The Secret Strength of Depression

by Bassholes

The Secret Strength of Depression cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: Sympathy for the Record Industry
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 31:36
  • Community rating: 3.62/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Don Howland

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Secret Strength of Depression' was recorded live on the Bassholes' final California tour, preserving an eleven-song set by the Columbus, Ohio duo of Don Howland and Bim Thomas. Their two-man format of guitar and drums strips garage punk and blues down to a raw, distorted core.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, noisy, guitars, male-vocals, bluesy

Tracklist

  1. Missing Linkster (2:48)
  2. 20-20 Vision (3:52)
  3. I Saw Beauty (2:39)
  4. Evil Eagle (2:47)
  5. Lightswitch (2:35)
  6. Bowling Ball (2:38)
  7. Stack O Lee (3:02)
  8. Haunted Hill (1:55)
  9. Nakema (4:11)
  10. (I'm Gonna) Write Me a Letter (3:12)
  11. Microscope Feeling (1:57)

Credits

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