Glass Hammer

Glass Hammer: If

by John Kelman
October 24, 2010

It's strange, perhaps, when a group actually transcends anything its biggest influence has done in decades, but that's exactly what the revamped Glass Hammer has done with If. With only keyboardist Fred Schendel and bassist/keyboardist Steve Babb (founding members, both) remaining after Culture of Ascent (Arion, 2007), If sounds the way Yes should sound four decades later, rather than the tired, creatively stifled group that's been touring its back catalog endlessly--the past couple years with three legacy members joined by ...