Echelons / December / In the Marshes

For Against’s three-album collection on Captured Tracks captures the Nebraska post-punk outfit at their most architecturally precise, threading new wave austerity through alternative rock’s darker corridors. Echelons, December, and In the Marshes form a portrait of a band working in shadow—angular guitars, deadpan vocals, and production choices that favor space over saturation. This box set retrieval underscores Captured Tracks' commitment to excavating overlooked American underground canonicals from the 1980s.