And i was just instantly curious, and started driving up from athens, georgia. Here he speaks to two of the bands key architects, guitarist and vocalist brian mcmahan and bassist and boxset compiler todd brashear, about the highs and lows of revisiting their. The slint guitarist, who has agreed to give us his songbysong impressions of the nowclassic album, isnt speaking with false modesty. Breadcrumb trail is the first apparent sign of his vocal work as he. Spiderland, as well as slint as a musical collective, are a strange paradox if anything. All 3,8 copies of the slint spiderland remastered box set were sold out long before the release date of april 15th. Pet sounds 40th anniversary stereo digital the beach boys.
The hypnotizing tone of brian mcmahan is often soft, but the effect it has on the music is irrevocable. Its no exaggeration to claim that slints remarkable second long player, spiderland, is one of the most important records ever released. Slints trail from obscure to essential the dinner party download. Find similar albums to spiderland slint on allmusic. When that band is slint and the reissue concentrates on their mouthwateringly influential album spiderland, its a fair bet that all will be forgiven by even the tightest mouthed and narroweyed of message board mumblers. Relaxing jazz for work and study background instrumental concentration jazz for work and study duration. Slint spiderland remastered limited edition colored vinyl. Jan 27, 2012 slint spiderland 2014 remaster duration. Also, i cannot recommend the albums 33 series book highly enough. Slint tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including good morning captain, nosferatu man, breadcrumb trail, darlene, glenn. The 14 bonus outtakes and demos personally selected by slint and mastered by bob weston. Its been remastered from the original analog masters by bob weston and will include 14 previously unreleased outtakes and demos. The reissue of american football is available via polyvinyl records. Its a gripping read, its author, scott tennent, did a fantastic job.
The walkons talk jacksonville sports, aggressive driving habits and chick flicks. The spiderland reissue includes a remastering of the album, fourteen. Slint shows how what they started is limitless as to what direction postrock can go and they began with a strong starting block. Throughout, the verses are generally spoken like the narration of a book or movie. Slint, spiderland remastered the louisville bands 1991 classic, now the subject of a lavish reissue, deserves reconsideration as a work of haunting beauty and surprising warmth. Slint have achieved the nirvana of alternative rock, wedding masterful playing, thoughtful composing and lyrical expression to a degree seldom reached by popular music. Slints spiderland to be reissued as deluxe box set. Adding to the mystique surrounding slint, they disbanded shortly before spiderland was.
Ever since early march, when we turned off the ability to preorder the box set from our web site, the touch and go inbox has. The poster was a horizontal image of a spider taken through a microscope by noel saltzman. The band formed out of the hardcore punk scene in their city, and some members of the band played together before the formation of slint, in bands such as squirrel. In 1991, teenage band slint recorded spiderland, a brooding, sinister record that invented postrock and influenced a generation of musicians. Featuring dramatically alternating dynamics and vocals ranging from spoken word to shouting, the album contains narrative lyrics that emphasize alienation. Spiderland is a dark, moody, creative, and beautiful record.
If slint s debut, 1989s tweez, was one of the earliest salvos in what came to be known as postrock, their second album, 1991s spiderland was where the band pushed their most radical ideas forward and created a touchstone, working with dynamics that made the silences every bit as much presence as the guitars and drums, manipulating space and time as they stretched out and juggled time. Slint have shared a trailer for their forthcoming documentary breadcrumb trail. Jan 30, 2014 slints spiderland to be reissued as deluxe box set. Shop vinyl and cds and complete your slint collection. Slint was an american rock band consisting of brian mcmahan guitar and vocals, david pajo guitar, britt walford drums and vocals, todd brashear bass on spiderland, and ethan buckler bass on tweez. Spiderland is the second and final studio album by the american rock band slint. The records greatest legacy might be the boundless. Spiderland was slints first release on touch and go, and the groups only album to feature. In support of the reissue, slint is set to appear at barcelonas primavera sound in may. The group will also reissue spiderland album later this year. In 2014, touch and go reissued tweez and a version of. They formed in louisville, kentucky, united states, in 1986. Especially considering that their first record, tweez, is dogshit.
Spiderland was slint s first release on touch and go, and the groups only album to feature. The listener is instantly encapsulated in a mad and mysterious world, deprived of all positive emotions. Spiderland is, without any reasonable doubt, one of the truly great albums of the last 25 years, certainly one of the most often referenced and, until the reformations and festival shows, something of a holy grail to fans of alternative music because to ghettoize slint as math or post anything at all is to reduce them to a genre. Slint, spiderland, remastered, bob weston, 180 gram vinyl, book, dvd, box, cd, lance bangs. Slints spiderland will be one of those records that the people who know it, will remember it for a long time. Spiderland expresses emotions often put aside in modern rock, bucking stereotypes and never resorting to the prefabricated ideas of earlier sonic icons. In 2005, slint reunited to headline the all tomorrows parties festival in camber sands, england, followed by a subsequent eighteen date tour. If slints debut, 1989s tweez, was one of the earliest salvos in what came to be known as postrock, their second album, 1991s spiderland was where the band pushed their most radical ideas forward and created a touchstone, working with dynamics that made the silences every bit as much presence as the guitars and drums, manipulating space and time as they stretched out and juggled time. My guess is rainbo just ran out of the standard labels for part of a run. Slint formed in lousiville, kentucky, with members brian mcmahan, david pajo, britt walford, and ethan buckler. Slint are an alternative rock band from kentucky, usa. When you rate your music, the sites musicsocial recommender can recommend similar music and. Slint spiderland remastered box set by michael james hall 07 april 2014, 12.
Vocals vary from spoken word to full on shouting and the music is characterised by haphazard time signatures and unusual chord changes. Dec 30, 2015 slint spiderland 1991 touch and go math rock, postrock, posthardcore, indie rock, classic10 yall know this is just my opinion, right. Slint spiderland 1991 touch and go math rock, postrock, posthardcore, indie rock, classic10 yall know this is just my opinion, right. Its even more striking when you consider only one of those albums1991s spiderland gets most of.
This is the same version as was included in the spiderland remastered box set. In august of 1990, slint recorded their second album spiderland at river north recorders in chicago. Its even more striking when you consider only one of those albums1991s spiderland gets most of that consideration. Slint s spiderland to be reissued as deluxe box set. Its only been in the last few months that ive realized spiderland is an enduring record. A recent recipient of the pitchforks perfect 10, this second album from louisvilles slint switches at will from abstract spoken word to screaming passion, all the while its complex instrumental arrangements setting a benchmark for 90s rock. One of the few truly seminal albums, slints second album spiderland is about to be reissued as part of a deluxe box set. Over the course of only 4 days, the four young musicians created what would come to be regarded as one of the most important and influential records of the past thirty years. The impact slint made with just two records grows with each passing year. In 1991, a relatively unknown band called slint from louisville, kentucky. Slint broke up shortly before spiderland was released. Slints epochal spiderland lp finally getting deluxe. Featuring dramatically alternating dynamics and vocals ranging from spoken word to shouting, the album contains narrative lyrics that emphasize. The 14 bonus outtakes and demos personally selected by slint and mastered by.
The bands lone fulllength record is credited with helping to jumpstart the postrock movement, placing emphasis on brian mcmahan and david pajos deliberate, exploratory guitarwork, while britt walford and todd brashears rhythm section keeps things still grounded in. Slints first album tweez was recorded by engineer steve albini in 1987 and released in obscurity on the jennifer hartman records. Its no exaggeration to claim that slint s remarkable second long player, spiderland, is one of the most important records ever released. The fervent devotion with which the albums many, many fanatics cling to it seems like it would have merited a deluxe remaster ages ago, but were not complaining. Slints landmark second album has been reissued in a box set that includes outtakes, live cuts, and a featurelength documentary by lance bangs. Slints spiderland gets deluxe box set reissue pitchfork. They formed in 1986 and released their first album tweez in 1987. Slint spiderland remastered box set touch and go records. Ive continued to read more and more about them in the 10 years since, but i still havent bought the damn album. Slint, spiderland remastered the louisville bands 1991 classic, now the subject of a lavish reissue, deserves reconsideration. Slint biography founded in louisville, kentucky, usa in 1987 disbanded in 1992 reunited in 2005, 2007 and 2014 though they may not immediately come to mind as a progressive rock band, kentuckys slint made an unparalleled impact on the music world during their brief existence, eventually gaining credit as the founders of what would become known as postrock. I kept waiting for it to be forgotten, remarks david pajo. Maybe there is a reason to care about slint and their 1991 masterpiece, spiderland.
Here he speaks to two of the bands key architects, guitarist and vocalist brian mcmahan and bassist and boxset compiler todd brashear. Slint spiderland deluxe edition vinyl lp amoeba music. Discussion in the sound hound lounge started by blackghost, aug 31, 2011. It is incredible to think that these songs were written by like 20 year olds. Slint spiderland remastered limited edition colored. Slint spiderland lp new vinyl brian mcmahan david pajo tracklist spiderland breadcrumb trail nosferatu. Remember that the only album i wasnt really familiar with among the top 25 or so was slints spiderland. Slints 1991 album, spiderland, remastered from the original analog master tapes by our friend bob weston at chicago mastering service. Slint s landmark second album has been reissued in a box set that includes outtakes, live cuts, and a featurelength documentary by lance bangs.
Listen free to slint spiderland breadcrumb trail, nosferatu man and more. Featuring dramatically alternating dynamics and vocals. Spiderland is the second and final studio album by american rock band slint. Slint left a haunting, harrowing experience for any listener wishing to brave the journey through spiderland. If you want to consider a sort of creative unifying, driving force. Spiderland is a music studio album recording by slint prog relatedprogressive rock released in 1991 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. May 01, 2014 now, included in a deluxe box set reissue, lance bangss documentary about spiderland, breadcrumb trail, shines some light on the myths, surprisingly revealing the young slint as prankplaying. Rate your music is an online community of people who love music. Spiderland is a music studio album recording by slint prog. Also includes a 104 page book with over 100 neverbeforeseen. 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 wont be back here though we. Apr 16, 2014 slint s landmark second album has been reissued in a box set that includes outtakes, live cuts, and a featurelength documentary by lance bangs. Breadcrumb trail, and a photobook documenting slints history. All that is left is the distortion of reality and the madness and sorrow that accompany loss.
A separate larger promotional version of the image with text was printed for display in record shops. Their second and most acclaimed album spiderland 1991 is a dark and brooding affair. Apr 18, 2014 the impact slint made with just two records grows with each passing year. Spiderland reissue by slint released in 2014 via touch and go. Ever since early march, when we turned off the ability to preorder the box set from our web site, the touch and go. Reply notify me 4 helpful synthstreaks april 23, 2019 report. Spiderland remastered slint touch and go quarterstick. It was released on march 27, 1991, through touch and go records.
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