FOREVER

Look what glyded in, y'all-drop Forever
on the platter and get the house party
started! Glyders been dreaming up this
sound for ages-over years, with different
players, countless shows and many late
nights at the tape machine. It's been a
long ride to Forever-but now that they've
arrived, the vibe's lightning and the blink
of an eye.
Guitarist/vocalist Joshua Condon and
bassist Eliza Weber started up in 2014, but
even when they put together their 2023
album debut, Maria's Hunt, they still had
a revolving door on the drums. Then they
met Joe Seger, who fit on the kit like a
glove and in their sound like a brother.
Since then, the three have ridden together,
building up Forever while playing shows
all around the US and Europe. It's been
an awesome couple of years for Glyders,
in all real senses of the word, the blood,
sweat and tears of life made better by their
shared bond. This makes Forever's spirit
high and tight, its sinews rumbling with
communal joy. They really get off on it! And they're not alone. These new jams
have been kicking ass at all the shows too.
Yep, the song nugs of Forever sprouted branches and spokes on the road, the
increased physicality driving their mellow licks and riffs with a great depth of
rolling bottom, its groove taking them further into their own thing. After all this
time, the streamlined new chassis feels mighty fine, making this the first real
band album for Glyders. Listen to "Super Glyde": the humid bluesgasm kicks
off Forever with three distinct waves of sheer rock energy. That same spirit is
bottled like an almost krauty reserve for "Hard Ride," trippy but compellingly
taut. "New Realmll rock yuh too, and even the first song they wrote as a new
band, "Tell Me About the Rabbit," sheds and shreds with life as recorded-we
can feel it still growing as we listen.
Glyders got a mess of old-school tuneage in 'em, a rich vein of ore mined from
the rock masters-y'know, Creedence/The Band/JJ/T. Rex/Leon Russell/and
lots more-shaping the immaculate forms of "Moon Eyes" and "Thousand Miles."
These sweet tunes punctuate and emphasize the wind and rain in the hair of
Forever's driving jams. Glyders like to keep shuffling the deck. Like with "Stone
Shadow"-one minute, Josh is singing, "Ain't got no money/I just wanna have
a ball," then he's bringing hard steel on the other side of the street with, "it's
time to realize/I'm in it for the rest of my life." Fuck yeah!
Taped at their own Studio "G" in Chicago's Humboldt Park, with Josh getting
the sounds they like, then mixed by Cooper Crain at Sweat Loge Studios down
in Pilsen, Forever is super rich, crackling with the raw details of real life. The
title comes from a battle cry within the band, something they hear at shows too.
Eliza's amazing art emphasizes this for life credo, mixing classic roots with punk
collage style drawn from years of flyers. It's like a family/club vibe, the kind of
thing you get tattoed into your skin.
Forever lands smooth, its lightning-quick 37 minutes leaving you plenty of time to
live. Flip it over and let it go again, then! Meanwhile, Glyders roll on, magnetized
by the horizon, making tracks to parts unknown-Forever's just getting started!