{"product_id":"chevelle-point-1","title":"Chevelle - Point #1","description":"\u003cp\u003eChevelle's Point #1 is the sound of three brothers from Illinois working out how heavy they could get without letting go of melody, and it remains the rawest record in their catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in 1999 on Squint Entertainment, the debut paired Pete, Joe and Sam Loeffler with Steve Albini, who recorded and mixed it at his Electrical Audio studio in Chicago in a little over two weeks. Albini had no interest in sanding a young band down for radio, so the guitars sound like amplifiers moving air in a room and the drums land with physical weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat dry, unvarnished approach suits the songs. Pete's voice moves between a hushed, almost confessional murmur and a full-throated howl, and the trio lean hard on dynamics, letting quiet passages hang in the air before the riffs come crashing back in. Mia and the title track Point #1 were the songs that first introduced them to rock fans, while Open and Skeptic show how much tension they could wring from a handful of heavy chords.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBigger budgets and bigger choruses arrived with Wonder What's Next, but there is something special about hearing a band this close to the source. This is where the Chevelle story starts, and on vinyl it sounds every bit as stark and immediate as it did in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57107614007601,"sku":"080688593018","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Chevelle-Point_1.jpg?v=1792934531","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/chevelle-point-1","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}