040: Pink Floyd - Meddle (1971)
Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast
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Pink Floyd - The Last Trick Up Their Sleeves
Pink Floyd have one last trick up their sleeves to astound and delight you. That ascending noise you hear as the song fades away is all of them going with some tape echo generously applied. What this does is create something called a shepherd tone, which is an auditory illusion where a sound sounds like it's constantly rising in pitch forever. It's a really cool studio trick, so they're a very appropriate way to end a Pink Floyd album.
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