There's a great little reference to this song in AFK by Pinback near the end: "And I miss you, not in a Slint way, but I miss you." I laughed my ass off the first time I realized what he was singing.
Thanks for reacting to these two tracks Greg’s. There’s only 6 songs on the album. The band had broken up by the time the albums release. Mc Mahon had been involved in a car accident shortly before they recorded the album, Which had an effect on his mental state. The day after they finished recording..McMahon checked himself into a mental hospital. The album Hardly sold on its release…as the band weren’t around to promote it. Word spread in the intervening years…. The album gradually sold. It’s now considered a critical album in the development of what later became know as the post-rock, math rock genre! The Drummer Brit Walford, is the Founder of the band and was the main creative force in Slint. He is an amazing drummer. Walford played drums on the first Breeders album, not under his own name but the alias Shannon Daughton, to keep the all girl band thing going! This breeders album was actual released before Spiderland. Check out the documentary on the album on TH-cam…. Called breadcrumb trail!
The repetition really does it for me - it's that Joy Division thing, it's almost a "jam-band" vibe but more mantra/ritualistic sounding... it's something I really dig when more "angular" sounding bands do it, that bass pattern just over and over with that crazy drum groove. Something Neurosis do incredibly well... did :/
Love Slint, first heard about Spiderland when I got into bands like Mogwai as it was often mentioned as an influence. They were at the vanguard of post-rock coming out of a sort of post hardcore scene. It does take time to get them though (it did for me anyway!) I remember being excited to hear Spiderland for the first time and when I did I appreciated it as a piece of work and could see how important it was but it left me kind of cold, it felt distant. But the more I played it the more it opened up, those repeated passages revealing more and more nuances, until eventually I loved it to pieces and I'd put it in my top ten albums now. Definitely worth sticking with.
This album is tied with In Rainbows for my favourite album of all time. The music and experience of the album is enough to earn that title for me. But their story just adds to it, I'm sure other comments have covered it better than I, but they were just a group of young lads making garage rock together and they ended up creating one of the most influential records to the post hardcore/ post rock and math rock scene, while also not being recognised for this album until years after. I wish they released another album but the fact it was their one and only just adds to the experience.
This one seemed to have a bit more punch and tempo, but it was still menacing, almost like a soundtrack from a thriller movie, can imagine being hunted down by Jack Nicholson from the Shining. Interesting listen thanks for the show.
A song I would like to bring to attention is a song called Big Time by rudi. It’s a very under appreciated band and honestly I think it is a hidden gem. It was an Irish punk band owned by good vibrations records. If you have time to listen to it, I would recommend listening to it. Thanks.
One thing that stands out to me about Slint is the emotive nature of the drumming, something about his touch and dynamics really carry the emotional weight of their music in ways I've never really heard another drummer do. It has a conversational rhythm to it? I can't really find the right words. Britt Walford is outstanding in any case. An interesting note about the vocal stylings on this album, it's partly the way it is because the singer had to record the demos very quietly in his parents car to not disturb anyone in the home/neighbors. They just sort of worked around that.
I think Genius isn't really hitting the mark with some parts of the analysis. I think the allegory of the shipwrecked sailor is actually the album's narrator post-death ("Washer" comes just before this, with only the instruments "For Dinner..." in between, and is a suicide note). He's dead, he's a ghost, and he was a wreck of a man at the end of his life falling apart (the shipwreck); hence the horror of the child at seeing what he would become. He doesn't even recognize his future self. For me the line that really sells this as being the case is "I want the police to be notified" which weirdly doesn't fit at all into this romantic, allegorical poem. It's just this little flash of what's really going on: the narrator has killed himself and we get this little reference to the gruesome reality of what he has done. He wants the police to be notified of his death.
Well worth pulling up the wiki article on Steve Albini and the multittude of bands/album's he's recorded (without taking a production credit). I'll never forgive Butch Vig for ruining "Nevermind".
@@intothemusic908 Seriously, "Nevermind's" a visceral record, imagine that with the production of "in Utero"... I think "Nevermind" sounds really dated production-wise, whereas the more stripped approach on "In Utero"' has aged incredibly well. "Nevermind" has a lot of "gloss", but it's starting to peel and show its age - not the songs at all, but Vig's a damned hack at best x.
Greg, I understand what you're saying when you say "I needed more". I am often able to appreciate repetition in music without needing a switch up in sound or tempo, but several songs on this album leave me feeling like something is missing. There are great songs on this album for sure, but some of the songs just don't do it for me.
Astonishing to think they were just teens when they wrote this. Spiderland remains an all-time favourite
There's a great little reference to this song in AFK by Pinback near the end: "And I miss you, not in a Slint way, but I miss you." I laughed my ass off the first time I realized what he was singing.
Wow. I always heard it as "sad" 🙃
Thanks for reacting to these two tracks Greg’s. There’s only 6 songs on the album. The band had broken up by the time the albums release. Mc Mahon had been involved in a car accident shortly before they recorded the album,
Which had an effect on his mental state. The day after they finished recording..McMahon checked himself into a mental hospital. The album Hardly sold on its release…as the band weren’t around to promote it. Word spread in the intervening years…. The album gradually sold. It’s now considered a critical album in the development of what later became know as the post-rock, math rock genre! The Drummer Brit Walford, is the Founder of the band and was the main creative force in Slint. He is an amazing drummer. Walford played drums on the first Breeders album, not under his own name but the alias Shannon Daughton, to keep the all girl band thing going! This breeders album was actual released before Spiderland. Check out the documentary on the album on TH-cam…. Called breadcrumb trail!
So glad for the opportunity to listen to these songs, Finbarr!
The repetition really does it for me - it's that Joy Division thing, it's almost a "jam-band" vibe but more mantra/ritualistic sounding... it's something I really dig when more "angular" sounding bands do it, that bass pattern just over and over with that crazy drum groove. Something Neurosis do incredibly well... did :/
Love Slint, first heard about Spiderland when I got into bands like Mogwai as it was often mentioned as an influence. They were at the vanguard of post-rock coming out of a sort of post hardcore scene. It does take time to get them though (it did for me anyway!) I remember being excited to hear Spiderland for the first time and when I did I appreciated it as a piece of work and could see how important it was but it left me kind of cold, it felt distant. But the more I played it the more it opened up, those repeated passages revealing more and more nuances, until eventually I loved it to pieces and I'd put it in my top ten albums now. Definitely worth sticking with.
There are fascinating documentaries out there about this awesome overlooked band. The drummer is something else. Great choice and nice review.
Glad you enjoyed it!
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This album is tied with In Rainbows for my favourite album of all time. The music and experience of the album is enough to earn that title for me. But their story just adds to it, I'm sure other comments have covered it better than I, but they were just a group of young lads making garage rock together and they ended up creating one of the most influential records to the post hardcore/ post rock and math rock scene, while also not being recognised for this album until years after. I wish they released another album but the fact it was their one and only just adds to the experience.
This one seemed to have a bit more punch and tempo, but it was still menacing, almost like a soundtrack from a thriller movie, can imagine being hunted down by Jack Nicholson from the Shining. Interesting listen thanks for the show.
Estas superado ❤
A song I would like to bring to attention is a song called Big Time by rudi. It’s a very under appreciated band and honestly I think it is a hidden gem. It was an Irish punk band owned by good vibrations records. If you have time to listen to it, I would recommend listening to it. Thanks.
Will consider. Thanks for recommending.
One thing that stands out to me about Slint is the emotive nature of the drumming, something about his touch and dynamics really carry the emotional weight of their music in ways I've never really heard another drummer do. It has a conversational rhythm to it? I can't really find the right words. Britt Walford is outstanding in any case. An interesting note about the vocal stylings on this album, it's partly the way it is because the singer had to record the demos very quietly in his parents car to not disturb anyone in the home/neighbors. They just sort of worked around that.
I like that the guitars are restrained. This isnt rock n roll.
I think Genius isn't really hitting the mark with some parts of the analysis. I think the allegory of the shipwrecked sailor is actually the album's narrator post-death ("Washer" comes just before this, with only the instruments "For Dinner..." in between, and is a suicide note). He's dead, he's a ghost, and he was a wreck of a man at the end of his life falling apart (the shipwreck); hence the horror of the child at seeing what he would become. He doesn't even recognize his future self.
For me the line that really sells this as being the case is "I want the police to be notified" which weirdly doesn't fit at all into this romantic, allegorical poem. It's just this little flash of what's really going on: the narrator has killed himself and we get this little reference to the gruesome reality of what he has done. He wants the police to be notified of his death.
Well worth pulling up the wiki article on Steve Albini and the multittude of bands/album's he's recorded (without taking a production credit).
I'll never forgive Butch Vig for ruining "Nevermind".
Damn that Butch!!
@@intothemusic908 Seriously, "Nevermind's" a visceral record, imagine that with the production of "in Utero"... I think "Nevermind" sounds really dated production-wise, whereas the more stripped approach on "In Utero"' has aged incredibly well. "Nevermind" has a lot of "gloss", but it's starting to peel and show its age - not the songs at all, but Vig's a damned hack at best x.
Greg, I understand what you're saying when you say "I needed more". I am often able to appreciate repetition in music without needing a switch up in sound or tempo, but several songs on this album leave me feeling like something is missing. There are great songs on this album for sure, but some of the songs just don't do it for me.
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