The Glass Bead Game
by Breathless
- Type: Album
- Released: June 1986
- Label: Tenement Tores
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 48:47
- Community rating: 3.62/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Named after the Hermann Hesse novel, this immersive debut perfectly bridges the gap between melancholic post-punk and the emerging space-rock revival. The heavily chorused basslines and ethereal, delay-soaked guitars weave a deeply hypnotic, existential dream-pop landscape.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, melodic, existential, atmospheric, reverb-heavy, dreamy, synthesizers, guitar-driven
Tracklist
- Across the Water (4:54)
- All My Eye and Betty Martin (5:22)
- Count on Angels (4:39)
- Monkey Talk (7:31)
- Every Road Leads Home (3:54)
- Touchstone (5:21)
- Sense of Purpose (4:20)
- See How the Land Lies (6:28)
- Stone Harvest (6:13)
Credits
- Ari Neufeld - painting [cover], performer [player]
- Dominic Appleton - performer [player]
- Gary Mundy - performer [player]
- Tristram Latimer Sayer - performer [player]