''El Ten Eleven'' is the debut album from
post-rock
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band
El Ten Eleven
El Ten Eleven is an American, Los Angeles-based, post-rock duo, known for combining guitar/bass doubleneck or fretless bass, with heavy looping, or vamping, and the use of an effects pedal, over acoustic or electric drumming. They have releas ...
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Spin
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'' magazine called the album "a sort of
Silverlake-style
Sigur Rós
Sigur Rós () is an Icelandic post-rock band from Reykjavík, active since 1994. The band comprises singer and guitarist Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson, bassist Georg Hólm, and keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson. Known for their ethereal sound, fron ...
... experimental instrumental music that's both highly skilled and deeply felt".
The album cover features a silhouetted
trijet
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– however, it is a
Boeing 727
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, not a
Lockheed L-1011
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Track listing
#"My Only Swerving" – 5:15
#"Sorry About Your Irony" – 3:19
#"Lorge" – 3:57
#"1969" – 0:47
#"Central Nervous Piston" – 4:50
#"Thinking Loudly" – 4:24
#"Fanshawe" – 5:12
#"Connie" – 6:25
#"Bye Mom" – 1:29
References
External links
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El Ten Eleven albums
2004 debut albums
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