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The Grand Hour
Rock · 1993 · 6 tracks

The Grand Hour

Nine minutes of high-velocity basement pop. Shambolic, brilliant, and recorded through a thick layer of midwestern tape hiss.

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It's nine minutes of the best songs you've never heard, recorded in a basement on a broken tape deck.

A frantic, joyful burst of creative energy that feels like a secret being shared in a crowded basement.

The Grand Hour · vs · Guided by Voices
Raw+1.2σ

The vocals lean notably further into raw than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks
01
I’ll Get Over It
0:40
02
Shocker in Gloomtown
1:26
03
Alien Lanes
2:33
04
Off the Floor
0:53
05
Break Even
2:29
06
Bee Thousand
1:30
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive, jagged guitar riff that opens Shocker in Gloomtown and immediately defines the EP's high-energy stakes.
The sudden transition into the nonsensical but infectious 'weeble' chanting on the track Bee Thousand.
The way Alien Lanes stretches out for over two minutes, feeling like a sprawling epic compared to the surrounding micro-songs.
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