Spain has been treating us to some killer bands these past couple of years and Barcelona's Glam are no exception. Hailing from the same city as the popular and well-known Destino Final (and predecessor Invasión) there are definitely some similarities here sound-wise and fans of the aformentioned bands should definitely buy this. Hell, everyone should buy this, because it's really, really good. Overall I would say that Glam is a little faster, the songs are shorter and their songwriting betrays more of an 80ies hardcore-influence in comparison to D.F.'s sound. Maybe it's the fact that members of the band used to play in (the also excellent) Über that shines through in the songwriting. Still, this 7" is a lot closer in sound to Invasión than it is to Über (which had more of a garagy-sound especially due to the less distorted and less heavy guitar-sound). No matter what the cause, the end result is sound that is a perfect mix of dark, D-beat-esque punk and raging straight-forward hardcore.
Having listened to it now a bunch, this is one of the best hardcore 7"-es I've come across this year. You can download the entire thing here or buy it from La Vida es un Mus records.
Most importantly: Glam are on tour at this very moment and will be playing three shows in the Netherlands in the next couple of days. They will be playing Heerlen tonight, Den Haag on Monday and the excellent SUB071 venue in Leiden on Tuesday. I'll definitely be attending the Leiden show myself, as there's no way I want to miss out on seeing these guys play live in a room that can barely hold 30 people. On top of that, Tense Reaction from Utrecht are also playing and I always love seeing them play live. Super excited about this show, and you should be too. Check out Glam's entire tour schedule on the band's myspace page.
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love the GLAM 7" - great stuff...
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