Released 30 years ago
The Emotional Plague
Supreme Dicks · 1996
68 min · 11 tracks · experimental rock
A sprawling blend of experimental rock, weaving abstract lyrics with unconventional song structures and atmospheric soundscapes.
Top tracks — play these first
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Synaesthesia — Opening the album, this track encapsulates the band's ethereal sound and lyrical abstraction, drawing listeners into a world of sensory exploration.
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Along a Bearded Glade — This brief yet impactful piece highlights the band's ability to create vivid imagery through minimalistic instrumentation and evocative lyrics.
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A Donkey's Burial in a Tower on a Mirage — At nearly ten minutes long, this track exemplifies the band's penchant for lengthy compositions that build intricate layers of sound while maintaining an immersive narrative quality.
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Green Wings Fly Adventure (Showered reprise) — As a reprise, it revisits themes from earlier tracks while adding new sonic elements, showcasing the band's knack for evolving motifs throughout their work.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Synaesthesia 4:54
- 2 CuChulain (Blackbirds Loom) 3:31
- 3 Columnated Ruins-Seeing Distant Chimneys 6:27
- 4 Along a Bearded Glade 2:17
- 5 Swell Song 4:08
- 6 Showered 5:25
- 7 A Donkey's Burial in a Tower on a Mirage 9:44
- 8 Adoration de l'Agneau Mystique 7:22
- 9 Porridge for the Calydonian Boar 9:42
- 10 Siberian Penal Colony (Ode to Joel Stanley) 7:59
- 11 Green Wings Fly Adventure (Showered reprise) 7:18
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