{"product_id":"glass-boys","title":"Glass Boys","description":"\u003cdiv data-element=\"\" data-appearance=\"\" data-content-type=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-pb-style=\"\" data-element=\"\" data-background-images=\"\" data-parallax-speed=\"\" data-enable-parallax=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-pb-style=\"\" data-element=\"\" default=\"\" data-appearance=\"\" data-content-type=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFucked Up\u003c\/strong\u003e are a punk band. They were a punk band when they started in Toronto more than a decade ago, and they've remained a punk band even as they've ascended to career heights that their younger selves never could've imagined. But how do you remain a punk band when you're on magazine covers, or sharing stadium stages with the Foo Fighters? How do you stay true to your 15-year-old self when you've got a career to maintain, and families to support? Those are the questions that Fucked Up asks on \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlass Boys\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. And they ask those questions in the form of a blazing, titanic, ultimately triumphant rock album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe last two Fucked Up albums were sweeping, defining, monolithic gestures. On 2008's \u003cem\u003eThe Chemistry Of Common Life\u003c\/em\u003e, they tested hardcore's capacity for stylistic innovation, for seven-minute songs and unconventional arrangements, and they won Canada's prestigious Polaris Music Prize in the process. With 2011's \u003cem\u003eDavid Comes To Life\u003c\/em\u003e, they offered up a full-blown rock opera, coming with one larger-than-life hook after another, and that made them even bigger, and further away from the Toronto hardcore scene that nurtured them. \u003cem\u003eGlass Boys\u003c\/em\u003e isn't a retrenchment or a back-to-basics move; it's too ambitious and complex for that. But after those last two albums, it's tight and concise and direct, an album of real and direct sentiment rather than artifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusically, \u003cem\u003eGlass Boys\u003c\/em\u003e carries echoes of some of the more ragged and adventurous bands from America's punk past (Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr.), but it also has some of the anthemic charge of the Who and the guttural intensity of Negative Approach. Singer \u003cstrong\u003eDamian Abraham\u003c\/strong\u003e still growls like a demon, but he's found more range and depth in his bark. Drummer \u003cstrong\u003eJonah Falco\u003c\/strong\u003e does something innovative on the LP, adding two separate drum tracks, one of them in half-time, adding a psychedelic, disorienting feel. (A limited vinyl edition of the album includes a bonus version that only features Falco's half-time drums.) The triple-guitar battalion of \u003cstrong\u003eMike Haliechuk\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBen Cook\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eJosh Zucker\u003c\/strong\u003e still builds symphonies out of feedback and power-chords, but this time around, there's less emphasis on world-crushing riffs and more on world-creating textures. Bassist \u003cstrong\u003eSandy Miranda\u003c\/strong\u003e is now even more a part of that storm, her instrument blurring in with that overwhelming guitar roar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd if the album's lyrics concern the quest to stay true to your younger self, the music pulls off the trick beautifully. \"\"Echo Boomer,\"\" like \"\"Son The Father\"\" and \"\"Let Her Rest\"\" before it, makes for a powerful album opener, a surge of catharsis that gives a strong idea of what's to come. \"\"Sun Glass\"\" builds from acoustic strumming to bleary pummel and stays pretty the whole time. \"\"DET\"\" has one of those world-annihilating choruses that demands a full-room singalong. And the album-closing title track is a blast of epic catharsis as grand and forceful as anything this band has ever done. After two monumental concept-driven concept albums, Fucked Up have made another heart-expanding, life-affirming piece of work, and this time, they've done it by shooting straight from the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e#html-body [data-pb-style=\"\"62F264DC338E2\"\"]{justify-content: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: column; background-position: left top; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: scroll; border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px;}#html-body [data-pb-style=\"\"62F264DC338F2\"\"]{border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Fucked Up","offers":[{"title":"Glass Boys - LP","offer_id":45792495206469,"sku":"fgv1789782634599","price":5.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Glass Boys - CD","offer_id":45792495239237,"sku":"nsu1789782634600","price":8.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Glass Boys - Limited Dbl LP","offer_id":45792495272005,"sku":"otw1789782634601","price":7.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/7440\/7493\/files\/glass-boys_1.jpg?v=1789782639","url":"https:\/\/dawnstrollclad.shop\/products\/glass-boys","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}