Heaven at The Masquerade
Glassjaw
Forming the band in 1993 in Long Island’s fertile hardcore scene, Palumbo and Beck were inspired to make music in accordance with the quickly evolving, psychedelic-yet-aggro bands playing lunchtime shows at punk haven CBGBs. After multiple lineup stop-and-starts, the duo expanded to five members for two albums that stand as classics of early-00s post-hardcore: 2000’s…
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Interiors is Quicksand’s best album yet. It sounds like nothing else you are going to hear this year. It arrives deliberately unannounced, two decades after the pioneering post-hardcore quartet’s last album. Made completely on the band’s own terms, Interiors has a power, strength and subtlety that will likely stun you. There are no wasted…
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“Hard-charging emo…waging an internal war between rhythmic and harmonic bombast, and everyone wins.” – Stereogum “guitars clash, fire and sting like faulty synapses and frayed nerve endings…it’s potent stuff” – Pitchfork “uplifting, sorrowful, and utterly riveting.” – Consequence of Sound Debut albums are rarely fully-formed. They’re ground zero for artists to experiment, breathing room to allow musicians to…
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