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Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone
Rock · 2002 · 11 tracks

Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone

The Walkmen

Echoing upright pianos and cavernous reverb define this gritty, urban debut. A masterclass in atmospheric indie rock that feels like a cold night in New York City.

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It sounds like a cold New York night captured on a dusty reel-to-reel tape recorder.

A sophisticated, urban melancholy that feels both intimate and distant.

Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone · vs · The Walkmen
Melancholic+2.1σ

Melancholic saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
They’re Winning
2:07
03
Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone
4:08
04
Revenge Wears No Wristwatch
3:20
05
The Blizzard of ’96
3:02
06
French Vacation
4:32
07
Stop Talking
4:08
09
Roll Down the Line
3:12
10
That’s the Punch Line
3:13
11
It Should Take a While
6:22
12
Rue the Day
3:37
13
I’m Never Bored
5:28
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the upright piano on 'We've Been Had' sounds like it's being played in a different room than the rest of the band.
The sudden, frantic drum fills that break through the hazy atmosphere of 'French Vacation'.
The fragile, almost whispered vocal delivery during the opening minutes of the title track.
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