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I didn't know a guitar riff could sound like an existential crisis.
This album was ahead of its time, there weren't really any bands that sounded quite like this in 1993. This dreamy and noisy take on post hardcore immediately clicked with me in a way that a lot of post hardcore from this era just doesn't, it definitely has a formula that it doesn't deviate from a whole lot, but it's still different enough from anything else of its time that it stays engaging most of ... read more
Jane’s Addiction and Helmet are the most obvious reference points but I can’t imagine either of those bands releasing this album so it certainly has its own flavour.
It’s a ‘wall of sound’ approach - so it takes a while for individual moments to stand out among the relentless onslaught.
Too heavy to be classed as grunge...too idiosyncratic to be categorised as alternative metal. Intriguing.
An interesting and unique but ultimately bloated and unfocused foray into heavy Alternative music. Scenes From the Second Storey is an over 70-minute ride that combines various Eps and original tracks for a pieced-together debut album. Some of the tracks are repetitive and almost industrial in nature, some are closer to classic Alternative Rock/Metal, and many delve into Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock and beyond. One thing’s for certain, there weren’t any other albums in 1993 that sounded ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Dream Machine 5:25 | |
| 2 | She Said 4:42 | |
| 3 | The Blind Man 5:58 | |
| 4 | I've Seen the Man 2:39 | |
| 5 | The Desert Song 5:13 | |
| 6 | Home 5:20 | |
| 7 | It's All Over 5:55 | |
| 8 | Temptation 5:14 | |
| 9 | Out 5:10 | |
| 10 | Ego 3:36 | |
| 11 | Seven 16:39 | |
| 12 | Purity 8:56 | |
| 13 | The Piano Song 3:07 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 17 minutes
