Moonhead
Moonhead | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ||||
Studio album by Thin White Rope | ||||
Released | February 1987 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock Neo-psychedelia | |||
Length | 53:45 | |||
Label | Frontier[1] | |||
Producer | TWR & Paul McKenna | |||
Thin White Rope chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Great Alternative & Indie Discography | 8/10[4] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
OndaRock | 7/10[6] |
Select | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Moonhead is the second full-length album by Thin White Rope, released in 1987.[8]
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that the album "alters the modus operandi a bit, stretching song lengths and forging a provocative, embryonic bond between wiry, Television-styled guitar interplay and groove-conscious kraut-rock rhythms (held in place by Jozef Becker’s incredibly focused drumming)."[9] The Los Angeles Times called the album "excellent," writing that the band's "fuzzy, often dissonant twin-guitar solos recall such diverse groups as Television and Spirit, as its material takes traditional forms and bends them into something unexpected, going from Western gallops to psychedelic dirges."[10]
The Guardian deemed "Crawl Piss Freeze" "not so much a song as an apocalyptic death march," while AllMusic described it as a postcard "from the edge."[11][8] Spin wrote that the track creates "an unforgiving atmosphere of sparked vocals supplanted by an eardrum-piercing fretboard roar."[12]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Guy Kyser (except where noted)
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "Not Your Fault" (Becker/Kyser) | 3:45 |
2. | "Wire Animals" | 4:00 |
3. | "Take It Home" | 4:36 |
4. | "Thing" | 2:54 |
5. | "Moonhead" (Kyser/Becker/Kunkel/Tesluk) | 4:45 |
6. | "Wet Heart" | 4:34 |
7. | "Mother" (Kunkel/Kyser) | 4:27 |
8. | "Come Around" | 2:19 |
9. | "If Those Tears" | 3:16 |
10. | "Crawl Piss Freeze" (Kyser/Kunkel/Tesluk) | 5:34 |
11. | "Waking Up" | 2:43 |
12. | "Valley Of The Bones" | 2:54 |
13. | "Atomic Imagery" (Kyser/Tesluk) | 3:36 |
14. | "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby" (Jimmy Reed) | 3:54 |
15. | "Take It Home (Long Version)" | 6:17 |
Credits
- Guy Kyser – guitar, vocals
- Roger Kunkel – guitar, vocals
- Stephen Tesluk – bass, vocals
- John Von Feldt – bass
- Jozef Becker – drums
- with
- Paul McKenna – engineer, producer
- John Golden – Mastering
- Ross Garfield – Drum Technician
- and
- Greg Gavin – Cover Painting, Paintings
- Merril Greene – Photography
- Robin K. – Photography
- Wendy Sherman – design
References
- ^ "Moonhead - 2018 Remastered Edition, by Thin White Rope". Thin White Rope.
- ^ Mason, Stewart. Moonhead at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. pp. 123–124.
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1999). The great alternative & indie discography. ISBN 9780862419134.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1140.
- ^ "Thin White Rope - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto".
- ^ Select magazine, August 1990 issue, page 121
- ^ a b "Thin White Rope | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Thin White Rope". Trouser Press. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "A PROMISING ROPE". Los Angeles Times. March 23, 1987.
- ^ "Cult heroes: Thin White Rope were scorched, alien, hostile". the Guardian. March 24, 2015.
- ^ "Underground". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. July 6, 1987 – via Google Books.
- v
- t
- e
- Guy Kyser
- Roger Kunkel
- Jozef Becker
- Kevin Staydohar
- Stephen Tesluk
- John von Feldt
- Matthew Abourezk
- Frank French
- Stooert Odom
- The One That Got Away
- When Worlds Collide
- Spoor