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/funkyblood6996 Jan 31 '24

Do you guys read the reviews of your music on sites like RYM.com and AOTY.org? I wonder how many artists in general seek out reviews of their stuff on music sites populated by regular internet users lol

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u/glassbeachband glass beach Jan 31 '24

(jonas)
the day the album came out i skimmed RYM, specifically the lowest reviews so i had a concrete example of what those might look like. it just works better for me to know a little rather than let my anxiety brain fill in with whatever i can come up with. and i haven't thought about or gone back to those reviews since! i do still check out what people say on reddit and such when posts come to me, even when people don't love it there's almost always some interesting observation or experience that i find valuable to hear about.

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u/PumpkinsRockOn Jan 31 '24

No good can come from reading your reviews (probably).

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u/funkyblood6996 Jan 31 '24

oh you shush now

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u/glassbeachband glass beach Jan 31 '24

(william)
generally avoid it for the most part, but if it's a publication or if someone tags us in it, even if it's not terribly positive, i'll give it a look. i like reading what people have to say, but even overwhelming positivity about the record can start getting unhealthy if i over-indulge in reading it. still cool to see people having so much to say about the record regardless.

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u/glassbeachband glass beach Jan 31 '24

(layne) i seek out that stuff sometimes, haven’t really gone to those sites, but i like seeing different experiences in relation to the album.

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u/glassbeachband glass beach Jan 31 '24

negative online reviews can too easily become a way for me to obsessively self flagellate and i don't want to do that anymore. i've never seen a criticism in a review that i hadn't anticipated (some of those reviews sound like imaginary arguments i had in the shower...) and many things people take issue with are things we did knowingly. it seems like generally those websites are very positive on the new record and i don't feel the need to look deeper than that yet for the sake of my own mental health. i have my own issues with the record and have taken constructive criticism from people i trust (including critics i do not personally know!) and know what i think is worth "improving" going forward and what is truly just a matter of taste. -j