Near-Life Experience

Near-Life Experience
Studio album by Come
Released	1996
Recorded	November 1995 - December 1995 Idful Music Corp, Chicago Fort Apache, Cambridge
Genre	Alternative rock Blues
Label	Matador Records
Producer	Andy Bryant Wally Gagel John McEntire
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Come chronology
Don't Ask, Don't Tell (1994) Near-Life Experience (1996) Gently, Down the Stream (1998)

Near-Life Experience is a 1996 album by Boston indie rock band Come.

Contents 1 History 2 Personnel 3 Track listing

History

After Come's 1994 release Don't Ask Don't Tell, bassist Sean O'Brien and drummer Arthur Johnson left the band to pursue other careers. Remaining members Chris Brokaw and Thalia Zedek recorded Near Life Experience with two different rhythm sections, half the album recorded with Mac McNeilly of the Jesus Lizard and Bundy K. Brown of Tortoise, the other half recorded with Kevin Coultas and Tara Jane O'Neil of Rodan.

Personnel

Thalia Zedek (vocals, guitar)

Chris Brokaw (guitar, vocals, synth, bass in "Secret Number")

with

Mac McNeilly (drums)

Kevin Coultas (drums)

Bundy K. Brown (bass)

Tara Jane O'Neil (bass, vocals in "Sloe-Eyed")

John McEntire (marimba)

Ed Yazujian (violin)

Beth Heinberg (piano, organ)

Nancy Asch (percussion)

Jeff Goddard (trumpet)

Track listing

1. "Hurricane" (5:55)
2. "Weak as the Moon" (4:11)
3. "Secret Number" (4:02)
4. "Bitten" (4:28)
5. "Shoot Me First" (3:44)
6. "Walk On's" (3:17)
7. "Half Life" (3:26)
8. "Sloe-Eyed" (3:34)