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Down By the Racetrack
Rock · 2013 · 6 tracks · 9m

Down By the Racetrack

Guided by Voices

Ten minutes of high-velocity indie rock sketches. Gritty, tape-saturated melodies that arrive with urgency and vanish before the hook can wear out its welcome.

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It's ten minutes of perfect basement-rock sketches that leave you wanting another hour.

A frantic burst of creative energy that feels both nostalgic for 60s pop and firmly rooted in DIY grit.

Down By the Racetrack · vs · Guided by Voices
Lo Fi+1.0σ

The production is pushed notably harder into lo fi than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks · 9m
01
It Travels Faster Through Thin Hair
1:14
02
Pictures of the Man
2:38
03
Amanda Gray
0:44
04
Standing in a Puddle of Flesh
1:31
05
Copy Zero
1:48
06
Down By the Racetrack
1:46
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden, jarring transition from the frantic energy of track one into the more melodic, mid-tempo stride of track two.
The way track three evaporates in less than forty-five seconds, leaving a ghostly vocal melody hanging in the air.
The title track's closing guitar chime that feels like a sunset over a rusted industrial landscape.
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