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Beck, Like the Beer
Rock · 1992 · 6 tracks

Beck, Like the Beer

Beck

A grainy, cassette-sourced snapshot of pre-fame Beck. Acoustic guitars, tape hiss, and absurdist lyrics define this essential anti-folk document.

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It's like a dusty cassette you found in a thrift store that happens to be a genius at work.

A dusty, introspective collection of bedroom sketches that feels both lonely and wryly humorous.

Beck, Like the Beer · vs · Beck
Basement Show+1.2σ

Basement Show saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks
01
Today
2:16
02
Hollow Log (demo)
2:36
03
Gettin' Home (take 1)
1:39
04
Gettin' Home (take 2)
3:12
05
Puttin It Down
2:36
06
Watchtower Magazine
2:00
Moments Worth Waiting For
The audible tape hiss that serves as the primary percussion on the demo version of Hollow Log.
The contrast between the two takes of Gettin' Home, revealing the evolution of a melody in real-time.
The surreal imagery of a centerfold of a cannonball delivered with a shrug in Puttin It Down.
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