hey i'm j from glass beach, i used to make music under the name “casio dad”.



this album began with demos written in 2015 & 2016 when i first moved to los angeles and spent almost a year living on my friend's couch. i met jonas and william on facebook after they heard the casio dad album on their college radio station in minnesota and we eventually ended up moving into an apartment together in north hollywood. after showing them the new demos i had been writing, jonas and william decided to join the band, playing bass and drums respectively, and we spent the next three years refining the demos into songs.



thematically this album differs a lot from "he's not with us anymore", rather than focusing so much on internal feelings, this album looks outside, in an attempt to capture the external world in all its good, all its bad, and especially all its confusion. it revels in the lack of a focused narrative, portraying multiple perspectives at once and changing moods on a whim.



the sound of glass beach is a fusion of our diverse range of influences including 1960s jazz, new wave, early synthesizer music, and emo, but all presented with the harshness and irreverence of punk music. we embrace the trend towards genrelessness caused by the increasing irrelevance of record labels and democratization of music brought about by the internet and enjoy playing with musical boundaries even to the point of absurdity.

second collection of unreleased songs, demos, and other random tracks recorded between 2017-2019.

7 Stages is an EP I started by accident. I had another album planned, but this EP formed itself. Earlier this year, a complicated and abusive relationship I was in for a while ended. A month after the relationship ended, I was sexually assaulted by my former closest friend shortly after I confided in them and finally felt comfortable enough to tell someone about the instances of abuse I went through in my relationship. Both these things were absolutely crushing to me. I felt like I lost everything in the span of a month. I began writing songs for myself to cope with the difficult feelings that were coming up and this EP was born accidentally. I did not know if I wanted to post this, or if I would feel safe being so vulnerable, but I feel it is an important part of my personal healing not to suffer alone or in silence any longer.



This EP shows all the emotions of going through and recovering from those events. Messy emotions, having complicated feelings for your abusers, toying with the idea of regressing just to be 'loved' once more, etc. As the EP progresses, it becomes a reflection of my personal rise into power, self healing, proper boundary setting, reclaiming myself, and coming into an era of self love after not having that for myself my entire life.



If you have been through or are going through similar experiences, know that you are heard and that you are very important and worthy of healthy love, friendships, and relationships. It DOES get better, I promise. <3

Inhabiting a body worn down by trauma, instability and rupture. The lack of roots, contextual identity and common projects. Living in a choked sigh, behind closed curtains and abandonment.



Looking for a collective experience, not a colony of termites, a mechanical rhythm, a forced coexistence of suspicious looks. Ending the politics of the ubiquitous enemy. Remembering that an outstretched hand is a small relic. That our shared pain can be a project of transcendence.



Taking a step towards a wide space of primordial vitality, emphasizing your own power in a crucible of collective feedback. Moving from pilgrimage to the Great Work. An explosion of fury and love for life.



ARCOS, BÓVEDAS, PÓRTICOS.



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Recorded and mastered at Kollapse Studio by Iván Ferro @kollapse_stvdio

Trumpets by Gabriel Saito

Artwork by Aritz Aramburu @buscandolaluz



RELEASED BY



V i n y l :

PIFIA RECORDS (Europe)



C d :

LONGLEGSLONGARMS RECORDS (Japan)

TORMENTAS RECORDS (México)



C a s s e t t e :

ZEGEMA BEACH RECORDS (Canada / US)

CHAINA RECORDS (Argentina)

CINTAS JUAN (Europe)

LAST TIME YOU'LL SEE ME (Indonesia)

Recording of the first Sektor 304 concert.

Performed at Casa Viva, Porto, July 28th 2007.