glass beach released their fantastic second album, plastic death, in January, and they have a couple more shows supporting it coming up, having wrapped up a tour in April. Drummer William White says that they won’t be joining the band on tour after the next two shows, other than, potentially, local shows and “special occasions.” They aren’t leaving the band, but explain that their decision has to do with the ongoing Covid pandemic.
“Covid has drastically changed the landscape of our world, and especially the music industry,” they say in the second of three videos. “It is affecting you whether you think it is or not, whether you’re an audience member or a musician or artist yourself, it is something that I would like to believe that even if it hasn’t impacted me as severely as it did and still does, that I still would have come to the conclusion that live music just needs to be, there needs to be more safety and more precautions in place for audiences and musicians and venue staff and everything. And we’re just not there, and it’s going to make doing this long term, for a career, as a life, for anybody, very difficult. In a lot of cases, it will be the reason that someone is disabled, or dies, or gets long Covid, or anything. And I just can’t participate in that for myself and for the people who are going to be coming to our shows.”
Watch all 3 videos below.
glass beach will play the first-ever No Earbuds Fest at Pomona, CA’s The Glasshouse and The Haven on June 15, and Seattle’s The Vera Project on July 26, which is with Floral Tattoo and Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest’s Mortis Jackrabbit project.
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