein Respun under snapshot, mimesis errand (three passports at this time) There is no shade to you, only hue I just had to see what I could get away with And then another Leitrim ref, the song of some shepherd Sand pellets flying fast, entertainment? No i am fine Calling (from a car) out into Doolin A cure for some national disaster with flags tri-colored RWB They had to see what they could get away with Then Sunday came, on islands sometimes connected, some saviour is building a homestead He saw the strings, gnawed at them, reigned free, therein But found himself castrated, emasculated, tried his hand at priesthood The pious life failed him, needs community, found borders, found problems, with/out, therein Found the problems of the tasteless wealthy, faux reign, living across the street from your dying grandmother in the mill in which her buried husband used to work, making clay bowls, holding gardenias on strings above the toilet in which your grandfather used to piss I beseech you in the bowels of the Cromwell sisters and Kate Bush, floating in a jar on the Irish sea, drink from the bowels of wolves on the Isle of Skye - these are clues And upon crossing some border, there are statues of soldiers, RWB, look east again And then leaders are left, finding some faux reign in which to squat, some teletubby house where they can discuss the ways in which the failed plan passed, the eunuch is there The eunuch squeals on their way down, until he can climb through the asshole of the one true snake Folds some flags into the shape of a triangle, four corners, three corners What is god's number: It is 50, it is 1066 it is 2020, vision again Not quite from the other side, The eunuch is lowered into a hole of his precise bodily proportions, however, there is a heightened sort of tp shape on the grass six feet above his their crotch area There are women there who are screaming into his facial orifices, wearing black, western jambalaya, crossing some river, mapless, Ptolomy, western accept de burg Threads cross, out with, out in, umbilical, stitch again, cross thread plateau, therein
2.
Scuff/S-Man 08:11
Plaster face in the class room
3.
...but then I see you trip on the curb on the way out of your work.
4.
Why are you in my house?
5.
Twelve minutes 'til work.
6.
Out Houser 04:27

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On 'Out Houser':

"It also explodes in icy bliss right at the two-minute mark, allowing a hypnotic guitar-loop to crash free from any sort of repetitive restraint. It’s a wonderfully gorgeous sonic bloom, and sets a tone for Gláss’ noisy year ahead." - Vanyaland

On the original recording:

"Gláss are a three piece band straight outta Greenville, South Carolina that play particularly somber music. Taking the frosty stabs of clean guitar and gloom from 1970s post punk and the cathartic bursts of distortion from 1990s post-hardcore/noise rock and subtle nods to post rock and ambient music, Gláss twist all these style into a sound that is distinctly their own.
Each track exhibits gripping tension through buildups and sudden switches between quiet atmospherics, atonal guitar noise and massive riffs. Both vocalists adopt an emotionally distant, and softly delivered approach that remains cold and melancholic throughout the entirety of Foreign Bastard, letting the instruments convey the mood instead.
If you're the sort of person that loves the build ups and crescendos of post rock but can't be bothered to wait 10 minutes for them to happen, have a particularly soft spot for Louisville, Kentucky or just have a profound appreciation for moody, dark music this one's for you." - Fucked by Noise.

"On their debut EP Greenville band Gláss delve into the murky waters of post-punk in their own way. Songs that breathe with spacey dissonance often explode into pounding drums and 90’s rumbling distortion. Founded by Aaron Burke (ex-Art Contest/Grey Spy) on guitar and vocals, and drummer Samuel Goldsmith (1/3 of the Francis Vertigo) the band has gradually evolved from a heavier sound to a less heavy more post-punk sound since they formed in the summer of 2014. They’re still a young band finding their sound, but the common thread seems to be mostly instrumental guitar rock layered with vocals that serve less as the centerpiece of any song and more as an accent to each track. On the EP’s second track “S-Man” Burke mutters lazily locked in a pendulum melody a repeated refrain that becomes hypnotic as the track chugs on." - SceneSC

credits

released December 6, 2014

All songs written by Gláss.

Track 1 Recorded by Aaron J. Burke
Tracks 2 - 6 recorded by Reuben D. Knights.
Track 7 Recorded by Chris Wenner at Seaboard Recording Studio.

Mastered by Jay Matheson.

A renewed recording of our first EP, with a few extra songs from that era.
Renewed release date: 03/17/2020

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Tension Through Restraint

Aaron Burke -
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Sam Goldsmith - Drums

Alex Angell - Bass/Vocals

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