Glorybox

Item: Vacuum
Author: Marco Povervest

Vacuum

(2000)

Reviewed by Marco Povervest

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Label Sally Forth RecordsArt for the Ears1999

alternative rock math rock noise rock shoegaze

Sally Forth Records has started looking abroad and one of the bands they found is Glorybox from Denmark. With Vacuum this international outfit presents their debut-release on a Dutch label. The band consists of Danish and American members who are part of Youth With A Mission in Denmark. To make it even more international, this ten song CD was produced by Emil Nikolaisen who is part of the female noise band Royal from Norway. You can sense his productional help on this album. Glorybox plays an emotive alternative rock-style that combines elements from bands like Orange-i, Morella's Forest and .....Royal! You can't listen to a song like Farewell and not think of Orange-i. The Morella's Forest link is evident in the passionate vocals of Sarah which are close to MF's Sydney. The Royal input is not only here because of Emil (he added some guitars too). It's also because of the combination of heavy guitar passages and mellow parts and the tranquilizing female vocals of Sarah and male vocals by Jan. Other than Royal, this is not as heavy and it has a darker feel with a more atmospheric approach. The male singing parts are more prominent too. Interestingly, they added programming on the album. Sometimes that could have been worked out more, I think. Basically, this is a diverse album that might be great to hear for any fan of the abovementioned bands. I'm personally still not sure whether I like them or not. I hear some good stuff but when I pull off the CD-player, it leaves a vacuum within because of lack of real catchy things. Perhaps I should see this band live first to fully enjoy it.