Portland no-wave staples Glass Candy have re-emerged with their first full-length in three years -- and it's G/L/A/M/O/R/O/U/S. The album is packed with Italo-disco-noir, featuring six shimmering original tracks in addition to the two cuts previously released on "After Dark," plus a feel-good bonus intro channeling Glass Candy's wholesome work-out buddy Anna Oxygen.

After sharing the spotlight on the brand-new, must-have nu-disco After Dark compilation, Portland no-wave staples Glass Candy have re-emerged with their first full-length in three years -- and it is G/L/A/M/O/R/O/U/S. Scaled down to a duo after the split of drummer Ginger Peach, Glass Candy have taken up the Italo-disco revival torch and are running with it, offering six shimmering original tracks on B/E/A/T/B/O/X in addition to the two tracks previously released on After Dark, plus a feel-good bonus intro track channeling Glass Candy's wholesome work-out buddy Anna Oxygen. While the album is packed with simplistic, retro disco-noir, synth swinger Johnny Jewel skillfully brings what sometimes seems like an ancient genre up-to-date; the backing trumpets of stand-out track "Candy Castle" evoke less a catwalk for flares and platform shoes than a slow-mo boxing ring where Kanye is pitted against Soulja Boy. Ida No's watery, sedate vocals break on top of the album's relentless beats, wavering especially on Glass Candy's seedy reworking of Kraftwerk's "Computer Love." Despite her repetition of, "I don't know what to do, I need a rendezvous," the Glass Candy frontwoman doesn't come off as helpless; rather, she tweaks the cover to reflect the band's obsession with lone -- and rhinestoned -- ladies of the night. Although Glass Candy keeps a straight face, B/E/A/T/B/O/X is a fun reminder to get out there and own the dance floor. [KS]