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GHR 40 GLORIUM FANTASMAS CD, $15


If Glorium hadn't gone on hiatus in 1997, it's not so hard to imagine a scenario in which the Austin/San Antonio quintet moves to Brooklyn, signs with Matador, and becomes a significant force in American indie rock. That's how prescient Fantasmas is. Glorium would've fit right in with the Liars, Interpol, and TV on the Radio, but their free-flowing aesthetic skew goes deeper than that, calling on early touchstones like Can and the Red Krayola. Fantasmas consists of Glorium's unreleased final recordings along with assorted nonalbum tracks. Recorded 1992-1997, this surprisingly cohesive album bottles Glorium's tension-filled art-punk prowess as it evolved. The 1996 tracks produced by John Croslin may be the pinnacle of their studio work. "The Double" nails the role of "Teen-Age Riot," kicking off with a slowly enveloping tornadic sweep of guitars cut by the steady burst of snares. "Black Market Hearts" revolves around a hypnotic synth groove and the desperate, whirling dervish vocals of Paul Streckfus, while "Psyklops" heaves and groans like the score of some obtuse arthouse monster movie. "Brownie Hawkeye" mines a broken-down Motown drive crossed with jagged Birthday Party theatrics to produce something almost resembling a lead single. Glorium's remarkable ability to harness dramatic tension without falling victim to pretension is evident even on early nonalbum tracks like the 1993 live recording of "Mother Machine" and '92's explosive "Divebomb." Though speculating on what might've been is ultimately best left to the mind's eye, this album is undeniably special.

- Review by Greg Beets, The Chronicle
4 STARS

 

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GHR 29 GLORIUM ECLIPSE CD, $10


Like the late night warble of a distant radio station slowly fading away, Eclipse takes us deeper into the dark and mysterious elements that make Glorium the aural equivalent of REM sleep. The music and narrative flow gently from place to place, but the band's high angular pastiche frees the listener to paint his or her own conclusions with regard to meaning. This isn't altogether new for Glorium, but the slam-bang quick change properties of their earlier work tended to emphasize abrasion over intimacy. "Co-Pilot, Keep Me Awake" has a soft, psychedelic pop sheen that evokes the strangely pleasurable creepiness of Lou Reed and Mo Tucker dueting on "The Murder Mystery" along with the unsettling quirkiness of the Red Krayola. The eight-minute "Room on the Floor" brings out a Teutonic interplay between the dueling guitars of Lino Max and Jorge J. Lara that creates a perfect mechanical backdrop for Paul Vodas' alternately dry and floral vocals. Although they spend a lot of time in abstract symbolism, Eclipse captures an odd, woozy clarity that transports Glorium to yet another dimension..."

- Review by Greg Beets, The Chronicle
3.5 STARS

 
         
 

Ye Olde Catalogue

GHR 39 GLORIUM
Close Your Eyes CD

11 salty tears on the shore of a deep dark sea Opposite windows are open....Glorium takes you away like a flood, takes you through the looking glass eye

GHR 29 GLORIUM
Eclipse CD
The language of Eclipse speaks of lights, shadows, myth, the power of the mind. It sleeps with the genetically inherited dreams from an astronautical ancestor. It behaves without thought of future nows or circumstantial evidence. Without foresight, it is naive and delicate. That is where its power lies. So relax your muscles and your mind and dream...

GHR 28 GLORIUM
Black Market Hearts / Walkie Talkie 7"
produced by John Croslin.

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Cassette Tapes: Cassettes are no longer available as of 9/25/98. Sorry

These were limited edition, cassette only releases. I made them one at a time per order and tries to keep the Austin stores Sound Exchange and 33 Degrees stocked. Sometimes only a handful were ever made.

GHR 37 ANTARCTICA
Scott Hamilton joins Ernest, Lino and Paul to freeze everything once and for all. This collection of songs was written for a single performance in January 98. It has a more pop approach, but for Antarctica who usually specializes in non structured ambient stuff, it's a real surprise to the unexpecting. Jet planes, visitors, trans ams, are offered to appease the gods unholy inspiration. If I can think of anything cheesier to write here send it in. Hey, that guitar sounds like Yes. 30 minutes

GHR 33 THE SEARCH PARTY
grinding stars for my little moon baby in a cage, sometimes science is strange as an unfixed radio. Eight songs recorded in Nov. 97

GHR 31 THE BROWNIE POINTS
A mix tape of 4 track and live recordings. "The 'Points" broke up way too soon. These songs were recorded over a weekend of heavy mushroom-eating. Still in the works...hey John, send me the art.

GHR 30 THE SEARCH PARTY
Includes their hits Angel Dust, Unexpected Journey and Warm Leather. Hands off my threads. 30 minutes

GHR 27 SILVER APPLES
Live at the Electric Lounge
, Jan. 15, 1998.
I couldn't resist bootlegging my favorite back from the grave disney animatronic art rocker. Simeon was in a great mood and came off cool as ice, tuff as sun dried leather, but spacey and obviously rooted in 60s psychedelia that spawned today's electronic resurgence. Hear the original analog techno that first became the official band of New York in '69. 60 minutes

GHR 26 THE GIANT
Love Songs

Ernest Salaz solo recording sessions in Houston and D.C. Sparce and melancholic, sure to make you shiver silver dew drops on your golden floor as you fall into the warm arms of your mercury love.

GHR 25 THE SEARCH PARTY
Three moving through a field of diamonds to a starlight road. the invisible ties that bind us, might untie us. Includes a cover of Suicide's "Ghost Rider"

GHR 24 CYRUS REGO/ FIRE ISLAND bootleg
Recorded in Oct. 97 and Jan. 98 these two acts are two of my favs and don't play out enough! (Not enough for me. ) Cyrus played at electric lounge opening for silver apples; fire island, better known as that brit synth pop star Nikki Holiday from the Prima Donnas performed solo at Spider House with video collage aiding his cinematic soundtrack project. or is it musak for future cafes? for some reason I thought th ey'd enjoy the bootleg aspect of this release.

GHR 23 DRUMS AND TUBA
At the Hole in the Wall

3 guys who blend their own jazz with blue note covers and add swanky guitar. It's a colorful cinematic experience, like taking 18 hits of acid in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, getting lost in Cemetary No.1, and finding yourself in Honey Island Swamp proping open the mouth of a gator with an old chair leg. 48 minutes

GHR 22 THE CRACKPIPES
Six 4-track solos

The gogo kings of the new R and B, punk fusion hi-octane rockers fueled by the bootleg booze and teen jesus puberty (post and modern) sick with a nu blus fever

GHR 21 THE SEARCH PARTY
Paul, Scott and Lauren exlpore the possibilities, and set sail afloat a sea of milk white snow. Search Party have a 79 - 81 cure joy division feel. This tape is more ambient though without the human-element interruption of voices or singing. Murder can be fun. Recorded Aug., Sep., and Nov. '97

GHR 20 CAPITOL CITY SIGNALS compilation
Released Dec. 18 '97. Live recordings by Peter Jeffries, Fun Machine, 100 Watt Clock, Fire Island, Glorium, Ponce Ja Ja, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, New York City, The Prima Donnas, Union On Track, Yellow Fledgling, Paul Newman, Rock Hudsons, The Shape, The Search Party, Leshii Auld Clootie and Cyrus Rego. 60 mins.

GHR 19 THE CRACKPIPES
The Yeah Sound

is a harsh collection of raw bluesy rawk, pop gospel.....20 minutes.

GHR 18 THE PONCE JA JA
The First And The Last
Recorded by Kevin Allen. rainy guitars, drums in formation, bilingual lyrics suggest doing it all over again, and why not? musicians are Jeremy Rueter, Laurie Duke, and Jason Tasset. Later went on to form Union On Track and bake moon cakes for hungry ghosts.

GHR 17 WINDSOR FOR THE DERBY
Recorded live in Austin, before they moved to NYC, and then moved back to Austin. Now you can hear them unproduced, unmixed, and un-remixed, but never, unrehearsed. One of the songs from this show appears on their EP "Metropolitan then Poland"......40 minutes

GHR 16 10196
Paul Streckfus, Jason McNeely, Chris Goyer, John Monge, Jason Reese and Conrad Keely. Recorded live on New Years Eve and in studio space. spooky. What started out as a more ambient project ended up as a chaotic, explosive, free for all, after Keely and Reese had a little too much New Year's joy.....30 minutes

GHR 15 EL SANTO
Recorded live on tour '93. 11 songs of fancy Texas punk by Gause, Castillo, Forland, and Brown. Right before they broke up and on the road across the U.S. with Glorium for a tour of America's most unscene sights. Kind of reminds me of Minutemen, and ZZ Top, but maybe that's just an easier way to describe these guys' original sound. The drumming is fancy and fast, the bass is simple, the guitar is chunky and light,( like canned meat), the vocals are distraught and passionate. Contains their hits from their first EP and lots of unreleased material like "Butterside Down". A classic Texas Punk must-have!

GHR 14 GLORIUM
club chit chat
Includes demo versions of us + the bad past, and moonbeam king from their newest cd "close your eyes", and more previously unreleased music. 30 minutes

GHR 13 THE PRIMA DONNAS
Recorded live on KVRX...48 minutes of eurosynth-attitude from Matik, Seizure, and Holiday, those saucy Brits think that they're the best thing since Depeche Mode and Yaz, but maybe they've seen Spinal Tap too many times. This group of songs is what gave them the attention they deserved in a guitar obsessed roots rock town. Includes "Cock Sucking Machine" and "Song For All the World's Children" and other new wave hits, and a rare interview.

GHR 12 ...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD
Surely one of the most exciting and dangerous live bands in Austin, they have been turning heads and sending the audience ducking for cover since they moved here from Oly in '95. They mix textured guitars with smooth samples and rapid-fire drumming. These guys would produce the most over the top excessive quadruple lp if given the chance. 4 songs recorded by C. Keely & amp; K. Allen. 31 minutes. ....T-shirts are $6 by mail.

GHR 11 AUSTIN DISHARMONIC
Local heroes live in concert. 4 orchestrated riot soundtrack symphonies. Players are J. Reece, C. Keely, N. Busch, B. Caulfield, L. Duke, Robert, Nichols, Demopolus, Colgan, Allen, Monge, etc. Recorded by Martin Davis. This is a documentation of an event which took place Aug. '96 on the East Side of Austin. Those who were there will never forget. Now you can say that you were there too.

GHR 10 ANTARCTICA
30 minutes of noisy unsongy songs from Vodas, Max and Salaz. ...... a spiritual sojourn into the heart of a hellish desert, at the bottom of the earth, at the bottom of your soul...where deep space existence is as close as your icy grave.

GHR 09 YOU MIGHT MISS EVERYTHING comp
Brick, Gemini Space, The Brownie Points, Pro Ex Marauders, 10 W Oily, Gut, The Water Margin, Not The Paranoids, The Andromeda Strain, Paul Newman, Drums & Tuba. 48 minutes. Live field recordings of some raucous rock acts. Most of these bands have broken up. But they are forever encased within this protective shell.

GHR 08 AUSTIN LIVE HOUSES comp
La Cathedral Du Nu Acid Eye Choir, Desafinado, New Girl Art Trend Band, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Glorium, Prima Donnas, Car Bomb, Antarctica, Windsor For The Derby. 52 minutes. In 1995 house shows were where the action was taking place, at the homes of Jenny, Diana, Lauren, Abby, Maggie, and April. Thanks gals! This tape was originally released as Eternity No.1

GHR 07 GEMINI SPACE
Ernest Salaz, August Alston, Geordie Thompson get sideways. this NEU-esque space-rock trio was short lived. 30 minutes

GHR 06 THE PRO EX MARAUDERS
I'm sorry, but...
Laurie Duke and Deanne Rowley. Two women whisper secrets in a secluded corner and then explode them on to the city like an early warning system. Interspliced samples are strange and unsettling. 6 songs, 30 minutes.

GHR 05 THE NEW GIRL ART TREND BAND
A Certain Sacrifice
The legends, recorded by Ledford. He says of the project, "They wanted to do a few songs on 4 track, but then ended up asking to spend an hour perfecting the subtlties on each little track." The results are garagy, and from the heart. An urgent struggle to create is captured on magnetic tape. Their stage sets looked like Broadway musicals, or street theatre actions. 11 songs, 30 minutes.

GHR 04 GUT
Live in Texas. Includes songs Crunchy Frog, Mortal Combat, Disco Cow, Satanic Caviar, and Moo Goo Gai Panda and many other games. Recorded Dec. 95. 48 minutes

GHR 03 GLORIUM
dead air station wagon.
Glorium is a weird band that noone can get a grip on. before they incorporated a more synth sound into their maze of riddlesque songwriting. 30 minutes

GHR 02 THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
Neil Busch, Eddie Robert, and Steven Hall. A sound collage from a band that explored the vast frontiers between sound and music before disbanding in '96. 30 minutes

GHR 01 GLORIUM
Sound Recordings From the Front Room
30 minutes of in the red recordngs from their early noise rock attack period. Includes the hit G-93