"Scaphe’s long awaited LP is one step closer to spinning on your turntable. This is Forward’s last ever release and it also happens to be one of the best."

"Writing and arranging for Factory Gleam technically started in 2013 before the previous Long Way Down album had even seen its release. In that 4 year time span I recall honing in on a lot of stuff like The Bryds, Captain Beefheart, Herman Szobel, Thrones, Butthole Surfers, Manfred Mann chapter 3 vol.1, Judee Sill, Husker Du, Sun Ra, Bali Gamelan, ragtime, abke dance music, Peter J. Woods, The Meat Puppets, micro-tonal composer Jullian Carillo, Big Star, minamalists and no wave people like Steve Reich and Glenn Branca, shoegaze music, Allen Lomax field recordings, some vaporwave bullshit... People like D’angelo, Jessica Pratt, Tenement, and Thundercat all had amazingly authentic, ambitious and futuristic sounding records come out within 2015, the year we started recording. That music was all very inspiring. I wanted Gleam to be a total outpour of omni-directional creativity and an honest reflection of a time that was really trying for the band. Charlie decided to leave Scaphe at this point and most of the record was made without his involvement. We toiled with our identity, trying [to] get this album finished, different lineups, and with very little output otherwise for a while. Aside from all things musical, I felt a lot of the influences on this record were psychological and environmental to say the least..."

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https://scaphe.bandcamp.com/album/factory-gleam