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The Sophtware Slump
Rock · 2000 · 11 tracks

The Sophtware Slump

Grandaddy

A dusty, analog masterpiece of tech-melancholy. Vintage synths and fuzzy guitars collide in a lonely farmhouse to soundtrack the intersection of nature and obsolescence.

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It's like OK Computer if it was recorded in a shed by a guy who really misses his old robot friend.

A profound, dusty loneliness that finds beauty in the breakdown of both machines and people.

The Sophtware Slump · vs · Grandaddy
Cabin In Woods+1.5σ

Cabin In Woods saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s the Pilot
8:53
02
Hewlett’s Daughter
3:07
03
Jed the Humanoid
4:19
04
The Crystal Lake
5:00
05
Chartsengrafs
2:51
06
Underneath the Weeping Willow
2:40
07
Broken Household Appliance National Forest
4:34
08
Jed’s Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)
3:25
09
E. Knievel Interlude (The Perils of Keeping It Real)
1:58
10
Miner at the Dial-A-View
5:21
11
So You’ll Aim Toward the Sky
4:43
Moments Worth Waiting For
The nine-minute opening suite shifting from a fragile synth pulse into a grand, sweeping indie rock anthem for the lost.
The heartbreaking Casio-keyboard melody of Jed's Other Poem that sounds like a robot trying to learn how to cry.
The sudden, fuzzy guitar explosion in The Crystal Lake that provides a rare moment of propulsive, sun-drenched clarity.
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