''Pyramid Electric Co.'' is the first full-length solo album by

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, released in 2004 on

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Records. It was recorded by

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and received universal critical acclaim according to

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(with an 81 aggregate score). While critics found it hard going: "Pyramid is not Songs: Ohia but the musical equivalent of

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, not something one can take in often, but which is beautiful for the fact that it was completed at all", they also commented on the sincerity of the delivery: "The delivery is too matter-of-fact, too genuine to evoke pity or sadness. It is lethargic, yet not dreary — it grabs you violently and lays you down so, so gently."Tiny Mix Tapes review
/ref> An unusual feature of the album was that it was released as a vinyl LP only, but each copy also contains the CD version of the album in miniaturized artwork.

Track listing

#Pyramid Electric Co. – 8:49 #Red Comet Dust – 5:05 #Division St. Girl – 5:42 #Honey, Watch Your Ass – 7:25 #Song of the Road – 4:35 #Spectral Alphabet – 3:12 #Long Desert Train – 6:39

References

External links

Secretly Canadian press releaseReviews on Metacritic
2004 debut albums Jason Molina albums Secretly Canadian albums {{2000s-folk-album-stub