The post-hardcore band were loved for their knotty, emotional songs – and despised for their misogynistic lyrics. As they release their first album for 15 years, are they changed men?
It has taken 15 years for Glassjaw’s Daryl Palumbo and Justin Beck to make a new album. In between, there have been health troubles (Palumbo’s struggles with Crohn’s disease have cancelled many a UK tour), side-projects with ex-Gorillaz mastermind Dan the Automator, business endeavours, marriage, children, life. Finally, as 2017 wound down, they planned to announce their oft-rumoured third album, a thank you surprise to their loyal, patient fans. Then Amazon ruined the surprise by posting the album listing online.
“We were a little bummed because Amazon kind of spoiled the ending,” says Beck, calling from a tour bus, describing it “like watching The Sixth Sense and somebody telling me [the ending] within the first five seconds of watching.” The frustration is audible in his voice, but it’s delivered with a what-you-gonna-do shrug.
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