Summary from 4 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Spokane's catalog across 4 albums from 4 opinions, with an overall average of 6.9/10. The top-rated Spokane album is The Proud Graduates (2001) with a 7.9/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Able Bodies and Measurement. The discography on Wavelength spans 2001 to 2007.
The Proud Graduates
“To steal a line from Jack Black in *High Fidelity*, Rick Alverson makes "sad bastard" music. Thankfully, by the same virtue, it's "damn beautiful," too. As helmsman for Drunk, Alverson fronted a band equally capable of conjuring up moody alt-rock Westerns and folky East Coast Americana. Now, after years of playing with that band, Alverson is also recording music from his home in Richmond, Virginia”
Able Bodies
“Disaster, or near disaster, can bring life into focus quicker than just about anything. Remember back to the first time you wiped out on your bike as a kid. Right afterward, wasn't there a heightened sense of reality? As if you were asleep right up to the moment when you flipped over your handlebars? You might have been bruised and bleeding, but after the crying was over, didn't you feel more aliv”
Measurement
“Establishing the proper context for spinning a Spokane record is tricky: With their labored, creeping melodies and oozing, drone-heavy vocals, it's difficult to acclimate an active, warm-blooded body to the band's aggressively wound-down aesthetic. Winter helps-- think slowly rising walls of snow, landscapes thinning into grey, or puddles quietly settling into dark, cloudy slabs of ice. The view f”
Little Hours
“Jagjaguwar band has a sense of consecration in their humble piano, strings, and guitar, and a quiet air of unrushed ritual in their contemplative movement.”
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