- indie rock, rock
- 43 min
- 9 tracks
- Secretly Canadian
Wagonwheel Blues is the debut album by American indie rock band the War on Drugs, released on June 19, 2008, on Secretly Canadian. Primarily a collaboration between founding members Adam Granduciel and Kurt Vile, it is the only studio album to feature contributions from drummer Kyle Lloyd.
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Grave, spare, classical in form and cool.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Drowned in Sound8/10
- The Fly4/5 ★
- The Line of Best Fit8/10
- Pitchfork7.8/10
- Tiny Mix Tapes3.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Arms Like Boulders5:20
- 2Taking the Farm4:00
- 3Coast Reprise3:15
- 4Buenos Aires Beach3:23
- 5There Is No Urgency6:19
- 6A Needle in Your Eye #164:54
- 7Reverse the Charges3:20
- 8Show Me the Coast10:04
- 9Barrel of Batteries2:30
9 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The War on Drugs
- Label
- Secretly Canadian
- Released
- June 17, 2008
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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