Squirrel Bait - Rose Island Road

from Skag Heaven LP 1987.
Who knows what would have happened if Squirrel Bait had remained together after the release of their second (and last) album, Skag Heaven? Perhaps today they'd be recognized by more than the handful of indie-rock junkies who were pleasantly blind-sided by them in the mid-'80s. Fortunately for the rest of you, the band's entire recorded portfolio is available on this one magnificent CD--and it's worth a listen. These five unlikely lads from Louisville, Kentucky, codified what was great and magical about independent record making: true one-hit wonders. Peter Searcy's tortured, strained vocals spew teen angst against a rush of buzzsaw guitars and Ben Daughtrey's incredible drumming. The soaring, incendiary "Sun God" is amazing.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• squirrel
• bait
• rock
• grunge
• post
• slint
• 1987
• skag
• heaven

[poolsidenyc]

Just cant type anything cool enough. Hall of Famer type band.

[Morthund]

Awe inspiring

[cri8tor]

Thank you so much for posting these songs!

[TimDean66]

Like Rites of Spring...most modern day kids don't know the intense influence that these little known bands had on todays bands that are profiting big-time from their underground forefathers. These guys had something very special. Their 2 discs are timeless!

[BoycottStabb]

Pompous statement alert! Squirrel Bait, Moving Targets, Rhythm Pigs etc made the mid/late 80's bearable. The power of the best hardcore trailblazers, with the creativity a lot of that scene had forgotten. Sounds as fresh as ever, timeless.

[Gurfism]

@Disburden

I couldn't agree more!

[Hamiltonphoto1]

A band before their time no doubt !

[wisterV]

Dorm mates turned me onto this 20 yrs. ago. It's just as awsome, where as some of the stuff we were listening to back then wore thin over just a few years.

[mojocatt]

Wow thanks for posting, I caught Slint as I came to the end of adolescence, but missed Squirrel Bait. Awesome.

[dangrabat]

Paul K, Ron Wants his twenty bucks back.

[kickfostermac]

Can you upload any Malignant Growth?

[NickLord1969]

wow.....this was the intro music for my brief and undistinguished late-night late-80s college radio career--HELL of a song!