R.E.M. - Murmur Available On:LP After shattering the Bay Area

After shattering the Bay Area underground as a frantic one-man-band that was devoured by the local press

Part Two is principally about Chatham‰۪s return to the flute

there really felt like an element of magic at play in making this album

RIYL: The Weather Station

and folk music made alien by electronic adornments

R.E.M. - Murmur Available On:LP After shattering the Bay AreaR. E. M.'s full length debut is a landmark album that set the standard for the next 10 years of indie rock. The Athens quartet combined Byrdsy, folk rock guitar jangle with obscurantist lyrics and a post punk compositional sensibility to create a vibrant new sound that would soon be imitated by every high school poet with a Rickenbacker guitar. R. E. M. was also one of the first bands to make the long, hard journey from college radio (when it was