True (Roy Montgomery and Chris Heaphy album)

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True
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Studio album by
Released6 April 1999
RecordedAugust – October 1996 (1996-10)
StudioNightshift Studios
(Christchurch, NZ)
Genre Post-rock
Length50:40
Label Kranky
Roy Montgomery chronology
And Now the Rain Sounds Like Life Is Falling Down Through It
(1998)
True
(1999)
324 E. 13th Street #7
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media (5.2/10) [2]

True is an album by guitarists Roy Montgomery and Chris Heaphy, released on 6 April 1999 through Kranky.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Roy Montgomery.

No.TitleLength
1."Virtually So #1"5:31
2."Virtually So #2"9:16
3."Unfathomable #1"5:54
4."Picnic Time"3:58
5."Clouding Over"7:07
6."Certainly"2:46
7."Spurious"5:31
8."Unfathomable #2"10:37

Personnel

Adapted from the True liner notes. [3]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 1999 Kranky CD KRANK 033

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References

  1. Jurek, Thom. "Roy Montgomery: True > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  2. Khan, Samir. "Roy Montgomery and Chris Heaphy: True". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 23 November 2001. Retrieved 27 April 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. True (booklet). Roy Montgomery/Chris Heaphy. Chicago, Illinois: Kranky. 1999.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)