TALLBOY. Not to be confused with some amplified pub bore on stilts singing FRANK SINATRA’s "My Way" on the karaoke, though I’ll admit the decibel levels are similar and both seem hell-bent on rupturing your inner ear. Only one of them, however, is a weaponised hymn to collapse. This particular Tallboy a five-headed sonic siege engine from Cumbria. They've just released "House Of Glass", which I initially assumed referred to the Gherkin-shaped building in London. But I was very wrong. This isn’t some sterile phallic tribute to capitalism. This is a cathedral of feedback and fury, lit from within by flickering trauma and probably condemned by planning authorities.
TRACK ONE: "INSOMNIA".
If you weren’t suffering before, you will be. It’s a migraine with sirens. You won’t sleep. You’ll be too busy checking the walls for structural damage and wondering whether your spleen is supposed to vibrate.
TRACK TWO: "SNAKE".
Had METALLICA grown up in Workington and been angry about the price of a Greggs sausage roll, you might get somewhere close to describing Tallboy, but you’d still be wrong.
TRACK THREE: "Name & Shame".
FINALLY, an anthem for vengeance. There’s a spreadsheet of people who’ve crossed me, and this track is what I play while highlighting their names and pressing delete. Fast, merciless, and frankly rejuvenating. I listened to it three times, then streaked down the high street just for the sheer thrill.
TRACK FOUR: "Ego Trip".
It builds with the quiet menace of a houseplant that’s learned how to plot revenge, then detonates in your ribcage. If this had been playing every time Donald Trump entered a room, we’d all have been spared the second season.
TRACK FIVE: "Pressure Point".
Now with an accompanying video, because apparently audio demolition alone wasn’t thorough enough. It sounds like a group therapy session for poltergeists, conducted entirely in screams and bass drops, with breakthroughs measured in shattered glass.
"House of Glass" is emotionally volatile, instrumentally violent, and quite possibly illegal in certain jurisdictions, especially on a Tuesday.
SCORE: 7 cracked windows of Capitalism. Released 25 July 2025. Words: Matt Denny
TRACK ONE: "INSOMNIA".
If you weren’t suffering before, you will be. It’s a migraine with sirens. You won’t sleep. You’ll be too busy checking the walls for structural damage and wondering whether your spleen is supposed to vibrate.
TRACK TWO: "SNAKE".
Had METALLICA grown up in Workington and been angry about the price of a Greggs sausage roll, you might get somewhere close to describing Tallboy, but you’d still be wrong.
TRACK THREE: "Name & Shame".
FINALLY, an anthem for vengeance. There’s a spreadsheet of people who’ve crossed me, and this track is what I play while highlighting their names and pressing delete. Fast, merciless, and frankly rejuvenating. I listened to it three times, then streaked down the high street just for the sheer thrill.
TRACK FOUR: "Ego Trip".
It builds with the quiet menace of a houseplant that’s learned how to plot revenge, then detonates in your ribcage. If this had been playing every time Donald Trump entered a room, we’d all have been spared the second season.
TRACK FIVE: "Pressure Point".
Now with an accompanying video, because apparently audio demolition alone wasn’t thorough enough. It sounds like a group therapy session for poltergeists, conducted entirely in screams and bass drops, with breakthroughs measured in shattered glass.
"House of Glass" is emotionally volatile, instrumentally violent, and quite possibly illegal in certain jurisdictions, especially on a Tuesday.
SCORE: 7 cracked windows of Capitalism. Released 25 July 2025. Words: Matt Denny
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