Unknown Country

by The Clean

Unknown Country cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Flying Nun
  • Country: New Zealand
  • Length: 44:34
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Regrouping after another hiatus, the foundational New Zealand indie-rock trio delivers an unexpectedly tranquil and deeply atmospheric collection. 'Unknown Country' relies on mostly instrumental, organ-drenched jams and deeply melancholic guitar interplay, favoring texture over their usual frantic pop structures.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, jangly, lo-fi, DIY, underground

Tracklist

  1. Wipe Me, I'm Lucky (3:12)
  2. Champagne & Misery (2:45)
  3. Changing Your Head (3:13)
  4. Balkans (1:18)
  5. Clutch (2:13)
  6. Franz Kafka at the Zoo (1:58)
  7. Whisk (1:28)
  8. Indigo Blue (2:34)
  9. Chumpy (3:46)
  10. Get the Liquid (2:51)
  11. Happy Lil Fella (2:11)
  12. Tweezer (0:47)
  13. Rope (2:58)
  14. Twist Top (2:03)
  15. Cooking Water (3:58)
  16. Valley Cab (2:07)
  17. Wall Walk (3:37)
  18. Balkans [2] (1:27)

Credits

  • The Clean - primary artist, guitar [guitars], drums, percussion, thumb piano, keyboards, software instrument [crowtheremin]
  • David Kilgour - written-by
  • Hamish Kilgour - written-by
  • Robert Scott - written-by
  • Alan Starrett - mandolin, viola, thumb piano
  • Buzz - keyboards

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