Hexadic

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Hexadic
Hexadic album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 17, 2015 (2015-02-17)
Genre Experimental Rock, drone, noise rock
Length38:08
Label Drag City
Six Organs of Admittance chronology
Ascent
(2012)
Hexadic
(2015)
Hexadic II
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [3]

Hexadic is a studio album by rock band Six Organs of Admittance. It was released in February 2015 under Drag City Records.

Track list

No.TitleLength
1."The Ram"2:50
2."Wax Chance"5:31
3."Maximum Hexadic"2:21
4."Hesitant Grand Light"3:08
5."Hollow River"3:26
6."Sphere Path Code C"3:41
7."Future Verbs"5:36
8."Vestige"4:44
9."Guild"6:51

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References

  1. "Hexadic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  2. Jurek, Thom. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  3. Masters, Marc (February 10, 2015). "Six Organs of Admittance - Hexadic". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 9, 2015.