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Glassjaw - Worship & Tribute Audio CD

A fair review of the Glassjaw "Worship & Tribute" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Glassjaw reviews here, or go back to the Glassjaw tabs.

Glassjaw Band: Glassjaw
Title: Worship & Tribute
Rating:
Release Date: 2002-07-09
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

Aggressive ambitions partially achieved
. 3 1/2

One of those few bands with heavy hardcore influences whose crunching melodies outshine screaming brethren, mainly of course from the distinguished, if over-enunciated and schizophrenic stylings from Palumbo, guiding some misguided or overthought segments but also huge vocal payoffs.


Put the needle to the record...
From the panning power chords at the start "Tip your Bartender" to Daryl Palumbo's blistering shrieks at the end of "Two Tabs of Mescaline", this album is a must-have for anyone who loves intense, and original music. It's hard to write a review for an album that approaches perfection like Worship & Tribute. I can't say much more than that. You'll know if its for you when you hear it.


Am I worshipping or am I tributing?
It's a fitting title to the vinyl record it displays its worship to, as the music is a tribute to those days passed. Right from the start by just looking at the album cover, I had a feeling this album was going to be a classic.

When this album came out in 2002, it was almost like the music world needed this. Albeit, Glassjaw is somewhat underground, but true music fans know where to find good tunes when it's out there. "Worship & Tribute" is a listening ride for your mind. Every track is placed together quite well. At times it will rock you out, and out of nowhere they know how to give you a break with a track of fantastic melodies.

Lyrically, the vocalist has such an ambiguous way of telling you whats on his mind. It's not a concept album, but the track titles are like the names of chapters in a book, and it's up to you to decipher the meaning behind every song. I tend to get a very spiritual vibe, even though he ventures into anger, it's still very philosophical without him trying to push his views on to you.

Musically, I could care less what genre people try to label them as. There are always going to be bands that innovate on the genre they're thrown into when there are other bands following that same trend with no creativity. Glassjaw is that band that broke free and gave us innovative material with "Worship & Tribute".

Six years have passed since this band has put out anything at all. And even though I'm waiting to see if Glassjaw will ever put out another album, I can still come back to this one and always find another time of the year to enjoy this music.


A rare gem...
Classic album. What a album. Frontman Daryl Palumbo is a amazing singer. This is my favorite album that Daryl has been apart of. Everything You Ever Wanted To Know. . . and the Head Automatica albums are great, but this one right here is his shining moment. I actually came across Glassjaw by a friend who played Mu Empire for me. It got me intrigued so I decided to check out the whole album. I wasn't disapointed to say the least. This is just a fantastic album, and based of everyone's else reviews, alot of people feel the same way. I'd really like to see glassjaw get together and make another album. I think Daryl's voice is better suited for this style of music than it is for Head Automatica (his other band).

My favorite tracks: Mu Empire, Cosmopolitan Blood Loss, Ape Dos Mil, Must of Run All Day & Trailer Park Jesus. Even on the softer songs, this band sounds incredible. This is one of those rare gem albums that you stumble across and you just fall in love with it, and end up listening to it for a long long time. I can't say enough about how good this album is. Bravo.


Awesome
I just deiscovered these guys (oops, a little late. oh well) and mucho mucho glad i did. Can't really be catoragized into one specific genre. Little hardcore, a tad of emo, some metalcore, and a lot of creativity. The singers voice is by far the best. I suggest you go and buy the CD (the samples here don't do much for ya). I mean I did, and i love it (and i'm usually listening to thrash, metalcore or math metal).


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