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Imperial Metric (Bonus Track Version)

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7.8

“*Imperial Metric* proves that I shouldn't give up on anyone. Appliance's previous releases, *Manual* and *Six Modular Pieces*, got on my nerves with their blatant conformance to the post-rock blueprint: two parts early Stereolab, two parts Sonic Youth, two parts Tubeway Army-by-way-of-Trans Am, and a dash of Plone/Broadcast bitters. It sounded like a style-mag committee drummed up the concepts, an”