The Olivia Tremor Control/Black Swan Network

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The Olivia Tremor Control/The Black Swan Network
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Studio album by The Olivia Tremor Control/The Black Swan Network
Released 1997
Genre indie rock, ambient music
Length40:56
Label Flydaddy Records
The Olivia Tremor Control chronology
Jumping Fences
(1997) Jumping Fences1997
The Olivia Tremor Control/The Black Swan Network
(1997) The Olivia Tremor Control/The Black Swan Network1997
Hideway
(1998) Hideway1998

The Olivia Tremor Control/The Black Swan Network is an LP released by The Olivia Tremor Control. Within some of these tracks are extracts from The Black Swan Network's dream appeal — taped audio contributions from fans of dreams they've had or would like to have. Also known as the Tour EP or Olivia Tremor Control Vs. Black Swan Network, Flydaddy labelled the record without the band's permission. The band have always called it "Color Squares. [1]

The Olivia Tremor Control

The Olivia Tremor Control is an American rock band that was prominent in the mid-to-late 1990s. It was, along with The Apples in Stereo and Neutral Milk Hotel, one of the three original projects of The Elephant 6 Recording Company. The band was founded by the remnants of the group Synthetic Flying Machine in 1994. The band went on hiatus in early 2000, and later reformed in 2009.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Introduction, Theme From Airplane Avenue, Flags of Symphony Swan Response, Morning Drones, Neuron Trains Backfire, Tape Splice Prelude, 1, 2, 3, 4 — 18:20
  2. (Tape Composition), Evening Drones, Dusk at Cubist Castle Closing Theme — 22:36

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