| Anahata | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 10, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | January 1999 | |||
| Studio | Electrical Audio (Chicago, IL) | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore, math rock | |||
| Length | 50:21 | |||
| Label | Quarterstick | |||
| Producer | Bob Weston | |||
| June of 44 chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Alternative Press | [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.8/10 [4] |
Anahata is a studio album by Louisville-based math rock band June of 44, released on June 10, 1999, by Quarterstick Records. [5] [6]
Exclaim! called the album June of 44's "most satisfying outing to date, largely because they seem to have refocused their sweat and toil on writing songs — or riffs and motifs, to be more accurate." [7] Portland Mercury wrote that the band perfected "their squirrelly amalgam of post-rock and post-hardcore." [8] The Dallas Observer wrote that "the playing is uniformly excellent ([Doug] Scharin is one of rock's most underrated drummers) but not in the service of any particularly dynamic ideas." [9] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the band's "tactic of flatly shouting its lyrics, often in unison, detracts from the musical backdrop." [10]
All tracks are written by Fred Erskine, Sean Meadows, Jeff Mueller and Doug Scharin
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wear Two Eyes (Boom)" | 4:51 |
| 2. | "Escape of the Levitational Trapeze Artist" | 4:41 |
| 3. | "Cardiac Atlas" | 5:08 |
| 4. | "Equators to Bi-Polar" | 6:10 |
| 5. | "Recorded Syntax" | 5:01 |
| 6. | "Southeast of Boston" | 5:13 |
| 7. | "Five Bucks in My Pocket" | 4:06 |
| 8. | "Peel Away Velleity" | 15:12 |
Adapted from the Anahata liner notes. [11]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1999 | Quarterstick | CD, LP | QS64 |
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