Glazed Baby - Ancient Chinese Secret

One of the most underrated bands to grace the 90’s noise-rock circuit was Massachusetts own Glazed Baby. Even I neglected to really pay much attention to them when they were actually around. Due to my negligence it made things a bit trickier to track down some of the bands earlier singles and whatnot. However, that has and still is slowly being taken care of. I started in late with Glazed Baby, so my first actual exposure to the band was their final album Ancient Chinese Secret, which to most probably isn’t the number one choice when it comes to their albums. However, for me it was just what I needed to hear at the time to send me tracking down the bits and pieces I had missed and that’s why I am featuring it on here today. For those that are interested in the bands earlier but equally great material then I highly suggest checking out the Glazed Baby post over at the wonderful blog Noise Show. There is plenty of good stuff there to be heard and a lot of information as to the whereabouts to most of the parties involved in this noise-fest.

Under the “sounds like” portion of their MySpace (yeah, they have one of those), it is described as “you are being crushed”, which couldn’t be any more true for Ancient Chinese Secret or really any of Glazed Baby’s music. It’s the type of sound that is almost so disgustingly low-end heavy that it makes you sick to your stomach. It’s that relentless and exhausting, but yet it’s everything I love about heavier music. There is a strong industrial element to this album as well, which extends fairly far back in the bands discography, but is swung into full force here. I personally think it fit them well, as the added monotony of tribal like industrial beats only added to the bands already devastatingly crushing sound. I am proud to say that Glazed Baby makes the type of music that would probably clear a room in less than thirty seconds. That’s definitely a compliment folks.

Glazed Baby – Lying on the Killing Floor [MP3]
Glazed Baby – Jinx Remover [MP3]
Glazed Baby – Crushed Red Pepper [MP3]

There really aren’t many places to find this album anymore other than scouring the likes of eBay and such. Amazon has it, but it is super fucking expensive and I wouldn’t ever encourage anyone on dropping that much cash on anything. Thankfully though most of their other releases found there are relatively reasonably priced, so pick those up if you can. They are definitely worth it.