artist Glory Glory

Hey kids, We're giving away a pair of VIP tickets to M-Fest on August 7th! The VIP Tickets CANNOT be bought - so winning them really is a great prize. It involves private seating in the Live 105 Tent which has great sight lines, your own bathrooms, your own bar, etc. We are giving away ONE PAIR of VIP tix for the whole contest.

To enter, all you have to do is go to the FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE and post "I can't wait to see Glory Glory at M-Fest!" on the event wall. While you're there, 'attend' the event and 'like' HPX why don'tcha. They're great people doing great things.

If twitter is more your bag, you can tweet the following:

Check out #mfest here: http://tinyurl.com/69frzbs and retweet to win @HalifaxPopX: I can't wait to see @glorygloryband at M Fest!

Either way, contest closes this Thursday, May 12. Winner is chosen Friday the 13th (spooky!) and we actually haven't had that many entries so as of right now, you actually have a fighting chance at them!

We are proudly a part of the Playlist for the Planet.  The David Suzuki Foundation search

for a environmental anthem is a great idea and something (ahem!) we would love to

win;).   Your help is what we need please AND thank you.

Good luck to all.

We released our full-length debut "ZOMBIES!!!"in July 2010 on Out of Sound Records.

"Arguably the most impressive indie pop band to come out of the East Coast since Two Hours Traffic, this Halifax trio sits easily along a musical continuum that includes Thrush Hermit and Sloan... More importantly, like all of those bands, they seem to have arrived fully formed."
-- The Toronto Star
(http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/antihitlist/article/827622--the-anti-hit-list)

"Although Glory Glory Man United have only released one EP, you get the feeling after a few spins of Zombies!!! that this Halifax, NS-bred three-piece could write perfect, hook-driven pop songs in their sleep. The manner in which they crank out the ten classics on Zombies!!! is so pure and seamless that it's a little disconcerting... The legacy of Halifax's pop scene has never diminished, but Glory Glory Man United may be the kind of act that can carry the torch and bring back wide scale attention. It's a big weight on their shoulders, but something about the honest, well-rounded feel of Zombies!!! tells me these guys are up for the challenge."
-- Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority
(http://exclaim.ca/musicreviews/latestsub.aspx?csid1=145&csid2=870&fid1=48041)

"[T]he three-piece play Thrush Hermit style alt.rock, filtered through '90s Chicago post-rock. But the abstract noises that float in an out of stellar cuts like “Pop Song Automaton” can’t mask the band’s infectious melodies. The title track’s chorus is an especially sweet one to sing along with in your car... it's is an impressive debut that hopefully lays the groundwork for something great to come."
-- ChartAttack
(http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/87140/glory-glory-man-united-%E2%80%94-zombies)

"ZOMBIES!!! marks Glory Glory Man United as a band to watch in the coming months. This album and the directions it takes combined with the overall sound of it seem destined to attract the attention and favor of Constantines, Sonic Youth and Mission Of Burma fans, but the record is made all the more exciting by the fact that Glory Glory Man United is only getting started; what they do next is anyone's guess, but hopefully we won't have to wait long to find out."
-- Ground Control Magazine
(http://groundcontrolmag.com/detail/3/2020/)

"Glory Glory Man United may have created the ultimate summer CD... ZOMBIES! feels like the remarkably polished and precise evolution of countless summer jam sessions when close friends crank up the amps and leave the garage door open, killing time and exploring new sounds... with ZOMBIES! they firmly define their sound and have written a record that local slacker kids will cop and try to imitate in the years to come. Ain’t that what summer’s really all about?"
-- Herohill
(http://www.herohill.com/2010/07/reviews-glory-glory-man-united-zombies.htm)

"OK, I am not going to lie, I was EXTREMELY excited for this show. GGMU are one of my favorite Halifax bands... hell, one of my favorite bands period. It was their night and they owned it... they put on one of the best live shows in town. Do yourself a favour and see them the next time they're out."
-- Noiseography
(http://noiseography.blogspot.com/2010/07/ggmu-album-release-gus-pub-july-8th-210.html)

New album ZOMBIES!!! is out on limited edition CD and blue vinyl, with handmade silkscreened cases, made by the band with artwork by our good buddy Jack Carr. You can stream the whole album online on our CBC Radio 3, Myspace and YouTube pages! Yeah!! Physical copies are becoming available through us and Guelph indie label Out of Sound Records, digital (iTunes) coming soon via Sound of Pop/Fontana North. Those in the know in the entertainment media have had all kinds of nice things to say about our new album. Don't believe us? See for yourself! "Arguably the most impressive indie pop band to come out of the East Coast since Two Hours Traffic." -- The Toronto Star, "Anti-Hit List" http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/antihitlist/article/827622--the-anti-hit-list "Depending on the track, Glory Glory Man United sounds like the next great shoegaze band (“Congrats”), like the band that could usurp the title of “Greatest moody group in Canada” from The Constantines (“Maintain Your Composure,” “The Fish In The Water”) or the slightly more melodic little brothers of Sonic Youth (“Sun Don't Come Out”). The results are captivating because they're so mercurial [...] ZOMBIES!!! marks Glory Glory Man United as a band to watch." -- Ground Control Magazine http://groundcontrolmag.com/detail/3/2020/ "The ultimate summer CD ... equally ambitious and nostalgic ... remarkably polished and precise ... a record that local slacker kids will cop and try to imitate in the years to come." -- Herohill http://www.herohill.com/2010/07/reviews-glory-glory-man-united-zombies.htm

(written in august but still relevant):

greetings cyber-geeks!

summer is whizzing by here at camp GGMU.  a rainy, dreary july has given way to a dazzlingly warm and beautiful august and after taking a little time off to recover from our last tour and school local teens in the art of rocking, we're back in action and better than ever.

the new album is coming along really well.  an early mix of "pop song automaton" has been in circulation for little while, and we're about 2/3rds done of the rest of it.  we're really proud of what we've got so far and if you liked "friends of the seen," or if you thought it was a little too hard to dance to, you should love the new one.

we've got a couple shows lined up locally for the fall at the moment and will be heading to the center of the universe (TORONTO) in late october, the details and other dates of which trip will be announced soon enough.  we're also collaborating on a couple of other people's recording projects which should see release in the coming months.  we're all moving out of our shared apartment (less bickering?  we'll see.) and the first run of GGMU t-shirts, in brown and grey, has almost been sold off completely so if you're a size large, now's your chance to grab one before they're all gone!

i'm working backshifts at a warehouse for the month and it's starting to fasect23rX31R111111111111111111111111111 oh it seems i've fallen asleep at the keyboard.  haw haw!  i've also been hitting the streets of halifax with my drums, to the curiosity and enjoyment of some and the dismay of others.  if it's too loud, you're too old.  i think mick mars said "if i'm playing my music loud and enjoying it, why should that have to suffer because someone else wants quiet?" .......... and also: "playing music is the best thing i could be doing, except maybe going to the gas station and getting some cigarettes."

brilliant.

you stay out of trouble now.

"ROCKIN'" ryan brown.

Well, no one in the band actually has a new pair of glasses just yet. But We've received word from one Ryan Brown that he will no longer have to stalk the streets of Halifax looking like a six foot ginger version of Harry Potter. Nonetheless, we DO in fact have a new song up, called Pop Song Automaton, recorded at home by yours truly, and mixed by Andrew Watt (Heavy Blinkers). We would love for you to hear it! This is the first single from our upcoming album, yet to be named.... and completed. Also, for those of you who live west of Nova Scotia and east of Manitoba we are coming to town in the next two weeks, and you can finally see what all the "hype" is about, in the form of our live show. To see our tour dates, check out our list of tour dates. Sounds simple, doesn't it?