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C-Clamp

C-Clamp was a slowcore/math rock hybrid band from the Champaign-Urbana region of Illinois, although they later moved to Chicago. “Slowcore” (sometimes, “sadcore”) is the name given to a perceived subgenre of indie rock that features downtempo compositions with minimalistic rock-like arrangements and an overall feeling of sedation. The canonical record of the genre is Codeine’s 1990 LP, “Frigid Stars LP”; notable are Codeine’s connections also to the math rock genre, with one member (Doug Scharin) also being a member of Louisville math rockers June of 44, and with legendary math rock guitarist David Grubbs serving as a kind of unofficial member of the band.

C-Clamp were associated with and/or contemporaries of several other bands that blurred the lines between post-hardcore stylings (like math rock) and indie rock stylings (like slowcore), including fellow Champaign-Urbana natives Braid (who appear on both V/A compilations with C-Clamp) and the two closely-related Chicago bands Cap'n Jazz and Joan of Arc (the latter of which formed in the wake of the former’s breakup). Despite this, C-Clamp is rarely considered to have been a midwest emo band. Instead, I sometimes think of C-Clamp as the more slowcore predecessors of Elgin, Illinois natives Colossal, who formed 2 years after the breakup of C-Clamp (n.b. the two bands share no members) — especially for the distinctive vocal style — although Colossal are more clearly math rock than C-Clamp was.

notes on the distributions

The distribution for “Saving Daylight b/w Shorty” unfortunately only includes the A side (“Saving Daylight”). As usual, if you can help improve the distribution, you are welcome to.

The distribution for “Ground Rule Double” only includes C-Clamp’s contribution. Likewise, the distribution for “Cover The Earth: A Mud Records Compilation” only includes C-Clamp’s contributions.

Different versions of both tracks on “Passing b/w Fox & The Hound” also appear on “Meander + Return”.

C-Clamp discography

title	Soft b/w Rinse	Passing b/w Fox & The Hound	Meander + Return	[V/A] Ground Rule Double	[V/A] Cover The Earth: A Mud Records Compilation	Saving Daylight b/w Shorty	Longer Waves
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tracklist	1 Soft 5:51 2 Rinse 5:49 total duration 11:40	1 Passing 4:43 2 Fox & The Hound 4:52 total duration 9:35	1 Passing 6:14 2 Ten Degrees Arc 6:06 3 Bats 4:40 4 A Stand Still 3:27 5 Glass Walls 5:28 6 Morning 4:03 7 Fox And The Hound 5:04 8 In Glory, In Wire 4:48 9 Daylight Savings 1:54 total duration 41:44	1 Braid — Grand Theft Autumn ??? 2 Dianogah — What Is Your Landmass? ??? 3 Gainer — Bike Rides At Midnight ??? 4 Punjab — If You Squeeze It With Your Fingers You Can Make It Blow A Bubble! ??? 5 Hitmen — Thrash ??? 6 Gila Bend — Gainer ??? 7 The Bollweevils — Delfosse ??? 8 Scout — Lemming Constant ??? 9 Friction — Hybrid Moments ??? 10 Lustre King — Thighs Are Vices ??? 11 Blue Meanies — Ace Of Spades ??? 12 Cinco De Gatos — Ireland ??? 13 Hubcap — Moss Worth Embossing ??? 14 Shellac — The Copper Song ??? 15 The Promise Ring — 12 Sweaters Red ??? 16 The Fighters — The Evil Man & The Nice Boy ??? 17 Orwell — Bandsaw Architecture ??? 18 88 Fingers Louie — I Don't Want To Hear It ??? 19 The Trigger Quintet — Slept For Seven Days ??? 20 Big'n — Cuss ??? 21 C-Clamp — Cah 4:45 22 Mineral — 5, 8, & 10 ??? 23 Jerkwater — Instrumental ??? 24 Back Of Dave — Glory Of ??? 25 Apocalypse Hoboken — Capitals Bark AT THE MOON ??? total duration ???	1 Castor — Repousse ??? 2 Castor — Silent Type ??? 3 Braid — Jimmy Go Swimmer ??? 4 Braid — Eulalia, Eulalia ??? 5 C-Clamp — Pacific Ocean 3:45 6 C-Clamp — Shorty (The Lonely Moog Mix) 3:36 7 Liquorette — Ask Your Parents For A Loan ??? 8 Liquorette — The Way You Carry On (Song For Shannen Dougherty) ??? 9 Milo — Car Crash ??? 10 Milo — Beautiful (a.k.a. Jesus Christ) ??? 11 Beezus — Repulsion ??? 12 Beezus — Too Bad ??? 13 Charlie Dold — Body Benign ??? 14 Charlie Dold — Shoot Me/Kill Me ??? 15 Angie Heaton — Superstar ??? 16 Angie Heaton — See How You Are ??? 17 Morning Becomes Electric — Now You've Got A 4-Track ??? 18 Morning Becomes Electric — Sea & This Sky/Let No One Put Us Under (Concrete's Alright) ??? total duration ???	1 Saving Daylight 7:33 2 Shorty 4:33 total duration 12:06	1 Meridian 7:41 2 Land Meets Sea 5:21 3 In Tow 5:02 4 Deep Green 7:44 5 Minnesota 5:44 6 Taste of Metal 5:22 7 Heavy Light 3:30 total duration 40:32
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