''Seconds Before The Accident'' is a live album by the alternative rock band
Archers of Loaf
Archers of Loaf is an American indie rock band originally formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 1991. The group toured extensively and released four studio albums, one compilation, numerous singles and EPs, and a live album which was release ...
released in 2000.
It was the band's last release until ''
Curse of the Loaf
A curse (also called an imprecation, malediction, execration, malison, anathema, or commination) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to one or more persons, a place, or an object. In particular, ...
'', another live album released in 2015.
Album History
''Seconds Before The Accident'' was recorded in November 1998 at the
Cat's Cradle
Cat's cradle is a game involving the creation of various string figures between the fingers, either individually or by passing a loop of string back and forth between two or more players. The true origin of the name is debated, though the fi ...
in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In the liner notes it says, "...songs selected by band based on listenability." The album was recorded during the band's final tour which supported their last studio album ''
White Trash Heroes
White Trash Heroes is the fourth studio album from the indie rock band Archers of Loaf, released in 1998 by Alias Records. In 2012 the album was reissued by Merge Records on two CDs with new, re-imagined art by Casey Burns.
Track listing
All ...
'',
but was not released until two years later in 2000. It is not known if all the songs are from the same show, or in the original order played at the actual show, because the show date is not stated.
Reception
''Pitchfork'' gave the album 7.0 (out of 10), stating "to fans, this will prove a fitting swansong, and excellent documentation for an experience lost to another time."
Track listing
# "Dead Red Eyes"
# "Fabricoh"
# "Vocal Shrapnel"
# "
Web in Front
Web in Front is a song by American indie rock band Archers of Loaf, originally released as a 7" single on Alias Records in 1993. It was their first release on the Alias label, and their first single from their debut album ''Icky Mettle''. The orig ...
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# "Let The Loser Melt"
# "Strangled by the Stereo Wire"
# "Fashion Bleeds"
# "You and Me"
# "Might"
# "Revenge"
# "South Carolina"
# "Lowest Part Is Free"
# "Plumbline"
# "Wrong"
# "White Trash Heroes"
# "Chumming the Oceans"
References
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Archers of Loaf albums
2000 live albums
Alias Records albums