This next piece of Up Hold's discography is not only their first full album, but their last release on Slam Records, before switching to Hell Hornet Records for their subsequent releases. Despite being considered an album, this release only clocks in at about 16 minutes, a feat that is actually shared by the single/EP to Fork, the disc that immediately follows this one. However, that is mainly because their songs got longer after the record label switch, whereas the longest track on here is only three minutes and eighteen seconds long.
This is the album where their nu metal influences started creeping in (it was, after all, 1997), as the musicianship got a little simpler, but on the flipside, their English songwriting got a little stronger, and they also experimented with writing a song in Spanish; the result, Mi Cuarto, is linked below. If you really got into their previous releases, you may note the simpler technical prowess on display, but it doesn't actually lose any of the intensity of Answer in the process. It is also one of the cheaper and easier Up Hold albums to find online, I've noticed, so if you want the tracks that I didn't link below, go track it down.
The tracklisting is as follows:
1. [iksploud]
2. One Choice
4. Bartleby
6. Mi Cuarto
7. A Word*
8. Grounds Of The Way
*misspelled everywhere but the liner notes booklet as "A ward"
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