Condition: New
Slint - Spiderland
Label: Touch And Go – T&G lp#64, Touch And Go – tg64
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress
New
Country: US
Released: 1991
Issue:
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Math Rock, Post Rock
Tracklist
A1 Breadcrumb Trail
A2 Nosferatu Man
A3 Don, Aman
B1 Washer
B2 For Dinner...
B3 Good Morning, Captain
Companies etc
Mastered At – Golden Mastering
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Touch And Go
Copyright (c) – Touch And Go
Credits
Engineer – Brian Paulson
Mastered By – John Golden
Photography By [Band Photo] – Will Oldham
Photography By [Spider Photo] – Noel Saltzman
Notes
Recorded Aug.-Oct. '90.
Touch and Go, PO Box 25520, Chicago, IL 60625
Side A label says: © & ℗ 1991 touch and go Records tg64a © 1995 neatly folded music (bmi)
Side B label says: © & ℗ 1991 touch and go Records tg64b © 1995 neatly folded music (bmi)
Has a sticker with barcode and "www.touchandgorecords.com" website address on it.
First cat# is from the spine.
Second cat# is from the labels.
The Big Bang Theory of post-rock.
Slint are the forefathers of Math-Rock, or whatever you want to call the Shellac-Fugazi-Jesus Lizard-Clutch sound. If you are a fan of these bands, get all three of Slint's releases. Trust me--after one listen, you'll wonder why you waited so long!
This LP is, in a word, perfect.
I will say this: Spiderland affected producer Steve Albini so deeply, he formed another one of his "crazy, self-indulgent" bands and based it primarily on the foundation of Slint's sound. He called this new band SHELLAC. Shellac's first LP, "At Action Park," almost sounds like Spiderland part II, ("Bosche's dick" is a song about Slint's sound guy; they also had help from Slint techy Jennifer Hartman) as Steve and his band mates recreate and nearly pick-up where Slint left off after their 1992 break up.
Shellac (and other bands like it) are influenced so deeply by Slint, their recordings almost sounds like an homage. But don't call Shellac posers or copy-cats; the members of Slint were playing hard core and punk in the mid-80's, as was Steve Albini and his bands Big Black and Rapeman (which coincidentally included Jesus Lizard's bass player in its line-up). In fact, these artists are so closely and simultaneously linked, where else will you find a label claiming analog recordings rule? Only on a Slint or Big Black recording, my friend.
The two best songs on the album, with almost no contest, are “Washer” and “Good Morning, Captain.” Between the two of them, totaling over sixteen minutes of bliss, the journey is simply incredible.
‘Goodnight my love, remember me as you fall to sleep, fill your pockets with the dust and the memories that rises from the shoes on my feet. I won't be back here, though we may meet again.’
Word for word, that is how “Washer” begins (pfftt…how emo of them!). A somber beginning to such an enchanting song that lurks with a haunting beat that carries the song until its heavy and slam-you-in-your-face ending that slays the mood into just pure anger and a wall of sound for just over thirty seconds as it swings right back to where it started. It is the little moments such as that one, that make Slint who they are and great at what they do musically.
Slint - Good Morning, Captain
dublin aug 07
Slint - Washer
This is how you write a song. Complete genius.
Slint - Nosferatu Man (nosferatu)
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