Slint existed briefly in the late 80’s and early 90’s and has stood against time as a band equally
innovative as hypnotic. Their genre can be defined as post-rock, maybe post-hardcore.
Members David Pajo, Britt Wilford, Brian Mcmahan, and Todd Brashear collectively created one
of the most renowned “underground” albums of human time.
Spiderland was good, so good that it has earned the title of best of all time on the internets
largest music forums. But its hard to get into, and that is an aspect of music that we must not
overlook, perception is how a band shapes who they are and Slint was always shrouded in their
unique use of rhythm and unorthodox methods of production.
Personally, this album hits really hard to me, it flows together perfectly but to the average ear of
my parents, they view this as nothing but long out guitar melodies and spoken word that sounds
like a man in a mental asylum is reading off his wall of notes.
Breadcrumb trail the first song on the album is easily the most renowned and accessible for
people to listen to. Its a perfect 10/10, the originality and flow, the harmonies and distortion hits.
Its a 6 song album, however, it’s not short. Spiderland comes in at around 40 minutes of pure
dissonant eerie jaded emotion and carries itself through diverse tracks.
My favorite songs, are Good Morning, Captain. Washer, Breadcrumb Trail
This album is a 8/10, lots of people credit this as a perfect album, which I could agree too.
Perfect means accessible though and I think a lot of the beauty of this album comes with
appreciating the genre that Slint solidifies.
