Glassjaw - Material Control (2017)

Material Control, the first album from Glassjaw in 15 years, was supposed to be a surprise. The original idea, according to vocalist Daryl Palumbo and guitarist Justin Beck, was to reward hardcore fans of the band by mailing thousands of box sets containing playable flexi disc “postcards” to them as a thank you. (Beck had surreptitiously compiled the addresses from his merchandising company, Merch Direct.) But that plan was foiled when a technical snafu resulted in their label, Century Media, mistakenly leaking the album title and tracklisting via Amazon two weeks before its release date. For the band, it felt like an appropriate welcome back to the music industry.