alec has started two new bands, one of which has posted music on myspace.
london sound delicacies
brian has started a new band, also on myspace tshirt! tshirt!
for those that are interested, the last 4 glaz almaz songs recorded by brian and i have been posted on myspace. enjoy.
love, alec
alec and brian have been composing music together since june of 2004. we have known each other for almost 8 years. its all or nothing from here out. we have little interest in doing anything other than playing in this band. jobs are bullshit. paying rent blows. driving around the country playing rock music is where its at for us.
this is the cover of our cd. it is titled "a hemmorhage in the brain becomes a contusion for all". it has ten audio tracks for listening and enjoying. they are $6 FREE. you can buy them from glazalmaz.com or from one of us..
here's a review of our cd by bret mccabe at the city paper in baltimore:
Catonsvilles weirdest noise-rock duo casts a fine shadow of multiple personality disorders with its 10-song debut album. Alec Sputnik and Brian Shannon know their way around the hair-farming metal shout (the almost bridge-burning heys in The [New] Empire State), the thrash riff (Knives, Three Six), and the goofy pun (song title Aurora Knights). What pushes Glaz Almaz in mirthful bizarro world is how Sputnik and Shannon short-circuit the urge to roll over fully into complacent seriously rocking band and instead mock just about every cool groove and boss riff in their arsenal. Knives evolves into something straight out of a really overcaffeinated role-playing video-game session once the lyrics kick in, and that you cant tell if Glaz Almaz is being serious about its only kinda spooky vocal distortion or just taking the piss outta underground extreme music is part of the fun. Even better is the schizoid sloppy jazzy guitar-and-drums tomfoolery in This Brick Works, which switches from dorky-pretty to feedbacking line and back and doesnt much care about making sense. If the guys in Orthrelm had more of a sense of humor and wanted to talk to girls, the end result might be something like Hemorrhage. For more information, visit www.glazalmaz.com
nice words from nice people. gabe describes glaz almaz:
GLAZ IS THE RULER OF THE GALAXY. ALL HAIL GLAZ. GLAZ WILL FEED YOUR DOG. GLAZ WILL BUY YOU A CAR. GLAZ WILL PUNCH YOUR ENEMIES IN THE EYE. GLAZ WILL READ THE FINE PRINT. GLAZ WILL CHANGE THE CHANNEL FOR YOU WHEN YOURE TOO LAZY TO LIFT A FINGER. GLAZ WILL HELP YOUR GRANDMOTHER CROSS THE STREET. GLAZ WILL ROCK YOU. GLAZ WILL ROLL YOU. GLAZ WILL SHOW YOU THEIR ACCOUNT BALANCE. GLAZ WILL MAKE YOU A FAKE ID. GLAZ WILL TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS THAT YOU ARE THE COOLEST PERSON IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD. GLAZ WILL NOT ENGAGE IN ANY SHANAGANS AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS. GLAZ WILL CHAPERONE YOUR DAUGHTERS FIRST DATE. GLAZ WILL GIVE YOU THEIR INSTRUMENTS. GLAZ WILL CALL IN SICK FOR YOU. GLAZ WILL TAKE THE TIME TO BALANCE YOUR CHECKBOOK. GLAZ WILL HOLD YOU UP WHEN YOU DONT HAVE A LADDER AND YOU REALLY NEED TO CLEAN THE GUTTERS OR PAINT THE TRIM AROUND THE HOUSE, OR MAYBE EVEN YOUR NEIGHBOURS HOUSE THAT, EVEN THOUGH THEY DONT THINK THE TRIM NEEDS TO BE PAINTED, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY DAY AND HANG YOUR HEAD IN DISGUST KNOWING FULL WELL THAT IT WILL ONLY TAKE 4 OR 5 HOURS AND YOU'LL GET NO THANKS FROM THEM BECAUSE THEYRE NOTHING LIKE GLAZ. GLAZ WILL READ RUN ON SENTENCES. GLAZ WILL EAT YOUR LEFTOVERS SO YOU DONT HAVE TO WASTE FOOD. GLAZ WILL TAKE OUT YOUR LEFTOVER-FREE GARBAGE. GLAZ WILL SPIKE YOUR PUNCH. GLAZ WILL CO-SIGN ON A LOAN. GLAZ WILL SHOO AWAY JEHOVAS WITNESSES. GLAZ WILL GIVE BLOOD. GLAZ WILL WALK TO THE STORE FOR YOU. GLAZ WILL REPRESENT YOU IN A COURT OF LAW. GLAZ WILL GLADLY GIVE YOU MORE DEATAILS ON ANY OF THE ABOVE IF YOU GO SEE THEM LIVE. ALL HAIL GLAZ. SHAZBOT.
Hey everyone, I hope this finds you all well…
We're excited to announce that the new Meanwhiles record Slow Motion Summer in all it's bleary-eyed, indie-rock glory is now printed, packaged, produced, posted online, and in all ways.. available.
The CD features Alan Weatherhead playing pedal steel guitar and orchestral samples on “Whenever You Need Me,” and Nadine Khouri singing subway-tunnel echoed vocals on “Dreams From the Underground.”
Limited edition, hand painted CDs by Todd Allen, standard CDs in cases, high quality MP3 downloads and free listens available on our myspace page or at Meanwhiles. com through PayPal.
Those of you in NY can pick up a copy this Sunday at Rebar in DUMBO, Brooklyn where Todd and I will be playing an intimate set at 8pm.
Got some good things planned for the near future… videos, tours, collaborations, live MP3s, and new songs begging to be recorded. Check out Meanwhiles. com for details…
Thank you as always. We hope you can take a listen.
“Keep on the sunny side,”
Josh/Meanwhiles
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