''The Lurid Traversal of Route 7 '' is the debut album by American

post-hardcore Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...

band Hoover, released in 1994 on

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. The album was reissued in 2005, containing 3 additional tracks.

Reception

Ned Raggett of ''

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'' compared the sound to the band

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, stating "Hoover are out for blood and sound it: musical aggression amped up high, lyrics clipped, and vocals screamed in usually very high pitches." Jason Heller of ''

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'' described the album as "

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possessed by demons", and called it "one of 1995’s—and the decade’s—singular, eerie post-hardcore lbums" Noel Gardner of ''The Quietus'' noted the albums's "rhythmic fluidity and atmospheric anguish". Briony Edwards of Louder stated that the album shifts between "tight, groove-laden jams" and "furious bursts of musical chaos", which results to a "clawing sense of urgency". Brandon Gentry described the album as "60 minutes of blistering brilliance thriving on tension and release". Vulture.com listed "Electrolux" as number 86 of the 100 greatest

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songs.

Track listing

Credits

*Joseph McRedmond – guitar, vocals *

Fred Erskine Fred Erskine is an American bass guitarist best known as a member of the band Hoover. In addition to being a member of multiple groups from the D.C. area, such as The Crownhate Ruin and The Sorts, he also played with the Louisville band, June of ...

– bass, vocals *Alex Dunham – guitar, vocals *Christopher Farral – drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lurid Traversal of Route 7 1994 debut albums Dischord Records albums Hoover (band) albums