Glass Beach (band)
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| Genres | Indie rock | ||
| Years active | 2015 | ||
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Glass Beach (stylized as glass beach)[1] is an American indie rock band from Los Angeles, California.[1] The band was formed in 2015 and currently consists of lead Singing J McClendon, guitarist Layne Smith, bassist Jonas Newhouse, and drummer William White. The group is known best for their eclectic, cross-genre, and Emo sound.[2] They are signed to the record label Run for Cover Records, through which they released their debut album the first glass beach album in 2019.[1]
Pronouns
- J McClendon – they/them
- Layne Smith – he/him
- Jonas Newhouse – they/them
- William White – they/them
History
In 2015, lead singer McClendon made the move to Los Angeles, California from their hometown of Burleson, Texas,[1] where they Couch surfing and worked on their solo project, Casio Dad.[3] During this time they released an Extended play titled He's Not With Us Anymore.[4] Shortly after, while attending the University of Minnesota Morris, close friends Jonas Newhouse and William White heard a song from McClendon's new EP on their school's radio station, and immediately found interest in the musician.[3] The trio quickly became friends, and soon Newhouse and White joined McClendon in Los Angeles to live together and form Glass Beach.[5] For the next three years, the group worked diligently on their first album, which debuted on May 18th, 2019 under Run for Cover Records.[3]
Following the album's release, musician and artist Layne Smith joined the group as the band's guitarist after bonding over Dungeons & Dragons,[6] and immediately got to work developing the band's Live sound mixing and became a key member of the group.[7]
Musical style and influences
Glass Beach's sound has been described as indie rock, Rock music, indie pop, pop-punk, and Emo, while incorporating various elements from jazz, synth-pop, New wave music, and chiptune. The band ascribes this seamless blending of genres to each of their distinctive origins and influences.[3] They cite some of their musical influences as Jeff Rosenstock, They Might Be Giants, and The Brave Little Abacus.[8]
Discography
Studio albums
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| the first glass beach album |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Run For Cover Records". Run For Cover Records. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ↑ "glass beach: the first glass beach album". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "the first glass beach album, by glass beach". glass beach. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ↑ "he's not with us anymore, by casio dad". Petal Port Music. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ↑ the making of the first glass beach album, retrieved 2021-02-24
- ↑ "Interview: Glass Beach Discuss Their Restless Debut". The Alternative. 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ↑ "glass beach". Terrorbird. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ↑ "Glass Beach: Better Living Through Irony". Track 7. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
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