Echelons

Product Description
Echelons blends factory records atmospherics with the aggressive jangle of early R.E.M. - conjoining to set the definitive image of the depth, vastness, and loneliness of America's sparse heartland.

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Average customer rating: Finally!

Echelons For Against Manufacturer: Words On Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: December Coalesced Aperture Magpie Eyes 1982-1985 Mania ASIN: B0002TXAAQ Release Date: 2004-08-09

Tracks:

1. Shine
2. Daylight
3. Get On With It
4. Echelons
5. It's A Lie
6. Autocrat
7. Forget Who You Are
8. Loud And Clear
9. Broke My Back

Album Description

'Echelons' is the debut album by Nebraska's FOR AGAINST, originally released in 1987 and now available for the first time on CD through the Minneapolis record label WORDS ON MUSIC.

'Echelons' blends Factory Records atmospherics with the aggressive jangle of early R.E.M., juxtaposed against the earnest and isolated voice of Jeffrey Runnings. These elements conjoin to set the definitive image of the depth, vastness, and loneliness of America's sparse heartland.

'Echelons' marked FOR AGAINST's first association with the legendary Independent Project Records. Some songs ("Echelons," "Forget Who You Are," "Broke My Back") perfectly capture the dark colorings of Joy Division, while other material ("Shine," "Get On With It") asserts janglier elements [e.g. Dingmans' Peter-Buck-with-a-reverb-box melodies]. All nine songs, however, are distinctly identified by Runnings' clear, gliding timbre — a striking counterpoint to the dimly-lit music supporting him.

'Echelons' was also celebrated with a Grammy nomination for its remarkable cover design by Bruce Licher (a shaft of wheat accompanied each record sleeve in its initial pressing). This re-release is remastered with art design in a six-panel digipack by Licher.

Customer Reviews:

Finally!.......2006-04-20

Wow, it took quite a few years for the CD release of Echelons to be dropped. It could not have come at a greater time too. Now, I can finally keep my album of Echelons in the archive section of my record rack!

The debut album from For Against channels Joy Division and some early REM (Raido Free Europe days) as suggested...I prefer to see them as all Joy Division but not too dark. Although all their tracks are stand-outs, It's a Lie and Loud and Clear were my most requested tracks to play while I was spinnin' at my college radio station.

Average customer rating:

Echelons For Against Manufacturer: Words On Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002QO328 Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

1. Shine
2. Daylight
3. Get on With It
4. Echelons
5. It's a Lie
6. Autocrat
7. Forget Who You Are
8. Loud and Clear
9. Broke My Back

Album Description

Echelons blends factory records atmospherics with the aggressive jangle of early R.E.M. - conjoining to set the definitive image of the depth, vastness, and loneliness of America's sparse heartland.

Rock Music:

1. Escape from Rubbish Island [Import]
2. Font L'Enfer
3. God Doesn't Care [Clean] [Enhanced]
4. Good Rockin' Tonight: 25 Essential Rock & Rhythm Classics
5. Go-Swami-Go
6. Grinding Stone [Import]
7. Guilty [CD-single] [Import]
8. Heavens Journey [Import]
9. Here's Tom With the Weather [Import]
10. High [Import]

Rock Music