MORE ABOUT REVEREND GLASSEYE
Boston's Reverend Glasseye has often been labeled dark salvation music; cautionary tales filled with American superstition and human frailty performed with the pomp and production of an unclean orchestra. With their live performances, Reverend Glasseye has gained the reputation of being something of a spectacle, developing a cult-like following; a counter culture of well dressed, flower wielding celebrators who add as much fray as the band’s intense fervor and off kilter musicality. Consider this post romantic revivalist glam, or perhaps simply gospel cabaret punk.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Curious World of Reverend Glasseye.
Their debut release, Black River Falls was warmly welcomed by press and radio alike; ranking number seven on CMJ's most added list and claiming a spot on the Top 200 for six weeks. The album has gone on to sell thousands of copies worldwide, creating an international underground following, and has been honored with accolades from the Boston Music Awards, Boston Phoenix awards, Performing Songwriter Monthly and the CBC to name several. Reverend Glasseye's second release, Happy End and Begin was released in the Fall of 2004 on Ottawa's Music For Cats Records, to critical praise and quickly went on to become the label's top seller. Recently, Reverend Glasseye won Boston's most prestigious battle of the bands, WBCN's Rock and Roll Rumble. The band’s increasing tour schedule has packed venues from Boston to Los Angeles, Missoula to Ottawa and has granted the band performances with the likes of Rasputina, Gogol Bordello, Sex Mob, The World Famous Pontani Sisters, The Legendary Shack Shakers, and the Dresden Dolls.
Reverend Glasseye’s latest full-length, Our Lady of the Broken Spine, was released in November of 2005 on Music For Cats Records. It has since been warmly received by such members of the fourth estate as The Onion's A/V Club and Paste Magazine
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