Luwayne Glass, best known their Stage Name Dreamcrusher, is a Harsh Noise, Industrial, and power electronics musician from Wichita, Kansas. They started their career in the early 2000s sharing music on MySpace, during which they toured and released over twenty projects independently until moving to Brookyln, New York in 2015 and signing to Fire Talk Records. Active for over twenty years, they have nearly forty total releases counting all of their albums, EPs, singles, and side projects.
They describe their sound as "nihilist queer revolt musik," and are known for their interactive and disorienting live performances. They also have several side projects such as Centennial Gardens, Flowercrusher, and (unicorns).
Albums
- Incinerator (2013)
- Suicide Deluxe (2014)
- Katatonia (2015)
- Panopticon! (2020)
- Another Country (2020)
EPs
- Antipop (2009)
- Death in the USA (2011)
- Self-Similar Cascade (2011)
- CANAL de HOLOGRAMS (2013)
- Haine (2014)
- Lemlaestelse / I'm All Broke Up (2014)
- Split Cassette (2015)
- Hackers All Of Them Hackers (2015)
- Quid Pro Quo (2016)
- Grudge2 (2018)
- Suite ONE (2023)
- Suite TWO (2023)
Compilations:
- Rarities (2003-2016)
- The Remixes (2006-2010)
Tropes:
- Addiction Song: "Codeine Eyes."
- Angrish: Their singing/shouting can come off as this, since the way they mix their voice often makes it difficult to make out what they're saying.
- Broken Record: Fond of using eerie repetitive vocal samples, such as one of Katy Perry on "PSA" or at the beginning of "Youth Problem."The vultures are waiting to pick your bones... the vultures are waiting to pick your bones... the vultures are waiting to pick your bones...
- Caps Lock: Stylizes their titles like this occasionally.
- Loudness War: You might wanna turn your volume down.
- Numbered Sequels: "Suite ONE" and "Suite TWO." Averted for Grudge2, since there is no Grudge1.
- Remix Album: The Remixes is a compilation of remixes by them circa 2006 to 2010, remixing artists like Deerhunter, Crystal Castles, and even Lady Gaga, though many of the remixes are so distorted and noisy you probably wouldn't be able to tell what the original song even was.
- Sensory Abuse: In their music and their live performances.
- Shout-Out: The album Another Country is a reference to the book of the same name by James Baldwin.
- Soprano and Gravel: On "Youth Problem," Dreamcrusher's deep gravelly shouting contrasts with Alice Glass's higher pitched scream-singing.
- Straw Nihilist: Considers themselves one.
- Two Fer Token Minority: Black and queer. Not usually a trope that applies to real people, but they stand out in a scene that tends to be very straight-white-male dominated.
