The Pace Is Glacial

by Seam

The Pace Is Glacial cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 September 1998
  • Label: Touch and Go
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:34
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The final studio statement from Sooyoung Park's Chicago-based indie rock outfit serves as a masterclass in slow-burning tension and emotive guitar dynamics. The recording trades the angular bite of their earlier work for sprawling, atmospheric arrangements, allowing the melancholic songwriting space to breathe while still erupting into cathartic walls of distorted noise.

Genres

Descriptors: slow, minimal, quiet, gentle, reflective

Tracklist

  1. Little Chang, Big City (4:54)
  2. Get Higher (3:03)
  3. Wig (1:31)
  4. Intifada Driving School (3:15)
  5. Kanawha (4:20)
  6. Nisei Fight Song (7:23)
  7. The Prizefighters (2:59)
  8. In the Sun (3:23)
  9. Inching Towards Juarez (6:28)
  10. Pale Marble Movie (5:26)
  11. Aloha Spirit (5:47)

Credits

  • Seam - primary artist
  • Jo Yu - backing vocals
  • William Shin - bass
  • Chris Manfrin - drums
  • Reg Shrader - guitar
  • Sooyoung Park - guitar, vocals
  • Steven Pak - other [cover model]
  • Bundy K. Brown - other [played absolutely nothing]

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