“One Beat” by Sleater-Kinney

"One Beat" is the title song of Sleater-Kinney's sixth album, which Kill Rock Stars put out in August 2002, and the writing credit goes to Corin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss. John Goodmanson produced, and the band cut it at Jackpot! Studio in Portland, Oregon, over March and April 2002, after working the songs up in Weiss's basement.

The record was born in a raw moment. The band meant it as "the voice in the silence" after the September 11 attacks, and Tucker and Brownstein, both singing and playing guitar, built the songs with no blueprint, trading ideas and piecing things together bit by bit. It took longer to write than All Hands on the Bad One, and critics praised what came out for its cathartic force and progressive politics.

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