Press release –
Glass Lungs‘ new EP Afterglow is the sound of a band that refused to quit—even when they probably should’ve. After nearly a decade of near-misses and restarts, the Brooklyn-based outfit emerges with a record that’s equal parts catharsis and collapse: massive shoegaze textures, black metal urgency, and post-hardcore scars all colliding in a haze of bruised beauty. Think Deftones by way of Holy Fawn, made for anyone who’s ever felt stuck inside their own skull. It’s raw, it’s overwhelming, and it’s exactly what it needs to be.
Glass Lungs came together in 2015 in Brooklyn, cut from the usual post-hardcore cloth—tight riffs, big emotions, and enough ambition to think that was enough. Narrator: It wasn’t. What followed were years of frustration, friction, and false starts—weeks in cramped rehearsal spaces chasing sounds that existed only in their heads—burning out and starting over. The band could’ve broken up a dozen times, but didn’t. Instead, they rebuilt themselves from the ground up.
Their new EP, Afterglow, is the beautiful mess that came out of it. It sounds like staring into the fog with your ears ringing—with rolling walls of shoegaze fuzz, black metal intensity, and post-everything atmosphere. If you like Deftones, Holy Fawn, or any band that makes you feel like you’re floating face-down in a dream, you’re probably in the right place. Glass Lungs makes music for people who’ve spent way too much time in their own heads, who want their beauty a little bruised. It’s not for everyone. And thank god for that.
Visit: https://www.glasslungs.com/
