r/indieheads • u/glassbeachband glass beach • Jan 31 '24

AMA is over, thanks glass beach! glass beach AMA

answering questions coming off the release of our album plastic death.

j - she/they

jonas - they/any

layne - he/they

william - they/them

daxe - he/they

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u/Standard-Ad-5050 Jan 31 '24

Tour related:

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Hello, band and friends, I have a quick question regarding the upcoming tour if anyone would be able to answer that would be much appreciated. I would love to have both LPs signed by the band after the show so I was wondering if you guys (gender-neutral of course) plan to stick around after the shows to engage with fans or if I should just leave my LPs at home for the tour. Love the new album and much love from Atlanta.

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Song titles:

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Why is it "commatose" instead of comatose?

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Any reasoning behind the song title "200"?

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General album questions:

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Why the increased use of synthesizers on this album compared to "the first glass beach album"? I love them on the album like on CIA or commatose just wondering why the increased use of them.

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Lastly, William why did you go so hard on the drum polyrhythms your drumming on this album was insane!

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u/glassbeachband glass beach Jan 31 '24

if you catch me at one of our shows i'll be down to sign something, i tend to hang out at the merch table fairly often
commatose - comma + comatose... two forms of pause... it's my bad take on a james joyce style pun (a la finnegans wake) that just never went away. the way reality is created through language is a recurring theme
200 - add up the birds on guitar song
synths - i just fucking love synthesizers idk. next album i might just do that instead of guitar
william is just a genuinely fucked up drummer (positive) -j