Offspeed and In There
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{{Infobox album
| name = Offspeed and in There
| type = studio
| artist = Drain
| cover = Drain - Offspeed and In There.jpeg
| alt =
| released = March 5, 1996{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ywEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Offspeed+and+In+There+drain+1996&pg=RA1-PA56|title=Just Out|work=CMJ New Music Monthly|date=March 2, 1996|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}
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| genre = Noise rock, psychedelic rock
| length = 48:34
| label = Trance Syndicate
| producer = King Coffey
| prev_title = Pick Up Heaven
| prev_year = 1992
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}}
Offspeed and in There is the second album by the American band Drain, released in 1996 through Trance Syndicate.{{cite web |title=Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/drain-mn0000806079 |website=AllMusic |access-date=12 April 2022}}{{cite magazine |first1=John |last1=Leland |first2=Ira |last2=Robbins |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=butthole_surfers |title=Butthole Surfers |magazine=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=March 19, 2013}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&dq=Offspeed+and+In+There+drain+1996&pg=PA230|title=Alternative Rock|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=June 2, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306076|via=Google Books}}
Critical reception
Spin named the album one of "The 10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear in '96", writing that King Coffey mixes "snatches of sitar, Sadie, bird calls, the Boredoms, cockpit jabber, and himself goofing around on Middle Eastern stringed instruments."{{cite journal |last1=Aaron |first1=Charles |title=The 10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear in '96 |journal=Spin |date=Jan 1997 |volume=12 |issue=10 |page=61}} The Dallas Observer listed the album as one of the 10 best Texas albums of 1996.{{cite news |last1=Weitz |first1=Matt |title=Spirit of '96 – Last year showed pop still has more than a ghost of a chance |work=Dallas Observer |date=January 9, 1997 |location=Music}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_writing = King Coffey, except "Upright & Locked" by Erik Satie
| title1 = Playground Twist
| length1 = 3:37
| title2 = Burma Slowdrive
| length2 = 4:12
| title3 = Return to Rosedale
| length3 = 4:06
| title4 = Marrakesh: 3AM
| length4 = 4:22
| title5 = A Bunch of Guys About to Turn Blue
| length5 = 3:29
| title6 = Helicopters Are Burning
| length6 = 4:05
| title7 = Saipan Murder Mystery
| length7 = 3:55
| title8 = Stop Six
| length8 = 4:33
| title9 = Wendy Will Win
| length9 = 4:48
| title10 = The Nitrous Shuffle
| length10 = 3:42
| title11 = In the Spring We Eat Cucumbers
| length11 = 2:59
| title12 = Upright & Locked
| length12 = 4:46
}}
Personnel
- King Coffey – drums, keyboards, vocals, production
- David McCreath – guitar, vocals, design
- Owen McMahon – bass guitar, vocals