Glassing - Spotted Horse

Label: Brutal Panda
Year: 2019

Another 2019 gem.

This is a sprawling, dare I say, ambitious record. At its core, it's a post-hardcore monolith with a penchant for the NeurIsis-isms of the last decade. Meaning, it goes from earth moving mega riffs to spaced passages without missing a beat, and the emphasis is more on building a mood than drilling your face in. But, it still does a pretty good job of fucking up your face. It moves around enough that stays out of its own ass, which was the folly of most of the bands that aped Isis. There are some sections that you may begin to think, "oh boy, here comes the boring part", but Glassing keeps pushing past those ole chestnuts and brings the thunder. They err on the side of "fuck shit up", and I appreciate that.

DL