The Long Arm of Coincidence

by Jessamine

The Long Arm of Coincidence cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2 September 1996
  • Label: Kranky
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:14:20
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Rex Ritter, Andy Brown, Tari Nelson-Zagar, Dawn Smithson, Michael Faeth

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Heavily expanding the boundaries of the American space rock revival, the Ohio quartet dove deeply into highly rhythmic, krautrock-inspired repetition. The remarkably dense recordings heavily utilize analog synthesizers, dissonant guitar feedback, and complex, shifting time signatures, almost entirely abandoning traditional song structures. It stands as a paramount, wildly experimental achievement for the highly influential Kranky label roster.

Genres

Descriptors: Lo Fi, uncommon-time-signatures, rhythmic, technical, avant-garde, atmospheric, ambient, minimal, electronic, guitars, experimental

Tracklist

  1. Say What You Can (5:43)
  2. ...Or What You Mean (4:31)
  3. Periwinkle (5:26)
  4. Step Down (4:10)
  5. You May Have Forgotten (10:17)
  6. Polish Countryside (10:10)
  7. Schisandra (7:11)
  8. It's Cold In Space (12:21)
  9. The Long Arm Of Coincidence Makes My Radio Connections (7:52)
  10. All The Same (6:39)

Credits

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