Presenting part one of our photohappy, interviewaccented threepart set of p4k fest features. Glenn is one of my all time favorite songs, its haunting guitar lines and muffled. The story, helped by indepth interviews with band members david pajo and todd brashear, explores the formation of slint, the recording of tweez, and the bands dramatic move into the sound of spiderland. Slint tshirts on redbubble are expertly printed on ethically sourced, sweatshopfree apparel and available in a huge range of styles, colors and sizes. Spiderland was slint s first release on touch and go, and the groups only album to feature. It was released on march 27, 1991, through touch and go records. Slint have achieved the nirvana of alternative rock, wedding masterful playing, thoughtful composing and lyrical expression to a degree seldom reached by popular music. Plus, its frankly astonishing to see the practice footage and watch 2021 year old slint playing these meticulous and powerful songs in their basement. Sure, spiderland is a seminal album critically charged with the creation of postrock.
However, three years later in 1994, slint very quietly put out this twosong ep, and fans of spiderland andor their first album tweez will want to grab this too. If you like the angular guitar playing of slint, go check out don caballero. The noisy tweez, recorded by steve albini, was released to. Slint left a haunting, harrowing experience for any listener wishing to brave the journey through spiderland. Slint spiderland 1991 not much more needs to be said about the importance of this louisville, ky band as far as their impact on indie rock and postrock in particular. Their second and most acclaimed album spiderland 1991 is a dark and brooding affair. Slint spiderland remastered limited edition colored. Slint shows how what they started is limitless as to what direction postrock can go and they began with a strong starting block. They formed in louisville, kentucky, united states in 1986. Slint tweez 1989, kentucky math rock download tanker low. The first song is glenn, a title that thematically links it to the first album, which similarly named all its tracks after. Vocals vary from spoken word to full on shouting and the music is characterised by haphazard time signatures and unusual chord changes. 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. Denied the adulation of the public in the 90s, slint reformed for a series of concerts in 2005.
Packaged in a heavy weight tipon gatefold lp jacket with a large format, gluedin, 12 page book of photos including a foreword by will oldham and a download coupon for the remastered album plus 14 bonus outtakes and demos. It has a bouncy bassline and jazz inflected harmonies. It was extremely influential to both the math rock and postrock genres and is considered by many to be an indie rock classic. Not as heavy as spiderland, better for the walk back home trying to feel a little better about yourself after listening to spiderland. Spiderland was released in 1991, but feels so ahead of its time. Featuring dramatically alternating dynamics and vocals. Spiderland, as well as slint as a musical collective, are a strange paradox if anything. Slint s landmark second album has been reissued in a box set that includes outtakes, live cuts, and a featurelength documentary by lance bangs. Biography slint was formed in 1985 by former squirrel bait members britt walford and ethan buckler, plus guitarist david pajo. Slint only existed for a very short time and broke up in 1992 and the material they released was sparse, 2 albums debut tweez a 2nd spiderland and a self titled ep containing 2 tracks recorded between tweez and spiderland however it is quality over quantity in this case but it doesnt stop fans like me wanting more. It seems that for breadcrumb trail, slint s story ends with spiderland, just as it did for a generation of fans pre2005. Though they disbanded circa 1991, they are considered to be a major influence on the posthardcore, math rock, and postrock scenes. Spiderland does all those things, simultaneously and in turns, more than any records i can think of in five years. Many of them also played in another band called king kong, at different times.
Packaging concept and design by louisville native jeremy devine of temporary residence fame the digital format includes. I have heard this record described as the one where the free design. In 1991, teenage band slint recorded spiderland, a brooding, sinister record that invented postrock and influenced a generation of musicians. This is absolutely essential, and highly, highly recommended both for historical purposes and for sheer enjoyment. This is the same version as was included in the spiderland remastered box set. Slint are an alternative rock band from kentucky, usa. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. For more information on the series and on individual titles in the series, check out our blog. Featuring dramatically alternating dynamics and vocals ranging from spoken word to shouting, the album contains narrative lyrics that emphasize alienation. Slint formed in lousiville, kentucky, with members brian mcmahan, david pajo, britt walford, and ethan buckler. During their brief career, they developed an unique sound, characterised by narrativescreaming vocals, complex guitars, and distinctive tempo changes, that became highly influential on the postrock genre. Slint is a posthardcore band consisting of brian mcmahan guitar and vocals, david pajo guitar, britt walford drums, todd brashear bass on spiderland and ethan buckler bass on tweez. Members of slint have also been active in some other notable projects. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.
Slim fit, order a size up if youd like it less fitting. They formed in 1986 and released their first album tweez in 1987. What makes spiderland so great now is that pretty much no one ripped it off, so you havent heard 60 watered down copycats. Spiderland continues to be heralded as a milestone in rock, and for good reason.
Of all the seminal albums to come out in 1991the year of nevermind, loveless, ten, and out of time, among othersnone were quieter, both in volume and influence, than spiderland, and no band more mysterious than slint. Slint s spiderland will be one of those records that the people who know it, will remember it for a long time. The four members 2 guys 2 girls that make up the free design are all siblings, and their songs seem to be extensions of their childhood. Stream spiderland, a playlist by slint from desktop or your mobile device. Spiderland is the second and final studio album by american rock band slint.
Slint have reformed once in 2005 to curate an all tomorrows parties festival again in 2007 to perform spiderland live at primevera sound festival nothing was heard other than that over the years but in 20 slint reformed once again to do a full tour i was lucky enough to catch them on this tour and it was an absolutely stunning performance. Spiderland is the second and final studio album by the american rock band slint. Shortly after the records completion, buckler left to form king kong, and was replaced by bassist todd brashear for 1991s spiderland, an even more sophisticated and adventurous set. 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. Spiderland expresses emotions often put aside in modern rock, bucking stereotypes and never resorting to the prefabricated ideas of earlier sonic icons. Bangs studiously avoids this catharsis though some footage does make its way in anonymously. Slint spiderland 2014, gatefold, 180 gram, vinyl discogs. Slint s 1991 album, spiderland, remastered from the original analog master tapes by our friend bob weston at chicago mastering service. Hear the unreleased song pam from the spiderland sessions slint s classic album spiderland is being reissued next month, and weve got an. A band and album that has only continued to rise in the ranks of essentialmusthearrecord status as years go by, they were mostly overlooked at the time what with grunge.
The jesus lizard was always one of my favorites too, they were just the best live. With the exception of a posthumous 1994 ep originally recorded between the two fulllength albums, spiderland was slint s swan song, although the individual. Not as wide a dynamic as slint, but tar and jawbox would get some of that abrasive guitar chording using all of those suspended and octave chords. A download coupon for 14 bonus outtakes and demos personally selected by slint and mastered by bob weston, as well as downloads of the entire spiderland remastered album itself. The listener is instantly encapsulated in a mad and mysterious world, deprived of all positive emotions. Great subtle math rockage and asking steve albini for new headphones.
Few single albums can lay claim to sparking an entire genre, but spiderland all six songs of itlaid the foundation for post rock in the 1990s. Slint spiderland 1991 touch and go math rock, postrock, posthardcore, indie rock, classic10 yall know this is just my. My favourite song here is washer which is the only song that grabbed me upon first listening. 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. Good album, not as good as spiderland but worth it. Sometimes documentaries can take all of the mystery and magic out of a piece of art, but lance bangs breadcrumb trail manages to preserve the magic of slint by deepening our understanding of it. I have never quite heard music like this anywhere else. Spiderland is, unfortunately, slint s swansong, the band having succumbed to the internal pressures which eventually punctuate all bands biographies.
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