Chain is the third studio album by the American rock band Pylon, released in 1990.[3][4] It was released after a seven-year hiatus.[5]R.E.M. had lobbied the band to record again, suggesting that Pylon could use R.E.M.'s practice space.[6]
Robert Christgau thought that Pylon's "low registers, deliberate silences, and inexorably unmechanical beat all feed a muscular musical solidity with no real parallels—10 years after, the only band that sounds remotely similar is the Gang of Four."[8]Trouser Press wrote: "While retaining the band's traditional bite, Chain gets more melody and texture from [Vanessa] Briscoe-Hay's singing and Randy Bewley's sharp guitar jabs."[3]Newsday noted the "monomaniacal infatuation with thick bass notes and a steady, pneumatic beat."[11]The Washington Post determined that "there's still plenty of bounce in the band's sleek, steel-springed sound."[1]
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