Strand (album) explained

Strand
Type:studio
Artist:The Spinanes
Cover:SpinanesStrand.jpg
Released:February 27, 1996
Recorded:1996
Genre:Indie rock
Length:53:25
Label:Sub Pop
Producer:Spinanes
Prev Title:Manos
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Arches and Aisles
Next Year:1998

Strand is the second studio album by the American indie rock band The Spinanes, released in 1996 by Sub Pop.[1] [2]

Production

The album was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee. Elliott Smith sings on two tracks.[3]

Release and promotion

Strand was released on February 27, 1996, by Sub Pop.[4] To promote the album, the band performed with two additional musicians at Lounge Ax in Chicago, Illinois, on March 26, 1996.[5]

Critical reception

AllMusic praised the album's variety of instruments and the addition of guest vocalists.[6] 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."[7] Magnet wrote that the album "transcended [the band's] ragged Northwest-indie roots and gave Gates’ smart songwriting a dreamy, atmospheric sheen."[3] Trouser Press wrote that "the album exists on another plane, a dreamstate rooted in studio experimentation not live practicality."[8]

Track listing

  1. "Madding" – 5:28
  2. "Azure" – 3:51
  3. "Lines and Lines" – 6:23
  4. "Meridian" – 3:53
  5. "Punch Line Loser" – 4:01
  6. "Valency" – 3:26
  7. "Luminous" – 6:03
  8. "Oceanwide" – 5:40
  9. "Winter On Ice" – 6:00
  10. "Watch Down" – 4:23
  11. "For No One Else" – 4:16

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Spinanes | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  2. Web site: Best New Music. CMJ New Music Monthly. April 23, 1996. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.
  3. Web site: Lost Classics: The Spinanes "Strand". March 13, 2009.
  4. Web site: . The Spinanes - Strand . 2018-07-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806035002/https://megamart.subpop.com/releases/the_spinanes/strand . 2016-08-06 . live.
  5. Web site: . Ragged But Right . 2018-07-24 . Bill . Meyer . 1996-04-25 . https://archive.today/20180724205526/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/ragged-but-right/Content?oid=890356 . 2018-07-24 . live.
  6. Web site: . Strand – The Spinanes . Richie . Unterberger . 2018-07-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120617122645/https://www.allmusic.com/album/strand-mw0000647148 . 2012-06-17 . live.
  7. Web site: SPINANES' TEXTURES. Mark. Jenkins. March 29, 1996. www.washingtonpost.com.
  8. Web site: Spinanes . Trouser Press . 23 February 2021.

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