Reviews (page 8 of 8)
One night in 2016 shortly after a bad breakup, I got really drunk, taught myself a couple chords on my guitar, and recorded what I called “automusic,” where I just made up the lyrics as I strummed over a couple notes. I didn’t care about tone, or wrong notes, or the song composition. Just raw emotion on the tracks. That is what this album sounds like, but this was professionally recorded.
Not sure what they were trying, but it didn't work out.
Don’t like this
I’m sorry but I really didn’t ask for white noise. This felt like their first studio session and they’re doing checks on instruments. This did not appeal to me at all. I believe I don’t have amazing authority over what should be considered great music and not, but I just don’t see how this is. I’m not sure how it was revolutionary or influential and I don’t think it was even good.
Absolute piss
Deeply boring spoken word indie rock.
I don't get it. heavy rock and whispering. Huh
Wow. That was a truly unpleasant listen. Atonal spoken/screaming word, nothing interesting musically. This is supposed to be an "influential" album -- like the old saying about White Light/White Heat spawning countless bands even without commercial success. This spawns feelings of contemplating suicide, wishing for it to be over. At least King Missile has a sense of humor. Unexpected bangers: none.
No no no. Whiny screaming emo guys no thanks
Well, that was underwhelming, boring, meandering, and pretty lame, overall. I'd never heard of Slint before, and now I see why.
Hideous. Nonsensical lyrics. No singing, just grunting, screaming and nastiness. Don't know how they were able to get this album produced.
Meh 2 No 1
Naw
Not for me, what a depressing way to start my day. "Washer" reminds me of the first Twilight movie - I'm not sure if it's a similar song on the soundtrack or the actual film score, but listen to 2:55 - 3:20. Can't you just picture Bella walking into the woods? I'm starting to think it might actually have been sampled... it's so similar. I looked it up, couldn't find any connection :(
Might come to regret this in the future but it was hard listening… the 1st time
Listened to it in Madison, over two days. Very weird kinda unsettling album
Barely listenable
Dios santo bendito, lo que me ha costado terminar esto. No me ha gustado nada de nada.
What is this garbs. A thousand and one bands in their garage sounded like this or better in the early 90s. Why is this here?
Trash.
Depressing. Atypical. Long chord progressions that provide the backdrop for Slint's storytelling. They go back and forth from slowly talking to singing. It's borderline creepy.
Terrible
Notes written on partial listen. I’m not sure I quite understand the approach of what the band was trying to achieve with this. The instrumentation quickly becomes quite monotonous. I wanted to say it is repetitive, but things change very very slightly throughout. Though if you were only half-listening it would all sound the same. Some of it isn’t all that bad, but every part of each song so far (I’m on 4 out of 6) is repeated too many times. The vocals, though, I truly don’t understand at all what is happening. As mentioned, I’m at song 4, and every song up to this point has just been a guy talking? Like not trying to sing at all, just talking like he’s telling a story. Track 4 is the first attempt I’ve heard at actual singing, if you can call it that. On top of all of that, there’s an excessive amount of sounds of fingers sliding up and down fretboards on guitar and bass tracks. There’s points where you can hear huge volume changes when an effects pedal is engaged/disengaged. There’s something to be said for the fact that much modern music is compressed to all hell and has almost 0 dynamic range. But holy shit, someone get this band some compressors. Things drop out and it’s so quiet I can’t hear it and turn it up and then suddenly the distorted guitars come back and it’s deafeningly loud. There’s such a thing as too much dynamic range. And if that’s what this band/producer/mixer was going for, they sure nailed it. On top of all of that, the songs are quite depressingly slow. This one is a big thumbs down for me. Into track 5/6 now. I’m feeling rather depressed now. I almost listened to this earlier in the day and I’m glad I didn’t because I had shit to do and listening to this would have made me less motivated to do any of it.
Was not a fan, I can see why people would like it just not for me.
I like the vibe, but there wasn't a whole lot of memorable content in there. I'll probably miss a question on Jeopardy about Slint even though I listened to this album.
Rock poetry and not in a good way. It didn't speak to me on any level and just sounded like an experiment rather than a finished album. Roll on tomorrow's offering...
Absolutely awful
knives in ears, slowly.
Got through two songs . It’s a nope from me
Definitely not for me either
Album 120 of 1001 Slint - Spiderland Rating : 1 / 5 From the album summary : "Spiderland is the second and final studio album by the American rock band Slint.". The key word in that quote is 'final'. That doesn't surprise me, at all. This simply sucked. I apologize to the ether for exposing it to this, again.
ASMR Post Punk sounds like a cool YouTube channel, but it makes for a pretty unlistenable album. The sad part is, the instrumentation is fantastic at times and the atypical time signatures/feels can be very welcome. But I am going to hear the vocals in every nightmare I have for the rest of my life.
Onko väkinäinen yritys muuttaa rakenteita mitään muuta kuin skeptisyyttää sen suhteen, että rakenteet voisivat muuttua?
This is not good. I don't know what they are trying to accomplish but the music is all over the place and the lyrics or just speaking parts are garbage. It was just there. It is probably better than a one but it is not a two.
rubbish self indulgent
That….was not pleasant to listen to.
Ugh
Spiderland is crap, it has loads of odd high-pitched guitar breaks that annoy the fuck out of me, the rest is a grungey mess punctuated by bad vocals. 1.
Another band that disappeared without trace - for good reason. Mediocre music with no content of any interest and vocals that are below standard for your average garage band made up of high schoolers.
Didn’t really catch my attention.
There were i in o redeeming qualities
Not it
So, as Jane was saying... "The music is so bland that it drowns out the monotony of itself. In addition, how pretentious of a band to think anyone would want to listen to something so dull". (0.5/5) Kind of reminded Shannah of Smashing Pumpkins. Enjoyed aspects though probably wouldn't listen to again. (1/5) Self-indulgent and boysy. (1.5/5) Conor thought it was ok... (2.25/5) (1.05/5)
No
Oef. Ik kende dit tot nu toe alleen van een T-shirt van Arjan (zwart met een wit spinnetje erop), maar ik vond het echt zwaar deprimerend.
Nope
Forstår ikke hvordan dette er på 1001
couldn't listen to that all the way to the end... What a boring crap. Why is that a top 1000 Album?
Unlistenable
Ljudet är platt och dåligt balanserat,, sången är för låg på hälften av alla låtar. Inte jättespännande, känns som de finns bättre band om gör den här lite storytelling-punk-grejjen. Pluspoäng för viss punkkänsla. Väldigt oinspirerande, låter som ens polares 'Fryshuset band' istället för en av artisterna bakom ett av 1001 världens bästa album? Kommer ha glömt att dessa existerar om 2h. Dock inte direkt dåligt? bara väldigt tråkigt
Only made it a few songs into the album and decided to stop - It's a very grungy kind of rock album with a great feeling of moodiness but just a bit too depressing and monotonous for my taste. Not too fond of the vocal style in the songs either but that's just my taste.
mumbleing nonsense.
Some of the instrumentals were pretty cool, but this album was not for me.
Edgy spoken word and whispering over droning, monotonous, and lazy riffs. Tracks are six to eight minutes long. Way too long. Garbage.
October 13, 2021 Just a lot of grungy background noise. The vocals are too quiet. I get this would be influential but I just think what came after is less fucking boring.
False
Spiderland is the second and final studio album by the American rock band Slint. Formed in 1986 in Louisville, Kentucky, having met as teenagers playing in the Midwestern punk scene, they soon diverged from their hardcore roots. By the time they recorded Spiderland in late 1990, the band had developed a complex, idiosyncratic sound characterized by atypical rhythmic meters, harmonic dissonance and irregular song structures. McMahan's vocal delivery alternates between spoken word, singing and shouting. The lyrics are presented in a narrative style, covering themes and feelings of unease, social anxiety, loneliness, and despair.
Weird. This album is weird. And it's also weird how a weird album is categorically considered great. Lots of spoken lyrics, mostly mumbled, alternating with screechy screaming. Mixed rhythms, dissonant chord structures... Sorry, this gets a solid 1 star from me.
Not a good album. Sounds like they’re drunk and sloppy when playing. No songwriting present, and the spoken word vocals are terrible. Not for me.
Spiderland is zoals een combo proberen tussen disneyland en spiderman gebouwd Het resultaat is echter plopsaland met mega Toby. It's a no for me
Meh
Boring. Not my style of music at all.
Only liked the song Washer. This style had no appeal to me whatsoever. Maybe if I was 40 years younger. Could barely hear the lyrics.
Nah bro.
I think they're trying to torture us now
Shit
I hate it. Makes me feel sick and sad inside.
Nope
Torture
Not a huge fan. I get it and I understand why it was influential to some genres that followed but overall I couldn’t get through the entire album.
Nej, lyssnar hellre på creepypodden än så här skum musik.
Not my thing
Garbage. Almost no vocals, just grunge strumming a guitar. Waste of time listening.
Shocker. The talking bits were very cringe
1.75
guitar #2 sucks.
Every last human is dead
For something experimental it is quite monotone. Like all the six songs resemble each other. And the music in general is not to my taste. I like rock, this is just garbage