Silkworm: C/D?

fuck yeah the silkworm thread's open. party at the silkworm thread

Crust Brothers "Marquee Mark" physical object original pressing quietly reappeared on bandcamp friday (7 remaining as of posting):

https://thecrustbrothers.bandcamp.com/album/marquee-mark

goin to acuapulcooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

https://mintmile.bandcamp.com/album/roughrider

Nina Nastasia providing guest vocals on one track = ums catnip x2

haha no shit! thanks for sharing

"people who text with Steve Albini" rock

accurate!

kids these days are all Shoegaze this, Slowcore that, while overlooking what they REALLY need, the cure for what ails em: Missoula, Montana indie rock band Silkworm

— keegan (@FranziaMom) December 20, 2023

nice to see some love for silkworm. raging bull is an all-timer

i love the songs on libertine but it's serious earache to listen to on headphones, even by albini's standards. it actually sounds ass backwards to my ears; everything that should stand out in the songs is pushed to right the back. as spoken upthread, i wonder how this band would have done with a just marginally more forward production at times...

I feel like later on they did

if they were ever going to have a minor hit it was going to be this and I don't see how the production or mix could be better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9nQ8OARDcg

a lot of those earlier albini productions sound dated to me now - kind of muffled or flat or something? like i've never enjoyed how those classic pixies albums sound. sometime in the mid-90s things improved, the drums sound more alive on albums like firewater and at action park.

yeah I know what you mean it does feel like he makes some kind of breakthrough

or honestly maybe some of the bigger paydays meant he could buy better gear