Echelons

by For Against

Echelons cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 January 1987
  • Label: Independent Project
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:40
  • Community rating: 3.76/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Emerging unexpectedly from the American Midwest, this trio channeled the atmospheric gloom of British post-punk into a driving, incredibly tight debut. 'Echelons' relies on shimmering, effect-laden guitars and muscular rhythm sections to bridge the gap between energetic jangle pop and ethereal coldwave melancholy.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, atmospheric, minimal, reverb-heavy, jangly, guitars, dreamy, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Shine (4:06)
  2. Daylight (4:33)
  3. Get On With It (3:44)
  4. Echelons (4:04)
  5. It's A Lie (3:35)
  6. Autocrat (3:50)
  7. Forget Who You Are (3:32)
  8. Loud And Clear (4:36)
  9. Broke My Back (7:37)

Credits

  • Jeffrey Runnings - bass, keyboards, voice, lyrics by
  • Harry Dingman III - guitar, keyboards, illustration [rear sleeve], lyrics by
  • Karen Nielsen Licher - illustration [front sleeve]
  • John Golden - lacquer cut by
  • Greg Hill - percussion

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