R.E.M. - Murmur Available On:LP But it’s not

But it’s not

the brush of a knit blanket

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

Rob Galbraith

and folk music made alien by electronic adornments

R.E.M. - Murmur Available On:LP But it’s notR. 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