Labels: Sunflower Tribe
Review by: Andy Malcolm
Despite the rather folksy bandname, this is nothing of that sort at all. In fact, not even close. Glasscraft is a band on the Sunflower Tribe label (that’s the one that is run by some Still Life peeps for anyone non-anally retentive). And the band are playing a rather grand mix of dark indie rock and screamy old school emo.
The album opens up on “Shumans Residence” which starts out slightly quirkily and jangly, a little like American Football, but perhaps with more mathy rhythms. The main vocals are from Stefanie, and then as the song develops, Erik takes over and stamps his rather effective screamy / talked style all over them. To draw comparisons, I’m saying it sounds like Shroomunion crossed with Native Nod. Anyone with a modicum of taste in the same vein as mine might see that as quite a combination. It is. At other times, like on the crunchy and scream driven “Colored Procrastination” they remind me more of a band like Embassy, adept at blending the noise and the twinkle into one special track.
Most amazing song on here is when they get that Native Nod groove going totally on “Peanut Butter Stick”. Eric’s desperate vocals recall early Leo, and the moody instrumentation sits well alongside anything that those revolutionaries did.
Truly refreshing, and neat to hear people willing to make a record so out of step with current tendencies, yet not stretch to making something unlistenable. The inlay is laser printed, DIY eh? Find this.