Slint - Breadcrumb Trail

[TheBoomstickhero]

it's post scorched earth angular funk... duh.

[lukerr87]

I'm new to Slint and this is the only song from them that I can actually enjoy, probably because they're different to the genre I usually listen to, I'd really like to get into post-rock so could anyone suggest any other awesome slint songs?

[gogolplex74]

there must be baby from Nevermind under that water

[kawadamark]

@gogolplex74 that's actually a nice analogy for the difference of talent between slint and nirvana.

[cloverhoseman325]

This was on PJ20 Slint kicks ass!!!

[thelixir715]

smile everytime the first notes start

[quintinebio]

perfect album.

[salmonphatshoes]

@RkivUnderground yeah dude. slint rocks

[RkivUnderground]

Yippie! Got this on vinyl today.

I find it a masterpiece.

[TheDiddywahdiddy]

@RkivUnderground

I also got this on vinyl today !

nuff respect

[mwhight]

Bought this album this afternoon, and this song actually scared me. This is my first post rock album, and it's like nothing I've ever heard. The whole album is very.....spooky IMO. Maybe I'm not ready for this type of music yet. Anyone else have similar thoughts about Spiderland?

[Shotgunnova]

@mwhight It definitely has spooky qualities to it, fter awhile, you may find Spiderland's not quite as depressing as the flooded quarry on the cover. Try listening with headphones!

[LucidDream]

@mwhight Understandable. It's a bit of a dark/creepy album in a way. I think the cover of the album helps set the tone, sorta brings to me a nostalgic feeling of someone else's memory.

[evanisgay11]

Still waiting on that fucking reunion.

[5050Killer]

I said good-bye to the ground.

[ChrisFreedoms]

goood grove :) 

[Terminalsobe]

this reminds me the track like herod. mogwai sure impressed a bit from this band.

[fletchermunsoncurve]

i miss dynamics. this was one of the better recorded records of this later era.  it was nice to see Vu meters realy move

[joesmomisdead]

Michael Cera was in Slint?

[alvxthom]

No argument, this is one of the greatest albums ever created. I could drink bleach and still be happy if I was listening too this.

[TurningIntoGod]

I'm glad, so so glad...

[TheCagedTiger]

Am I the only one who thinks this is one of the best album covers ever made?

[rhombusskullvsteal]

@TheCagedTiger I agree

[AllForRockNRoll]

This band kind of reminds me of Drive Like Jehu. Of course they came after Slint so it should be the other way around, but does anyone know if they had some kind of influence on each other?

[takeaimfiremusic]

A similar song is Lingering by Constant Supply - check the vid out on youtube folks x

[unfolk]

I can't believe this is 20 years old... a cool album indeed

[slowblood99]

The beginning of post rock

[knocknocknockHi]

A nod to Velvet Underground, a wink at Captain Beefheart and a kiss blown to Throbbing Gristle.

[Rainhands22]

The song is good until 1:17. Then it becomes garbage.

[Meereeo]

@Rainhands22 go away.

[metastasisman]

@Rainhands22 I wouldn't say "garbage," but yeah, it becomes kinda generic doom-rocky teenage angst music. Kinda trite and over-dramatic. But the first part was great.

[johnreedclub]

@metastasisman hahahahahaha sure.

[king11fallen]

Well... this is a very good subgenre of progressive rock. My respects for the other categories that are not symphonic rock.

[headradio0]

Like Herod is this song on steroids.

[uxoriousNO]

no bro they are like post hardcore math rock , nah dude they are pre goth stainless metal wired gregorian web chant. once again whoever sounds the most obscure wins!

[arseropes]

@uxoriousNO

Yeah dude, anti-intellectualism rules. Never think about anything.

[uxoriousNO]

@arseropes Never call yourself an intellectual but work hard to develop your intellect

[uxoriousNO]

@arseropes No wait. This is my official quote. "Develop your intellect but never be an intellectual." Self styled intellectuals never escape their own pretense.

[uxoriousNO]

no I take it back. slint fans are fruitcups. I just read through some comments and sure enough....everything I said ..hahahahahha

[uxoriousNO]

I dont even have any particular problem with slint. its the people who treat slint like a coolness accessory that bother me. it just seems like a lot of slint fans are pretentious about how most people have never heard of them

[uxoriousNO]

slint is lame. people like them because it is human nature to want your own little secret. slint is a secret because they suck.

[MyBeautifulZygote]

@uxoriousNO Actually, Slint is good because they were original, have cool vocals, have incredible virtuoso instrumentation. And since when is Slint a secret? This is quite a well-known album. In fact, it's a classic.

[uxoriousNO]

@MyBeautifulZygote not sure what you consider classic criteria?

[MyBeautifulZygote]

@uxoriousNO It is widely considered a classic of alternative rock, underground music, and post-rock. That's the classic criteria. Along with the fact that it's preserved in the National Registry.

[phantom5691]

@uxoriousNO too bad you are not a secret

[GizmoLico]

Hmmm, Slint, Talk Talk, or Godspeed for best post-rock band?

Answer: all of them

[fat8622]

@GizmoLico slint are post-hardcore/math rock, and the answer is Sigur Ros

[GizmoLico]

@fat8622 Slint are also post rock, and Sigur Ros are overrated

[Onimyst]

@GizmoLico Mono... if you could call them Post-rock.

[KatzenjammerFuu]

@GizmoLico They're all very good but none of them can touch Mogwai.

[ErnestCortez]

I want to meet the two people who disliked this video.

[AgressoExpresso]

@ErnestCortez Just give me five minutes with them, i am so fucking upset they don't like what i like.

[belay93]

Slint, i miss you !!!!

[thejahmes]

I first heard Spiderland this autumn while tripping on mushrooms, haven't been able to stop listening since. Such a morbidly beautiful album.

[MoralNihilism]

I think this is their best song, easily better than 'Good Morning, Captain'.

[fat8622]

@MoralNihilism "Nosferatu Man" is much better

the whole fucking album is just so good, though

[BeckMCS9876]

@MoralNihilism An argument over which song is better on Spiderland is pretty much the same as what came first the chicken or the egg both arguments are impossible to resolve cause Spiderland is easily one of th greatest albums of all time. Slint petition anyone?

[Smellycats4eva]

I know what you mean about 1:23, or rather 1:19, its def a key moment in the song, so much emotion

[thomasthomtithom]

trippiest song

[Bayview05]

i've heard all of these songs before... I cant place what other band sounded EXACTLY like this

[vivemaker]

@Bayview05

try to remember, because i listened to many band's who should be very similar to slint but did not at all. So i would really like to know which one you mean. I'm still trying to find more music like spiderland but maybe this is just one of a kind.

[goipauset]

id say Spiderland is possibly the closest album to perfect ever made

[KmaC2464]

@goipauset I agree but i feel like nosferatu man doesn't fit sometimes.

[lubaluba56]

I was in Camden when I heard this for the first time. I was new to the whole scene, buying vintage clothing for the first time, and I asked a cool oriental chick what the name of the band was. She wrote it down on a receipt including her phone number. I didn't call because she was too forward. True story,

[KmaC2464]

@lubaluba56 You fucked up.

[saredrenwells]

s a r e d r e n w e l l s

[Smellycats4eva]

First song I heard by slint..it bored me but good morning captain got me hooked. Now Im coming back to this. I like spoken word. I like the opposite colliding rythyms

[madeofspite]

#1 song of 2010 for me. I discovered great stuff this year. Music is going to get me through the next 3 years of high school.

[bankooki]

Last night I listened to this album in its entirety in complete darkness, and it was brilliant. I encourage you all to do the same :)

[MoralNihilism]

@bankooki I have done the same and I agree.

[madeofspite]

@bankooki

One of the best things a human being can do. Definitely on the 1,000 things to do before you die list.

[inhaze19]

the part at 1:35, when he starts to sing/yell, thats the greatest thing ever. god this lp is amazing!!!!!

[carliboy908]

One of the best post-rock albums ever made

[fence1467]

Amen! Also, preach.

[MarleyXVI]

I just found this record in a big dusty pile in my basement. I put it on and listened to it about 3 times in a row it was so good. These people deserve way more credit and recognition.

[charataxis0093]

lol. I think Tool is way overrated. Good band, but I don't find them that influential. Spiderland was incredibly influential.

[y2zgt]

Thank humanity for the internet. I have found so much good music and music that influenced music I like with the internet. I can't imagine how closed minded and un-knowledgeable about the real history (non mainstream like beatles etc) of music people must of been. Youtube is great for looking up music you read about it on other websites!

[madeofspite]

The album is great for when you just want to close yourself off from everybody and think/rest. They should crank this shit during hypnotism sessions!!!

[whoopdewhoop]

If there was more singing and less talking, this stuff would be insane. The beats and rhythms are unbelievable. I can't believe this band came from Louisville, same with the Squirrel Bait. Good stuff.

[phantom5691]

when i first bought this album many years ago, i listened to it REPEATEDLY for like 3 weeks. it is just fucking incredible.

i cant tell you how happy i was when they played in new york about 2 years back. it was the only time i have ever seen them live.

[BelgianBass]

best album cover ever

[Bellecygne]

I don´t think to find an enigmatic rock band nowadays, but I think think think think think think think is possible

[lukyman7]

when did this song come out? it reminds me of an At the Drive-in song

[fence1467]

which ATD-I song????

[eigengenie]

@fence1467 i would guess invalid litter dept. because of the spoken words

[fence1467]

@eigengenie : I hear some similarities. Kinda reminds me of their song 198D too.

[North0house]

I really wish I remember how I heard about Slint. I'm pretty sure someone suggested it to me on a music forum. Whoever they were, I'm immensely grateful... This is one of the best CDs that I own. I even looked forever to find it in hard copy. Best stuff there is really.

[venusfly9108]

This is some nice music. The beginning actually reminds me of that one song by Thursday, which I thought was pretty good, until I heard this, now I feel like they stole from these guys and have almost no interest in listening to them anymore.

[bruinfan05]

thumbs up if 1:23 was a life-changing event for you the first time you heard it

[donkeybrainsify]

@bruinfan05

that's a bit too much to say, maybe if this had been my first post-rock experience, but I think not many things will suprise you after hearing Godspeed and Explosions. This is a great song nonetheless. I did kinda have that feeling when I heard the conclusion of Goodmorning Captain ;)

[23grover]

@bruinfan05

The whole album, when I first heard it in the early 90s, changed everything. But you're right. That fraction of a second made me think, "Oh, what have I gotten myself into with this band?"

[wolfj0urnal]

this may sound strange, but i hear a lot of spirals in this song

[Chickidydow]

This is terrible, repetitive, pretentious garbage

[Shotgunnova]

@Chickidydow Kinda like your face! Haha... Just kidding. Rosacea is a serious dermatological problem.

[ninjapocky3]

@Shotgunnova

Just for that, I love you.

[aphexaic3213]

@Chickidydow pretentious garbage? this band started a genre that has a lot of pretentious garbage (post rock), but that genre has also classified many amazing bands' albums including radiohead's KId A and Amnesiac.

these were kids who created beautiful minimalist music and a brilliant conceptual album. if that's pretentious then I want to be pretentious too. i'll agree that this isn't for everyone though... aka not for people's ears that are aesthetically lazy.

spiderland rules.

[Chickidydow]

@aphexaic3213 Radiohead is pretentious and overrated as well.

All music is subjective. Obviously if i find this to be nothing but worthless pretentious garbage and you somehow perceive it as something more than that, then thats fine. I honestly dont care what stupid crap you listen to, because its all subjective. Dont you fucking dare presume just because i think this stupid song isnt OMG AMAZING i have some kind of lazy ear. I can just as easily say your ear hears things that arent there

[truthemulator]

@Chickidydow saying something is pretentious and overrated is usually indicative of a lazy mind. with your surly attitude, it seems to be the case again.

[mattymm34735]

i came across this band from rateyourmusic that site is truly amazing, if ur looking for a new band to get into check that site out i filled my ipod using it lol. ppl there know music, u wont find any of todays mainstream crap on their top charts

[mateyladies]

Best fucking band ever. Coming across this just pissed me off that we have all grown up and no one makes this kind of music anymore. This was an amazing time in Louisville.

[skateNappreciate]

found these guys on the mogwai wikipedia page

[maintenancemusic]

@theimben yes, what I meant was, it was funny that anyone could have thought that Tool influenced Slint, that such a sentence ever needed to be constructed.

[maintenancemusic]

"Tool couldn't possibly have influenced Slint. Slint came well before Tool." omg one of the funniest comments I have ever read on YouTube. rofl @wordupassholes

[theimben]

@maintenancemusic

True though.

[TheOrgasm2000]

One of the best albums I've heard in a while.

[OHmygodXoBil3]

too bad this band was short lived , one of the classics of the 90s. Anyone know what the members are doing now?

[Devaprakash777]

I checked these guys out because of Indian Summer, and WOW!!!, I wanna play this alone in my room at nite with the lights off

[aerosolcaneire]

im the singers father except for im not really hes my son im the bass players second cousin once removed from another country im nobody okfuck you

[jack00008]

1:25 is life changing for a lot of people.

[comeonboeltsy]

vivadixiesubmarinetransmission­plot by sparklehorse and spiderland by slint are all I need.

[Basetrem]

time for the collective unconscious to get into slint again

[phucketification]

i dont think a band or an album has caught my imagination as well as slints spiderland

[bootsy900]

did slint have any idea what they were creating when they were just pencil necked geeky kids?

i'm 34 now and get the same goosebumps and weird transfixed state of mind now as when i was 15, every time i listen to spiderland.

over rated? kanye west is probably true talent in your eyes, eh? c'mon...

amazing...

[NightRanger77]

Good, but over rated.

[NinteenEightyNothing]

How do they play the instruments in the water?

[scottpastry]

the girl grabbed my hand....

i clutched it tight....

i said goodbye to the ground.....

:)

[riteguard22]

lyricgasm

[ellof]

BRILLIANT

[deSadetheImpaler]

so fucking epic..i agree w mamasky,this record washes over you

[bigmamasky]

cover photo notwithstanding, this record bathes you in sound. fuckin cleansing

[fujitascale]

1991.

[boogerking100]

Not long after their final release there were so many rumours about Slint.The album cover with the gut shot dude in the snow, the whole band being admitted to a mental institution in N.C. Weird. Def, one of the best acts on Merge/Touch and Go.

[AlucardsTheMan]

holy hell, this song is awesome.

[limonmental]

sublime, un himno a la demencia

[GrungeRock1991]

Tool and Slint are absolutely nothing alike. They're both great in their own way, but in completely different ways.

[giuseppeliverino]

If you like Slint try the band Shipping News, album Flies the Fields.

Also MWAAARGH I MISS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SergeantLedge]

Shipping News is amazing, but I prefer their album Three Four.

[doncheivv]

Amazing band.

PS: Tool sucks ;)

[miranybeetle]

what is it about tool that you don't like?

[SimplyShadow]

great band, amazing album. fuck me im stoned.

[Blondfoxy83]

sweet and simply magical.....

[Spr4ynPr4y]

Am I the only one who likes both tool and slint?

Tool made 2 good albums; undertow and aenima. Sure, they're incredibly pretentious, but they make good music, and they're doing a good job of putting shitty modern music where it belongs.

Slint, on the other hand, is just plain genius. Easily one of the best indie bands out there. It's up there with neutral milk hotel and radiohead.

[ArtDog92]

I enjoy how there are only a handful of people that can accept the possibility of liking two different bands without comparison. (enjoy is sarcastic btw)

[miranybeetle]

love em both. glad there are others out there. there should be a club and we could go and have meetings in someone's basement, like fightclub... stares thoughtfully out the window at buildings because the sky is a thing of the past.

[wordupassholes]

Tool couldn't possibly have influenced Slint. Slint came well before Tool.

I just listened to this album. Man, the most interesting thing I have heard in a long time.

[tetsusaigaiy]

@wordupassholes

I think Slint influenced Nirvana aswell...

[darthsketch]

Sounds A LOT like Tool minus all the gain and weird effects. I like this more though. Btw...all the Tool haters in this thread need to stop dick-riding pitchfork like a bunch of wannabe hipsters and actually give their first two albums a listen. GENIUS. Everything after that is boring as hell though.

[do0rkn0b]

tool is pretty bad.

[metalcore929]

Sounds nothing like Tool.

[youknowwhoyouare8]

@darthsketch How about TOOL sounds A LOT like Slint minus all the gain and weird effects. Slint was around well before Tool started, do your research

[darthsketch]

I never said Tool came before Slint. You're an idiot.

[riteguard22]

tool and slint are almost identical

[DazedNConfused01]

No they're not!

[riteguard22]

it was a joke, i just thought the arguyment was ridiculous, i apologise for any slint/tool fans out there...

[jygattozzi]

alright thanks i will

[jygattozzi]

im really new to this type of music so if anyone could suggest some bands for me that would be awesome.

thanks

[langerlord]

Try Mogwai and Tortoise. They're both really good and kinda similar to Slint.

[EyeofyourMind84]

Agreed. Also, June of 44 and Rodan (some of the guys from Slint were in Rodan). And maybe Shellac...

[jcabb1]

hum

[scottpastry]

yes shellac yes tortoise yes mogwai.. all excellent...

not this type of music exactly , but i would add trans am, Neu!! and Can... all interesting conceptually and all quite unique

long live postrock!!

[scottpastry]

what a beautiful story... a dream translated very well...

[Scuddi]

Why is Tool in the same sentence as Slint. This is genius music. Tool on the other hand is pretentious shit. Maybe if they stopped riding their own cocks they could make real music.

Also at one point I liked Tool. Then I listened to more music and realized what a joke they are.

[BigWill2k]

what? come on...if you saw them live youd change your mind

[merlincorina]

Cool band and Great song.

[burningbeing]

Great song.

[Devmeister91]

this is so unlike anything else I listen to, but I just find it so enthralling and addictive. It's like I need a 'Slint fix' to get me through the day

[Sagrdum]

nice at first it was fucking bored but when you realize the song it becomes good

by: erik harkonnen

[AuronShinobi]

The song that inspired a generation of music, and no-ones heard of them.

[sizone]

@AuronShinobi anyone informed has heard of them. They dont curate ATP's cuz no one's heard of them.

[xxcreate1xx]

@AuronShinobi except when they come from your home town. So many good bands back then.

[xXGarretWCostaXx]

i found them looking for math rock bands. it sounds kind of different from other "math" stuff, like Protest the Hero and Dillinger Escape Plan. a lot slower and lighter

[Autoctonal]

me too

[gimpimusprime]

not really math rock at all. more like post rock before anyone had thought of that term

[bamlaflamme]

DEP and PTH are mathcore, so a much more heavy version of this :P

I'd say they are math rock, but they directly inspired post rock. For that, I thank them IMMENSELY. Amazing band.

[bolichm19]

tool sucks cock

[stopthrm]

You mean you hear slint in tool.

[bamlaflamme]

Lollll Tool is boring and pretentious. This is not. Don't hear a similarity, either.

[CrzyLion]

oh lol, i thought retards wouldnt listen to this band. "you mean you hear slint in tool"...

no i fucking mean time travel

[CrzyLion]

ofc the world is very surprised at people who dont like/know tool and dont recognise the band that (partially) inspired it.

[FuriousThoughts]

Cool band.