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a r t i s t :: Slint
t i t l e :: Spiderland
d a t e :: 1991-00-00
l a b e l :: Touch & Go
g e n r e :: Alternative
s o u r c e :: CD
b i t r a t e :: 231 kbps avg
e n c o d e r :: LAME
t r a c k s :: 6
p l a y t i m e :: 39:32
s i z e :: 68.78MB
tracklist
1 Breadcrumb Trail 5:55
2 Nosferatu Man 5:35
3 Don, Aman 6:28
4 Washer 8:50
5 For Dinner... 5:05
6 Good Morning, Captain 7:39
releasenotes
More known for its frequent name-checks than its actual music, Spiderland
remains one of the most essential and chilling releases in the mumbling
post-rock arena. Even casual listeners will be able to witness an experimental
power-base that the American underground has come to treasure. Indeed, the
lumbering quiet-loud motif has been lifted by everybody from Lou Barlow to
Mogwai, the album's emotional gelidity has done more to move away from
prog-rock mistakes than almost any of the band's subsequent disciples, and
it's easy to hear how the term "Slint dynamics" has become an indie
categorization of its own. Most interestingly, however, is how even a seething
angularity to songs like "Nosferatu Man" (disquieting, vampirish stop-starts)
or "Good Morning, Captain" (a murmuring nod to "The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner") certainly signaled the beginning of the end for the band. Recording
was intense, traumatic, and one more piece of evidence supporting the theory
that band members had to be periodically institutionalized during the
completion of the album. Spiderland remains, though, not quite the
insurmountable masterpiece its reputation may suggest. Brian McMahan softly
speaks/screams his way through the asphyxiated music and too often evokes
strangled pity instead of outright empathy. Which probably speaks more about
the potential dangers of pretentious post-rock than the frigid musical climate
of the album itself. Surely, years later, Spiderland is still a strong,
slightly overrated, compelling piece of investigational despair that is a
worthy asset to most any experimentalist's record collection.
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