Glass boys

"Man føler sig hurtigt hjemme i albummets velkendte, ultramelodiøse tilgang til hardcorepunken, som - fraregnet Damian Abrahams primalbrølende, men paradoksalt intellektuelle, lyriske bidrag - placerer bandet nær helt andre genrenaboer, navnligt The Who og Foo Fighters ... [En fodfejl] er Jonah Falcos tvivlsomme påfund om at multitracke trommerne. Han spiller stort set fire spor oveni hinanden - to langsomme, to hurtige - albummet igennem. Det er på papiret en interessant idé, som også i praksis lykkes, når to rytmer konvergerer som brusende bølger i et oprørt hav. Men ofte går der bare Klampenborg Galopbane i skidtet".

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"As on their last album, Fucked Up feel as though they're pushing punk rock into completely undiscovered territory as they completely eschew the short and sweet method of classic punk for something longer and more revelatory. Although Abraham's hoarse growls are classic hardcore, musically and lyrically Fucked Up are on a whole other plane. The band beautifully marries its dense and intricate compositions with Abraham's sledgehammer vocals to create something that feels like the next evolution of the genre ... A record that may very well be their masterwork".

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"If Fucked Up are no longer a hardcore band, what are they? On their fourth studio album, they continue to move towards a layered, textured modern rock sound - still ferociously loud, but shorn of the brute aggression of hardcore. But there's a problem at the heart of it all, and it's the very thing that defines Fucked Up: their singer, Damian Abraham. He's one of rock's most compelling frontmen - democratic, funny and charismatic - and absolutely crucial to their rise. But while the band behind him have moved away from hardcore's straighthead rama-lama for some years, Abraham's voice still has the guttural bark of the punk singer. And these songs needs something more: if nothing else, they need topline melodies, and Abraham cannot supply them".

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"The thinking hardcore-fan's hardcore-band play it straight(er) ... Their most back-to-basics record ever ... The Art Of Patrons resembles a pissed off Dinosaur Jr; Warm Change's fuzz-fuelled guitar takes Peter Frampton to Dischord House. And there are further innovations: drummer John Falco plays two simultaneous drums takes, beneath that are another two - in half-time. Disorientating, yes. Challenging, yes. Yet, above all, Glass Boys' legacy will likely be the Fucked Up record fans will praise for its songs, rather than the risk-taking".