Masters of the Hemisphere is the first full album by the Athens, Georgia

Athens, Georgia

Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...

 based indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 band of the same name. Though it lacks the elaborateness of their followup, the heavily concept-based I Am Not A Freemdoom

I Am Not a Freemdoom

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, it still maintains the essential element of the band's indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 songcraft, drawing comparisons to R.E.M., among others.

Track listing

1. "West Essex"
2. "Billy Mitchell"
3. "Saucy Foreign Lass"
4. "Meteor"
5. "Everybody Knows Canada"
6. "Map"
7. "She Plays Guitar"
8. "Your Ship Looks Like A Captain"

Additional information

The Japanese release of the album contained two bonus tracks - 'Going on a Freak to Iceland' (also known as 'Bat', which appears on the Going on a Trek to Iceland 7"), and 'My Crowd' (also known as 'My Cloud', which appears on the Seven Summers compilation).