Aluminum

The story

The relatively short life of San Francisco’s Aluminum has so far yielded a single (Spinning Backwards, 2020) and an EP (Windowpane, 2022), but their debut LP, Fully Beat, overflows with tenured confidence and a singular style that deftly comprises shoegaze, big beat, and jangle pop. With influences ranging from Orbital, to Wipers, to The Avalanches and Sly and the Family Stone, theirs is a multifaceted take on established forms, fed through fuzz and led by honeyed

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Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

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Records

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Aluminum in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with Aluminum in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like Aluminum

• AbadossLast.fm listeners
• SuzumebachiLast.fm listeners
• Marc StarLast.fm listeners
• AvienLast.fm listeners
• BinsterLast.fm listeners
• IsopropylLast.fm listeners
• EgMLast.fm listeners
• Vampire Hunter DanLast.fm listeners
• Nirvanasame scene: electronic, US
• Linkin Parksame scene: electronic, US
• Frank Zappasame scene: electronic, US
• Nine Inch Nailssame scene: electronic, US

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Aluminum’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.

Also called Aluminum

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