Strand (album)

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Strand
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Studio album by
The Spinanes
ReleasedFebruary 27, 1996
Recorded1996
Genre Indie rock
Length53:25
Label Sub Pop
Producer Spinanes [1]
The Spinanes chronology
Manos
(1993)		Strand
(1996)		 Arches and Aisles
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Spin 6/10 [5]

Strand is the second studio album by the American indie rock band The Spinanes, released in 1996 by Sub Pop. [6] [7]

Contents

Production

The album was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee. [4] Elliott Smith sings on two tracks. [8]

Release and promotion

Strand was released on February 27, 1996, by Sub Pop. [9] To promote the album, the band performed with two additional musicians at Lounge Ax in Chicago, Illinois, on March 26, 1996. [10]

Critical reception

AllMusic praised the album's variety of instruments and the addition of guest vocalists. [2] 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." [11] Magnet wrote that the album "transcended [the band's] ragged Northwest-indie roots and gave Gates’ smart songwriting a dreamy, atmospheric sheen." [8] Trouser Press wrote that "the album exists on another plane, a dreamstate rooted in studio experimentation not live practicality." [12]

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

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  2. 1 2 Unterberger, Richie. "Strand – The Spinanes". AllMusic . Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  3. ↑ Slankard, Noah (May 1996). "Music Reviews". Alternative Press . Vol. 10, no. 94. p. 91.
  4. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 662.
  5. ↑ Huston, Johnny (April 1996). "The Spinanes: Strand". Spin . Vol. 12, no. 1. p. 113. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  6. ↑ "The Spinanes | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ↑ "Best New Music". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. April 23, 1996 – via Google Books.
  8. 1 2 "Lost Classics: The Spinanes "Strand"". March 13, 2009.
  9. ↑ "The Spinanes - Strand". Sub Pop . Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  10. ↑ Meyer, Bill (1996-04-25). "Ragged But Right". Chicago Reader . Archived from the original on 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  11. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (March 29, 1996). "SPINANES' TEXTURES" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  12. ↑ "Spinanes". Trouser Press. Retrieved 23 February 2021.



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