The indie rock band that released the 1997 album 'I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One' was Yo La Tengo. Released by Matador Records on April 22, 1997, it was the American band's eighth studio album.
Produced by Roger Moutenot, the album was recorded at House of David in Nashville and mixed in New York City. It expands the guitar-centered approach of the band's earlier work into bossa nova, krautrock, electronic music, noise pop, and fragile balladry. That stylistic range is a defining feature of the record: quiet, melodic songs sit beside extended and dissonant instrumental passages.
The album included the singles 'Autumn Sweater,' 'Sugarcube,' and a cover of the Beach Boys' 'Little Honda.' It became Yo La Tengo's first album to enter a chart, reaching number 19 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums list. Critics have frequently treated it as one of the band's essential works.
The album is sometimes confused with 'Electr-O-Pura,' its acclaimed 1995 predecessor, or with releases by fellow American indie bands such as Pavement and Sonic Youth. Neither group recorded this title.