Name: Plastic Death
Brand: Glass Beach

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

RFC252LPC4

Colour

Orange

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-01-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0810097915800

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Orange LPx2

RFC252CD

0810097915817

RFC252MC

Tape

0810097915824

Artist

Glass Beach

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Run For Cover Records

Run For Cover Records is an independent record label based in Boston, MA. Founded in 2004 by a2622692, the label has become known for its diverse roster of talented artists and commitment to supporting underground music.

With Tom Chiari at the helm as label manager, Run For Cover Records has established itself as a force to be reckoned with in the music industry. The label prides itself on discovering and nurturing emerging talent, providing them with a platform to showcase their unique sound.

From punk rock to indie pop, Run For Cover Records offers a wide range of genres for music lovers to explore. With an impressive catalog of releases and a reputation for quality, this label continues to make waves in the e-commerce world of music.

Newest Listed Items

Plastic Death - the second album by Glass Beach - is a follow-up record almost five years in the making. The band’s 2019 debut, aptly titled the first glass beach album, has over the years grown a cult fanbase for its unflinching depiction of queer life as mediated through social media, its oversized ambition, and its scrappy yet adventurous production.And while it took some time to arrive, plastic death sounds like the logical expansion of all the things that made their first album so special.

Years and years of relentless writing, tinkering demos, cancelled tours and a few lockdowns only strengthen the chaotic core of what makes glass beach’s maximalist approach work so well. Frontperson and primary songwriter J McClendon is joined by lead guitarist Layne Smith, bassist Jonas Newhouse and drummer William White to create something adventurous on each song. Trumpet, trombone, violin, and even marimba dance and bloom alongside the band’s own creative and dextrous instrumentation - a stunning, transformative creation that pulls from indie rock, jazz, prog, hardcore, metal, experimental, and beyond.

Songs like lead single “the CIA,” are examples of the band’s ambitious writing. It’s a dark, dancy, post-punk/jazz hybrid, a coordinated, breathless braid of synth and saturated guitar. Tension and confusion explode into a brutal modern metal climax to close the track, flickering with glitchy production zaps and razor-sharp stops. The artwork ofplastic death is similarly rich with detail, resulting in a bioluminescent, fully-realized double album depicting sprawling scenes where moments of neon brightness shinemomentarily in a dark undersea - a metaphor for the moments of optimism and catharsis glass beach provide on these songs.

“This album is the Pacific garbage patch: cultural trash strewn together seemingly by accident, standing in stark juxtaposition to each other,” says McClendon. plastic death is a complete, uncompromising, playful work of art; every corner and crevice of the record’s 13 tracks, each arrangement and timbre and texture, is alive with intention and possibility.

Plastic Death

Music GB

Discover Plastic Death by Glass Beach - the highly anticipated second album from the band. This adventurous and transformative creation pulls from indie rock, jazz, prog, hardcore, metal, experimental, and beyond. Available in various formats from Run For Cover Records.