The Lurid Traversal of Route 7

The Lurid Traversal of Route 7 is the debut album by American post-hardcore band Hoover, released in 1994 on Dischord Records. Reception Ned Raggett of Allmusic compared the sound to the band Drive Like Jehu, stating "Hoover are out for blood and sound it: musical aggression amped up high, lyrics clipped, and vocals screamed in usually very high pitches." Jason Heller of The A.V. Club described the album as "Fugazi possessed by demons", and called it "one of 1995’s—and the decade’s—singular, eerie post-hardcore [albums]. Noel Gardner of The Quietus noted the albums's "rhythmic fluidity and atmospheric anguish". Briony Edwards of Louder stated that the album shifts between "tight, groove-laden jams" and "furious bursts of musical chaos", which results to a "clawing sense of urgency".