Strand (album)
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Production
The album was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee.[3] Elliott Smith sings on two tracks.[4]
Release and promotion
Strand was released on February 27, 1996, by Sub Pop.[5] To promote the album, the band performed with two additional musicians at Lounge Ax in Chicago, Illinois, on March 26, 1996.[6]
Critical reception
AllMusic praised the album's variety of instruments and the addition of guest vocalists.[7] The Washington Post wrote: "With Rebecca Gates adding piano, organ and mellotron to her guitar, such hushed, atmospheric tracks as 'Madding' and 'Luminous' live up to their Cocteau Twinnish titles."[8] Magnet wrote that the album "transcended [the band's] ragged Northwest-indie roots and gave Gates’ smart songwriting a dreamy, atmospheric sheen."[4] Trouser Press wrote that "the album exists on another plane, a dreamstate rooted in studio experimentation not live practicality."[9]
Track listing
- "Madding" – 5:28
- "Azure" – 3:51
- "Lines and Lines" – 6:23
- "Meridian" – 3:53
- "Punch Line Loser" – 4:01
- "Valency" – 3:26
- "Luminous" – 6:03
- "Oceanwide" – 5:40
- "Winter On Ice" – 6:00
- "Watch Down" – 4:23
- "For No One Else" – 4:16
References
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