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Oh, Inverted World
Rock · 2001 · 11 tracks

Oh, Inverted World

Dusty, melodic indie pop recorded with a basement warmth. A collection of surrealist postcards from the American Southwest that redefined the sound of the 2000s.

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It's like a 60s pop record that spent twenty years in a desert basement and came out sounding even better.

A sun-drenched but lonely exploration of suburban existentialism and melodic nostalgia.

Oh, Inverted World · vs · The Shins
Autumn Walk+2.1σ

Autumn Walk saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Caring Is Creepy
3:20
02
One by One All Day
4:08
03
Weird Divide
1:58
04
Know Your Onion!
2:29
05
Girl Inform Me
2:21
06
New Slang
3:51
07
The Celibate Life
1:51
08
Girl on the Wing
2:50
09
Your Algebra
2:23
10
Pressed in a Book
2:55
11
The Past and Pending
5:22
Moments Worth Waiting For
the sudden shift from the driving beat of track 1 into the ghostly, layered vocal harmonies of the bridge
the fragile acoustic strumming and hushed delivery that opens track 6, feeling like a secret being shared
the way the final track slowly dissolves into a long, whistling fade-out that feels like a disappearing memory
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