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- Date Released: July 25, 1995
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Merge Records
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Downed, by the indie pop duo Butterglory, certainly warrants comparisons to early Pavement. Nevertheless, Butterglory were less famous contemporaries of Malkmus and Co., so the pair's charmingly skewed music doesn't so much bear the anxiety of influence (or place them in the vast leagues of Pavement followers) as display a parallel like-mindedness. And you can't fake pop sensibility like this: There are incredibly tuneful songs tucked away beneath all of the indie ephemera and crude playing. This album actually collects material from Butterglory's early 7" EPs. Despite the patchwork, the collection stands on its own as a cohesive album (though you can certainly see an evolution in the group's stripped-down and highly appealing songcraft between earlier and later material). Highlights include the chugging "Stuck" and the more laid-back "A Toast to the Queen," both of which will give rise to the inevitable Pavement comparisons. The mild-mannered duo can also get a little edgy at times, unleashing some skronk on "Alexander Bends." This is an appealing collection of slightly warped yet beguiling indie rock.
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Stuck |
3:02 |
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| 02. | |
A Toast to the Queen |
3:05 |
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| 03. | |
Demons and Avalanches |
2:03 |
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| 04. | |
Chump or Champ? |
3:54 |
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| 05. | |
Alexander Bends |
1:53 |
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| 06. | |
Luna |
1:19 |
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| 07. | |
Bike |
0:55 |
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| 08. | |
Two Kings, One Queen |
2:31 |
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| 09. | |
Pocket of Scabs |
1:49 |
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| 10. | |
Better Gardens, Better Homes |
1:42 |
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| 11. | |
Yeoman |
1:22 |
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| 12. | |
Sad Moustache Men |
1:43 |
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| 13. | |
Back of My Hand |
2:02 |
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| 14. | |
You Are the Drum |
1:58 |
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| 15. | |
It Took the First |
2:22 |
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| 16. | |
Holding Back |
3:01 |
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| 17. | |
She Can't Hide From Radios |
3:10 |
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| 18. | |
Your Nose, My Head |
2:16 |
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18 Total Tracks, 40:07 Total Length
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