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October
Rock · 1981 · 11 tracks

October

Sparse post-punk meets liturgical searching. A record defined by its skeletal piano, urgent guitars, and the sound of a band improvising through a spiritual crisis.

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Difficult second album

A cold, autumnal fog hangs over these eleven tracks, which trade the sharp angles of the debut for cavernous reverb and a vulnerable, spiritual searching. Recorded under intense pressure after the lead singer's lyric notebook was stolen, the performances carry an anxious, unpolished urgency where words are often improvised directly into the microphone.

October · vs · U2
Autumn Walk+4.0σ

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

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Gloria
4:12
02
I Fall Down
3:40
03
I Threw a Brick Through a Window
4:55
04
Rejoice
3:38
05
Fire
3:51
06
Tomorrow
4:39
07
October
2:21
08
With a Shout
4:03
09
Stranger in a Strange Land
3:58
10
Scarlet
2:52
11
Is That All?
2:59
Moments Worth Waiting For
01GloriaThe band incorporates a traditional Latin liturgical chorus into the soaring, effects-laden rock arrangement of 'Gloria'.
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