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Hold On It Hurts
Rock · 1993 · 10 tracks

Hold On It Hurts

Cornershop

Abrasive noise rock meets traditional Punjabi melodies. A raw, lo-fi debut defined by political friction, distorted sitars, and a defiant basement-punk spirit.

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It's Cornershop before they were famous, sounding like a beautiful, distorted mess in a basement.

A confrontational and scratchy blend of punk defiance and cultural longing.

Hold On It Hurts · vs · Cornershop
Basement Show+1.7σ

Basement Show saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Jason Donovan/Tessa Sanderson
2:32
02
Kalluri’s Radio
4:14
03
Readers’ Wives
3:44
04
Change
1:57
05
Inside Rani
3:23
06
Born Disco; Died Heavy Metal
3:40
07
Counteraction
2:42
08
Where D’u Get Your Information
3:16
09
Tera Mera Pyar
2:05
10
You Always Said My Language Would Get Me Into Trouble
7:05
Moments Worth Waiting For
the jarring transition from the abrasive noise of the opening tracks into the melodic, sitar-led yearning of Tera Mera Pyar
the way the guitars dissolve into a wall of feedback at the climax of the seven-minute closing track
the darkly humorous subversion of Wham's Last Christmas lyrics during the skeletal, scratchy verses of Inside Rani
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