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2 November 2024

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Glass Boys

Fucked Up

Glass Boys

Fourth LP from the acclaimed Toronto hardcore punk sextet

ADM rating[?]: 7.5
Label: Matador
UK Release date: 03/06/2014
US Release date: 03/06/2014

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9.1 66310
9.1 | A.V. Club

The band takes another evolutionary leap without leaving anyone pining for the past
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8.3 66331
8.3 | Consequence Of Sound

That’s a lot to like, and it’s more than enough for Fucked Up to continue their reign as the hardcore crossover act of choice for fans of punk, or indie, or both
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8.0 66259
8.0 | musicOMH

Glass Boys might not be as expansive as its predecessor, but it is no less impressive
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8.0 66260
8.0 | Drowned In Sound

It's not about sniping at the next wave, rather shining a light on home truths, such as how to juggle families, bills and stay hardcore in an evolving arena
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8.0 66261
8.0 | The Music

This ten-track follow-up is far more succinct and condensed and as a result delivers a hefty punch
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8.0 66262
8.0 | The Skinny

By taking a more aggressive stance, quality control-wise, Fucked Up arrive at their most cohesive record thus far
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8.0 66263
8.0 | Q

At root hardcore punk, it adds metal, power pop, prog and opera. Print edition only
8.0 66265
8.0 | Mojo

Disorientating, yes. Challenging, yes.Likely to be praised for it’s songs rather than it’s risk-taking. Print edition only
8.0 66270
8.0 | PopMatters

A more immediate album for Fucked Up, especially coming on the heels of such a performative piece as David was
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8.0 66289
8.0 | Exclaim

Glass Boys is the sound of a band reflecting on itself, trying to negotiate the world of success and get out in one piece
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8.0 66303
8.0 | DIY

For what is at heart a hardcore band, it is still a hugely ambitious and exciting record
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8.0 66437
8.0 | No Ripcord

Glass Boys is a more than worthy accomplishment from a band that has been too busy playing by their own rules and constantly rewriting what it means to be punk to care about others expectations
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8.0 66822
8.0 | The Line Of Best Fit

Perhaps that great crossover will now never happen, but they’ve made a refreshing, bold record here, that, a few trips aside, leaps the barriers of genre with ease and satisfies throughout
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7.5 66381
7.5 | Earbuddy

Fucked Up, for all its inner monologues and heart on sleeve self-doubt, is still a punk band and still a punk band with things to say
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7.4 66370
7.4 | Paste Magazine

What Fucked Up also needs is for Abraham to evolve with the music. The instrumentalists have been pushing into much more melodic and challenging territory for years now. Yet, the singer still maintains his throat-shredding bark
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7.0 66398
7.0 | Spin

David's follow-up, Glass Boys, has fewer tunes-per-hour, but it's also half the length, and its melancholy reflection on the past allows for a broader emotional palette
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7.0 66399
7.0 | Under The Radar

While 2011's David Comes to Life was hardly an inhibited affair, after that ambitious double-album rock opera, Glass Boys is Fucked Up distilled nearly to its throbbing core
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7.0 66365
7.0 | FasterLouder

Fucked Up have never been an easy listen, but Glass Boys is the group’s most accessible album to date
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7.0 66315
7.0 | NME

Navel-gazing rarely gets as exciting as the Toronto punks' fourth
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7.0 66329
7.0 | The Digital Fix

The title track is as near Fucked Up have come to a full-blown arena-friendly anthem
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7.0 66269
7.0 | Pitchfork

Let’s be clear, this is a rock band, increasingly a hardcore-derived version of the Hold Steady, with static classic rock riffage serving as a platform for functional, verbose one-note vocals
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7.0 66264
7.0 | Uncut

While the unrelenting energy can be somewhat exhausting, it’s hard not to get swept up. Print edition only
7.0 66675
7.0 | Clash

Refining rather than challenging their boundaries, Fucked Up reconnect with the sounds that first set their pulses racing. ‘Glass Boys’ is a gloriously savage return
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6.5 68322
6.5 | Beardfood

It's lacking real stand-out memorable song
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6.0 66455
6.0 | The Guardian

These songs needs something more: if nothing else, they need topline melodies, and Abraham cannot supply them
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5.8 66374
5.8 | Pretty Much Amazing

There’s a sense of real risk to the bold decisions that define their back catalogue that’s thrilling to behold in action, and it’s missing from Glass Boys
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