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The Beta Band
Rock · 1999 · 10 tracks

The Beta Band

The Beta Band

A sprawling, eccentric collage of hip-hop beats, folk guitars, and surreal samples. It sounds like a brilliant mess recorded in a cluttered basement.

June 21, 1999 · Regal

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A restless, creative fever dream that balances dry humor with moments of genuine psychedelic beauty.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
The Beta Band Rap
4:41
02
It’s Not Too Beautiful
8:30
03
Simple Boy
2:18
04
Round the Bend
4:57
05
Dance O’er the Border
5:33
06
Brokenupadingdong
4:47
07
Number 15
6:49
08
Smiling
8:36
09
The Hard One
10:06
10
The Cow’s Wrong
5:50
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring shift from the self-aware hip-hop parody of the opening track into the sprawling eight-minute psych-folk of track 2.
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How does The Beta Band sound next to the rest of The Beta Band's catalogue?

Deadpan+1.5σ

The vocals lean notably further into deadpan than the rest of the catalogue.

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