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IRA GLASS THAT'S IT/THAT'S ALL YOU CAN SAY?
ira glass have shared 'that's it/that's all you can say?', the final single from their forthcoming sophomore EP, joy is no knocking nation. 'that's it/that's all you can say?' embraces a cacophonous punk spirit It spirals in numerous perplexing directions, a shrill saxophone arrangement at the core of entangled, overdriven guitar melodies before vocalist Lisa Ivanova astonishes with screaming vocals, the words 'His precious girl / Goes nowhere / Trapped inside the lot / Unaffordable', spat with ferocity. As the EP's closer, there is no telling where 'that's it/that's all you can say?' will go next, as it delivers multiple blows of dense sound before dismantling into spiry, fragmented tendrils, making for a thrilling finale that sees ira glass at their most confrontational and unrestrained. joy is no knocking nation is due for release on 14 November via Angel Tapes / Fire Talk. -Kayla Sandiford
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