Glassjaw celebrated 30 years of making things in 2023 with a new vinyl box set and book and some very select shows that went down in late December. Two of those shows happened at Brooklyn venue Warsaw on December 29 & 30, with thoughtcrimes opening night one and This Is Hell opening night two.
The setlists at these shows celebrated the same releases as the new box set, in reverse chronological order. They opened with a portion of 2017’s Material Control, then did songs from 2011’s Coloring Book & Our Color Green EPs, then a big chunk of Worship & Tribute, and–after an intermission–wrapped up with a big chunk of Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence. Longtime members Daryl Palumbo and Justin Beck are currently joined by drummer Chad Hasty (who’s been in the band since 2015) and touring bassist Cody Hosza (who’s also in thoughtcrimes), and they were as intense as ever. Daryl didn’t even say a word until about a third of the way through the set, when he marveled at the fact that the band has been doing this for so long, and that the members have kids now, who he dedicated the next song to, and then they got right back to letting the music speak for itself. The “newer” material still stands tall next to the classics, but building up to all the 20+ year-old fan faves made for a climactic set that really exploded in the second half. Both shows had quickly sold out and were packed, and they were a reminder that–30 years in–Glassjaw still have something to say.
Check out more photos of night one by José A. Alvarado Jr., some fan-shot videos, and Glassjaw’s setlist below.
Pick up the new vinyl box set and the book (created in collaboration with BrooklynVegan and Revolver Magazine) in the BV shop.
Setlist (via)
2017 – Material Control
New White Extremity
Shira
Citizen
Golgotha
Cut and Run
2011 – Coloring Book
Black Nurse
2011 – Our Color Green
Stars
Jesus Glue
You Think You’re (John Fucking Lennon)
2002 – Worship & Tribute
Tip Your Bartender
Mu Empire
Cosmopolitan Bloodloss
Pink Roses
Ape Dos Mil
Must’ve Run All Day
The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports
Two Tabs of Mescaline
Material Control (played on loop over PA during 15 minute intermission)
2000 – Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence
Babe
Lovebites and Razorlines
Hurting and Shoving (She Should Have Let Me Sleep)
Piano
Ry Ry’s Song
Pretty Lush
Siberian Kiss
