Glyders 'Forever' LP

Glyders have been dreaming up this sound for ages - over years, with different players, countless shows and many late nights at the tape machine. It’s been a long ride to ‘Forever’ - but now that they’ve arrived, the vibe’s lightning and the blink of an eye.

Guitarist / vocalist Joshua Condon and bassist Eliza Weber started up in 2014, but even when they put together their 2023 album debut, ‘Maria’s Hunt’, they still had a revolving door on the drums. Then they met Joe Seger, who fit on the kit like a glove and in their sound like a brother. Since then, the three have ridden together, building up ‘Forever’ while playing shows all around the US and Europe. It’s been an awesome couple of years for Glyders, in all real senses of the word, the blood, sweat and tears of life made better by their shared bond. This makes ‘Forever’’s spirit high and tight, its sinews rumbling with communal joy. 

Yep, the song nugs of ‘Forever’ sprouted branches and spokes on the road, the increased physicality driving their mellow licks and riffs with a great depth of rolling bottom, its groove taking them further into their own thing. After all this time, the streamlined new chassis feels mighty fine, making this the first real band album for Glyders. Listen to ‘Super Glyde’: the humid bluesgasm kicks off ‘Forever’ with three distinct waves of sheer rock energy. That same spirit is bottled like an almost Krauty reserve for ‘Hard Ride’, trippy but compellingly taut. ‘New Realm’ll rock yuh too and even the first song they wrote as a new band, ‘Tell Me About The Rabbit’, sheds and shreds with life as recorded. 

Taped at their own Studio ‘G’ in Chicago’s Humboldt Park, with Josh getting the sounds they like, then mixed by Cooper Crain at Sweat Loge Studios down in Pilsen, ‘Forever’ is super rich, crackling with the raw details of real life. The title comes from a battle cry within the band, something they hear at shows too. Eliza’s amazing art emphasizes this for life credo, mixing classic roots with punk collage style drawn from years of flyers. It’s like a family / club vibe, the kind of thing you get tattooed into your skin.