Kids In Glass Houses - Smart Casual (2023 Remaster) (2008/2023) [Official Digital Download]

In the spring of 2008, Kids In Glass Houses broke away from a bustling live music scene in South Wales and quickly caught the ear of the industry. A gutsy blend of power-pop and pop-punk with mosh-worthy hardcore graft, their debut album, Smart Casual, was a vibrant amalgam of 80s new wave influences and post-Strokes-era spikiness that dug its claws in while the “New Rock Revival” was in full swing. By combining the raucous energy of US pop-punk with the angular riffs of indie rock, Kids In Glass Houses smashed through the sound barrier.

The band’s breakthrough single, Give Me What I Want, had been playlisted by BBC Radio 1, a moment that marked a huge turning point in the group’s fortunes. Going from relative obscurity to acquiring national radio exposure “was obviously just such a huge, huge feeling” Kids In Glass Houses’ lead singer, Aled Phillips, tells Dig! “It kind of took us away from just being like hobbyists and then actually becoming something that was a bit more universal.”

Now, more than 15 years after Smart Casual was released, Phillips reflects upon the group’s debut album with an understandable mixture of nostalgia and pride. “I think that album’s got a bit of a timelessness to it,” he admits. “I think it’s because it is just five people playing music. There’s no bells and whistles. It’s quite honest.”

TRACKLIST

1. Kids In Glass Houses - Fisticuffs (2023 Remaster)
2. Kids In Glass Houses - Easy Tiger (2023 Remaster)
3. Kids In Glass Houses - Give Me What I Want (2023 Remaster)
4. Kids In Glass Houses - Saturday (2023 Remaster)
5. Kids In Glass Houses - Lovely Bones (2023 Remaster)
6. Kids In Glass Houses - Shameless (2023 Remaster)
7. Kids In Glass Houses - Girls (2023 Remaster)
8. Kids In Glass Houses - Good Boys Gone Rad (2023 Remaster)
9. Kids In Glass Houses - Dance All Night (2023 Remaster)
10. Kids In Glass Houses - Pillow Talk (2023 Remaster)
11. Kids In Glass Houses - Raise Hell (2023 Remaster)
12. Kids In Glass Houses - Church Tongue (2023 Remaster)



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