Alternately spectral and overwhelming, Spiderland is a singular achievement; plenty of bands would follow Slint's creative example in the years that followed, but few of them came close to the mysterious power and forbidding beauty of this music.
Spiderland doesn't sound like a hybrid of genres but rather something new, a breed of dark, brooding rock music that wasn't afraid to be abrasive or even confusing.
My reason it isn't a 100/100
The absence of anything resembling a tune continues to nag, and the mood improves when McMahan keeps his mouth shut.
Imagine blind-buying this in '91. Like, seriously. Record store nerd, looking for new stuff. You grab this black-and-white LP with four heads reaching above water. Remember this album had NO publicity, which is amazing. People would find the album ocasionally and just bring it home due to the curiosity caused by the album cover. If that isn't what describes a fantastic cover, I don't know what is. You (obviously) bring your new discovery home and then get to see if it was money lost. But I'll ... read more
Edit : holy fuck I was gonna keep this until midnight but i couldn't it hurt too much ily favourite album
This album is the worst thing to ever happen to the human race. Not a single redeemabke quality, every moment is pure pain. I'd rather listen to Angelic 2 The Core and Emoji Raps simultaenously for 3 weeks straight than hear another second of this.
1 | Breadcrumb Trail 5:55 | 96 |
2 | Nosferatu Man 5:34 | 93 |
3 | Don, Aman 6:28 | 90 |
4 | Washer 8:50 | 95 |
5 | For Dinner... 5:05 | 85 |
6 | Good Morning, Captain 7:39 | 97 |
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