Austinist Artist Profile: The Glass Family @ Continental Club

Austinist is very happy to celebrate the debut CD release party for local five-piece The Glass Family on Thursday night at the Continental Club. The incandescent musicianship featured on Sleep Inside This Wheel evokes Wilco, Gram Parsons, The Ponys, My Bloody Valentine, and Kent while suggesting that The Glass Family has achieved something uniquely their own in the space of ethereal alt-country and indie rock.

The band produced Sleep Inside This Wheel over a period of months at the home of Frank Alexander, who contributes piano, and gracefully nuanced horn and string arrangements. Michael Winningham's roughly textured voice builds upon layers of guitar, white noise, and lush atmospherics. The commitment to songcraft invites comparisons to Tom Petty “Wildflowers” and Kate Bush “Hounds of Love”. Members of Grupo Fantasma comprise the horn section on the album as well. Sleep Inside This Wheel appears this month on Jason Callahan and Lynn Boland’s I Eat Records record label.

Also joining The Glass Family are the always exciting Cue, Zykos, and the gritty boys of Waxploitation, a DJ collective focusing on sixties rare funk and northern soul vinyl. We have enjoyed many nights of dance fever thanks to the white hot basslines and the positively evil drum fills stored within Waxploitation’s crunchy 45’s. Do join us.

The Glass Family will perform and speak with Jon Aielli on Eklektikos, December 8 at Noon on KUT.

Members
Frank Alexander - piano, keys and vocals
Tony Daugherty - drums
Jeremy Gomez - bass and vocals
Brian Hubbard - guitars
Michael Winningham - guitar and lead vocals

Playing At
The Continental Club
December 8, 2005
Cue @ 10
Zykos @ 11
The Glass Family @ 12
Waxploitation! A Soul Happening! @ 1 am