The Word and the Flesh

by Band of Susans

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 September 1991
  • Label: Restless
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 57:00
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Susan Stenger, Anne Husick, Mark Lonergan, Ron Spitzer, Robert Poss

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Masterminded by Robert Poss, the New York ensemble's third full-length surrounds driving post-punk rhythms with a monolithic wall of feedback from three electric guitars. It serves as a defining document of early American shoegaze and densely layered noise rock.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, political, dissonant, droning, guitar-driven

Tracklist

  1. Ice Age (5:27)
  2. Now Is Now (4:33)
  3. Trouble Follows (3:23)
  4. Plot Twist (4:20)
  5. Estranged Labor (4:38)
  6. Sermon on Competition (Pt. 2) (4:59)
  7. Bitter and Twisted (3:09)
  8. Bad Timing (3:25)
  9. Tilt (5:04)
  10. Silver Lining (4:39)
  11. Guitar Trio (13:19)

Credits

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