Slint - Spiderland

Slint were a band that formed in 1986 and disbanded after recording their 1991 masterpiece, Spiderland.

Sometimes reviewing stuff you love is near impossible. So I suppose I'll put it this way. Spiderland is an enigma. It's like, as snoogans once said, a really dark episode of Twilight Zone. It's also like a film noir murder mystery that seems to unravel with repeated listens. Or it's possibly an attempt to strip rock and roll dynamic down to its barest form; so much so that you're left chasing the spoken word ramblings of a man on the edge and the wandering instruments that feel directionless, even though you know exactly where it's headed. Whatever it is, all answers lie in Spiderland. Hope you have as much fun trying to piece it together as I did. 

good morning, captain