Eight Hours Away From Being a Man

by Roadside Monument

Eight Hours Away From Being a Man cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 June 1997
  • Label: Tooth & Nail
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 49:26
  • Community rating: 3.52/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Roadside Monument pushes midwest emo into highly complex, math rock territories with this anxious and deeply melancholic release. The album explores profound existential longing and depressive introspection through angular, deeply discordant post-hardcore structures.

Genres

Descriptors: existential, emotive, dynamic, atmospheric, melodic, intricate

Tracklist

  1. Sperm Ridden Burden (1:44)
  2. Eight Hours Away From Being A Man (4:10)
  3. John Wayne Marina (4:50)
  4. Sunken Anchor - Eight Hours Away Album Version (3:02)
  5. Iowa Backroads (4:15)
  6. Kansas City (4:34)
  7. Tired Of Living With People Who Are Tired Of Living (4:02)
  8. Compressor District (7:12)
  9. Apartment Over The Peninsula (5:38)
  10. Corp Circles (5:22)
  11. My Hands Are Thermometers (4:33)

Credits

  • Roadside Monument - primary artist
  • Johnathon Ford - bass, vocals
  • Matt Johnson - drums, percussion
  • Doug Lorig - guitar, vocals
  • Jeff Bettger - piano, organ
  • Melissa Blosenski - violin

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