| Strand | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 27, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 53:25 | |||
| Label | Sub Pop | |||
| Producer | Spinanes [1] | |||
| The Spinanes chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Alternative Press |  [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| MusicHound Rock | [1] |
| 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]
The album was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee. [4] Elliott Smith sings on two tracks. [8]
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]
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]
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