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Hailed as a "future folk hero" by Alternative Press, Elliott Smith's Either / Or represents a stylistic and songwriting breakthrough, taking it to the "next level," creatively speaking. This singer / songwriter can say more with a whisper than most folks can with a scream. The gently insinuating despair of Smith's work communicates volumes about the heartbreak and alienation that is the bane of 20th century boys with too much time on their hands.

On Either / Or, Smith observes a production ethic that retains a lo-fi looseness without sacrificing any sonic clarity. His songs of loss and loneliness have the broken-poet aura of Smog or Mark Eitzel, but he offsets the gloom with a hatful of damnably catchy melodies and progressions, turning suffering into pop and making it signify.

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Either / Orange Version
Opaque White With Opaque Orange Heavy Splatter Vinyl.
Rough Trade Exclusive
Limited to 1000 copies
Released10/27/2023Catalog NumberLPKRS269RTCustomer Limit2Learn more
Black
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180 Gram Vinyl
Black
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