Upgrade & Afterlife, by Gastr del Sol

Upgrade & Afterlife

by Gastr del Sol

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Hobie Anthony I bought this one blind when it came out. I think it was in that indie CD shop that used to live on N Clark in Lincoln Park. I'd never heard anything like it and I'm still loving it.

guska2 If i believed in anything like guitar gods they might have played in gastr del sol. But even if there aren't any gods it is near perfect music.

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	1.	Our Exquisite Replica of "Eternity" 08:26
	2.	Rebecca Sylvester 03:53
	3.	The Sea Incertain 06:12
	4.	Hello Spiral 10:40
	5.	The Relay 05:49
	6.	Crappie Tactics 01:48
	7.	Dry Bones In the Valley (I Saw the Light Come Shining 'Round and 'Round) 12:28

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When placed next to each other, dueling concerns enrich each other and push the envelope into new, newer, and newest envelopes of a different color. Step inside this magnetic garden & sip on their exquisite replica of "Eternity."

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released June 17, 1996

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Gastr del Sol Chicago, Illinois

In 1991, David Grubbs formed Gastr del out of the final lineup of Bastro with Bundy K. Brown and John McEntire. After their first album, Brown and McEntire departed, and Jim O’Rourke arrived, initiating a sequence of unpredictable leaps across genre and practical approach alike that altered the passage of musical time as we knew it in the mid-90s. After six releases, Gastr disbanded in 1998. ... more

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