Audio CD review:
Glassjaw - Worship & Tribute

Glassjaw - Worship & Tribute

Band: Glassjaw Title: Worship & Tribute Rating: Release Date: 09 July, 2002 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Tip Your Bartender 2: Mu Empire 3: Cosmopolitan Blood Loss 4: Ape Dos Mil 5: Pink Roses 6: Must Have Run All Day 7: Stuck Pig 8: Radio Cambodia 9: Cavalcade 10: Trailer Park Jesus 11: Two Tabs of Mescaline 12: Convectuoso

Editoral Review Frontman Daryl Palumbo's lyrically adventurous songs ("The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports," "Trailer Park Jesus") wage war on cultural orthodoxy, his rocky, undulating vocals morphing between a raw-nerve croon and a tortured shriek that's sharp enough to cut glass. At the vanguard of hardcore’s evolution stand five Long Island-born straight-edgers who sport a progressive approach to punk rock on this fantastic second album. The band differ from their nu-metal and conventional hardcore peers in the arrangements: tracks like "Mu Empire" and "Cosmopolitan Bloodloss" combine Faith No More-style sweep with a complex, post-hardcore structure that puts Fugazi to shame. "Ape Dos Mil" reins in the pure noise as guitarists Justin Beck and Todd Weinstock turn down and wring shimmering walls of ambience out of their instruments and Palumbo weaves a tale of obsessive love. Glassjaw are a thoroughly uncompromising band, as fearlessly individualistic as At the Drive-In and every bit as good. Worship and Tribute presents the new hardcore heroes-in-waiting. --Louis Pattison .. You can see a complete list of all Glassjaw discography, or go back to the Glassjaw tabs