“As the sun goes down Gaby Graves, a 27 year old bioethicist in San Francisco by day, transforms herself into the dark, haunting and perfectly named Glass Graves…Her album ‘Architecture’, which is available for free download, is a reflection of her artistic intent and obsessions with 80’s industrial, old school 4AD and 90’s lo-fi. “
http://besttuna.blogspot.com/2010/06/pretty-girls-make-glass-graves.html
“Every once in a while one finds a band that completely and overwhelmingly surprises one positively. Glass Graves, a band I discovered almost a month ago, is one of those bands. This San Francisco band is the brainchild and solo project of Gaby Graves, and the debut LP demonstrates her great affinity with the post-punk and gothic sounds of the 80s…The LP is characterized by a slow tempo, a certain hollowness, exquisitely layered guitars and Gaby’s own voice which is simply sublime.”
http://ratpick.blogspot.com/2010/06/glass-graves-architecture.html
“I had no idea what to expect—but GG has a beautiful, hazy sound, drawing upon the best of shoegaze with just enough grit to make it lo-fi as well (think the atmospheric sound of Slowdive and Lush.) Occasionally I am reminded of the best of Massive Attack, and trip-hop/psychedelic. I highly recommend if you like Zola Jesus, U.S. Girls, Blank Dogs, and Pocahaunted. I spent a good twenty minutes listening to this and staring at the ceiling.”
http://betterthansexblog.tumblr.com/post/585559913/a-cross-the-cemetary
“Glass Graves is a lo-fi dark shoegaze band from LA, characterized by gorgeous female harmonies and haunting keyboards. This shit reminds me of a gothed out Vivian Girls, and it totally rules.” http://fuckyeahindiegoth.tumblr.com/post/585430708/glass-graves
Very grateful for this lovely feature by Martin at Animal My Soul:
“While the opening lines to the first track (The Trap Rebaited) are chilly - “You were born beneath rats , Or so you’d say” the overall tone of the album is more seductive than spooky. It has a breathy intimacy and the warm glow of 4AD style shoegaze is ever present. In the song Mess of Live Vines the image of “the sun haunted with electricity” sums up well the warm yet creepy atmosphere of these songs.”
http://mraybould.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/haunted-by-electricity/
