The origins of the album name is simpler than you think; it's called 'Spiderland' because one of the band mates's younger brother called their music "Spidery" after listening to this album
This album never gets old. The jangly guitars on Breadcrumb Trail, odd times signatures and distortion on Nosferatu Man, and extremely creepy instrumental on Washer literally kept my autistic ass hooked for 40 whole minutes. It’s only the 4th time I’ve listened to an entire album during a stream and not felt like I was redoing my 8th grade final exam. As a hardcore post rock fan, this is a certified post rock classic.
@@ileutur6863 how can you hear washer and good morning, captain (and maybe breadcrumb trail and for dinner...) and not see this as post rock? there might actually be a weaker case for spiderland being math rock lol
@@ileutur6863 similar to Talk Talk or Bark Psychosis it’s post rock in theory moreso than the genre that came about with Mogwai, Tortoise, Sigur Ros, GY!BE and into the 2000’s. There’s other similar bands from 91-96 that fall into the first category too, like Pram and Disco Inferno, Cul de Sac or Moonshake. It’s a hard genre to define there’s electronic stuff like Hood or something like Dirty Three or Swans.
People generally like "For Dinner..." the least, but for me it is one of my most listened songs on the album. When i was a kid we'd go to my grandmas place up in the middle of hills, surrounded by fields, creeks, and forest, and there was a quarry just down the road. For Dinner is a PERFECT musical repressntation of sinister dark green evening turning black, when everything is completely still. The mood of that track is just desolate, the low level sounds of dry creekbeds and being lost in wilderness at night. Washer aswell is completely entrenched in that eerie stillness. Theres is no other album that captures exactly how i feel about my grandmothers house/surrounding forest. At night the landscape goes impenetrable black and in the house the darkness suffocates the light.
I saw your review of this on AOTY without realising that it was a quote from the Rolling Stone interview lol Also I can't believe you didn't press the "The car is on fire and there's no driver at the wheel" button at some point
This album changed my life. I’m a musician and when I heard this, it opened my eyes to a new way of writing music. Without spiderland, I don’t know what kind of music I’d be making. This album is just a perfect listen all the way through, especially with the right vibes around me.
Once I started writing seriously, it was already way weirder and darker than my previous band (in which I did no writing), but hearing this album cemented that style for me. 1000/10 album
this album is really helping through some tough times right now. it didn't hit for me on the first listen, but its a definite grower worth coming back over and over again and the stories and mood just resonate more and more deeply. don aman, washer, and good morning captain are absolutely amazing, this album deserves to be preserved for the aliens to come to earth after we've been wiped out.
Some girl I matched with on Tinder told me to listen to this album. She unmatched me a day later but at least I got a good album recommendation out of it.
One of the best, for sure. With respect to the album's genre tag - it is not that easy to pin it down. These are the genres that could claim "Spiderland": math rock, post-hardcore, slowcore, emo, post-rock, indie rock. It just shows how influential and experimental it is. But post-rock is probably a good box, especially early post-rock is about pushing boundaries, which this album does definitely.
It's post-rock from before post-rock was a defined style. Post-rock meant boundary pushing atmospheric rock then - due to bands like Talk Talk, Slint and later Mogwai or even later GYBE, post-rock is now a very particular sound
@@pantsnjacket381 It's a debatable genre tag, but in light of the relatively early stage the genre was in at the time of release of this album, the case can be made imo.
My first listening of this album occured in the middle of a panic attack. As the album went on, I could feel my mind clearing, my breathing steadying, my world brightening. Finally, someone expressing how I TRULY feel. By the end, I was in tears, salty droplets streaming down my face endlessly. I felt complete. Absolutely gorgeous.
Slint is my 2nd favorite record ever for a good reason, it's a masterpiece. Glad you've checked it out now and I'm excited to see how you think of it :D
I haven’t found any slint clones. People say bcnr is a slint clone but I just see some influence, I don’t think they actually sound like Slint. Do you have any recommendations?
@John Oliveira The first one that comes to mind is the song " Swimming the Channel Versus Driving the Chunnel" by Botch, granted the rest of the album sounds nothing like this song but it's still a very obvious Slint homge
brad in a nutshell: "Yeah I think this is still one of the top 40 most acclaimed albums of all time on rate your music" *starts listening* "wow............. this is surprisingly GOOD"
I think this album stands out for having such a perfect structure. It sets you up with 2 absolute bangers and follows them up with a very long sequence of 3 slowburners, each one descending further into darkness in their own way, leading up to a bombastic closer
There's a band from Virginia called Kepone that features Mike Bishop (one of the founding members of GWAR) as the bassist/vocalist. They made three records during their lifespan, with various influences on each release. However, their first LP, 'Ugly Dance', has a really obvious Slint influence painted over the whole thing, as well as oddly well-fitting punk, southern rock and folk influences. Check it out, you won't regret it!
Lyrics were a last minute thing, basically made up in a car before recording. Steve albini was thinking it would be a purely instrumental albim, lyrics were added not long before recording
The first time I heard Good Morning, Captain I think my jaw was dropped for the entire song. I think it was the first post rock song I ever heard, and it just blew my mind that music could even sound like that.
This is an excellent album, Slint was inspired heavily by King Crimson when making this LP, and even then they managed to take the progressive sound and make it their own. Like the Velvet Underground, they were a band that very few people listened to, but every person that did made a band. 'Breadcrumb Trail' - Good exposition to the band's sound. 7/10 'Nosferatu Man' - The motifs the band likes to use are expanded upon here. 8.5/10 'Don, A Man' - The opening song to my nightwalk playlist. Slint continues to spare itself but you can feel that the tension is rising. To me, I've always felt that this album symbolizes one's struggle with violent emotional impulses represented through the band's very sparing use of noise. Throughout the first half of the album, everything is very bleak and reserved, but not for much longer. 9/10 'Washer' - You can begin to see the musical motifs begin to develop fully into something less reminiscent of spoken word. The band goes for the Larks Tongues in Aspic-esque blitzkrieg of noise to really open up the record and catch the listener's attention. At this point they've spent a good 20 minutes teasing and lulling the listener, and as the guitar fades back into the lulling minimalist rhythm that started the song, the band has now shown its hand on its true violent capabilities. 10/10 'For Dinner...' - This song basically just spaces the two big compositions on the album, nothing wrong with a bit of an interlude. 5/10 'Good Morning, Captain' - Excellent use of buildup, I mean you know what's coming with the end. The tension ultimately arcs into a complete breakdown of all order that the band has spent 90% of the album at this point building up. It's an overall excellent use of emotion, and the payoff is worth it. Apparently the vocalist drove himself to the verge of fainting recording the final part. Naturally, it ends the album, as it should. Nothing more needs to be said or done. 10/10 Everything about this album becomes even crazier once you realize all of the musicians in this band were very young, like closer to 16 than 25. The fact that they were able to compose such a mature album at their age in contrast to the gravely embarrassing 30-something year old pop stars who target teenagers and talk about breakups and being popular in high school is only a testament to this album's longevity. While this was their last LP, it definitely influenced a generation of musicians. 9.8/10.
This is an event record for all music, post rock and the 90s. Not only is it at least 10 years ahead but this record defines a new (perhaps irreplicable) formula of instrumental composition. 40 unmissable minutes, unique and above all, but not least, 40 minutes that rank among the most successful experiences in exploring new music, without resorting to stupid and monotonous stereotypes or current fashions: 9.5/10
The thumbnail for this video is goated. Also, this was the first time I heard this album was listening along on stream, and i've come back a couple times just to feel its emotions again.
I really hope he does Laughing Stock, eventually That, Slints Spiderland, and Tortoise's Milions Now Living Will Never Die are the holy trinity of early post-rock
My first time hearing Don Aman will always be one of my most cherished memories with music. Such a haunting and immersive sonic journey. Hit me so hard the first time I heard it
on the topic of the moment at 0:12 to 0:15 usually when i stop interacting with friends i just unfriend them cause i doubt they wanna have a friend who rarely interacts with them so.
this album is the definition of an introvert touching grass for the first time and feeling anxious
Or someone who’s allergic to ragweed pollen.
I stepped out onto the grass
Sounds like having a hard time breathing ngl
I can feel every blade of grass touching the bottom of my feet...and it is terrifying...
@@MalMotorDedo Spoiler alert: He brokedown at the end.
The origins of the album name is simpler than you think; it's called 'Spiderland' because one of the band mates's younger brother called their music "Spidery" after listening to this album
It kind of is spidery sounding whatever that means.
Fr the guitars sound like they're crawling
@@kaiwesener3650dammmmn you’re so fucking right
@@kaiwesener3650I miss you man
Hoping for the reaction of LMFAO's critically acclaimed record "Sorry For Party Rocking" next!
Most underrated out of the trilogy imo the story and lyrical content out ways the pop direction of party rock anthem imo
Tbh, I don’t even know if he’d be familiar with a band like LMFAO, they’re kinda niche aren’t they? Hoping he gives them some love though! 🙏
HE ACTUALLY REACTED TO THE TITLE TRACK ON STREAM TOO
hi ash
@@toonaerovana hi cris
Yooo the 2nd best Black Country, New Road tribute act
Slint is the definition of complex simplicity
Ayooooo these guys paved the road for modern post-hardcore acts like demondice
The drumming on this album is so incredible
britt walford is an incredible drummer
Seriously
Fr, it's really hypnotic 😵💫
this album would be a pure 10/10 if ed Sheeran, Justin bieber, free dust, and DJ Khaled were on this.
you forgot pitbull
you forgot Mr. LMFAO of LMFAO fame
what about drake from rap?
Lol@@GedamDikshant
DJ SLINT WE THE BEST MUSIC
I saw Fred and got excited what is this good music boooooo
Dred Furst
This album never gets old. The jangly guitars on Breadcrumb Trail, odd times signatures and distortion on Nosferatu Man, and extremely creepy instrumental on Washer literally kept my autistic ass hooked for 40 whole minutes. It’s only the 4th time I’ve listened to an entire album during a stream and not felt like I was redoing my 8th grade final exam. As a hardcore post rock fan, this is a certified post rock classic.
cringe
The singer threw up after that last scream, you can hear why. One of the most iconic screams in music.
i can definitely hear the jack harlow influence
Hey bro, this band lead the way into post rock like Mogwai and the likes thereof. Legendary album because it's actually good
Don't forget about Talk Talk's last two albums, those came before and were very influential
I don't understand how this is post rock in any way. These guys, mogwai and talktalk are just alt rock with some atmosphere on top
@@ileutur6863 how can you hear washer and good morning, captain (and maybe breadcrumb trail and for dinner...) and not see this as post rock? there might actually be a weaker case for spiderland being math rock lol
@@ileutur6863 no way
@@ileutur6863 similar to Talk Talk or Bark Psychosis it’s post rock in theory moreso than the genre that came about with Mogwai, Tortoise, Sigur Ros, GY!BE and into the 2000’s. There’s other similar bands from 91-96 that fall into the first category too, like Pram and Disco Inferno, Cul de Sac or Moonshake. It’s a hard genre to define there’s electronic stuff like Hood or something like Dirty Three or Swans.
People generally like "For Dinner..." the least, but for me it is one of my most listened songs on the album. When i was a kid we'd go to my grandmas place up in the middle of hills, surrounded by fields, creeks, and forest, and there was a quarry just down the road. For Dinner is a PERFECT musical repressntation of sinister dark green evening turning black, when everything is completely still. The mood of that track is just desolate, the low level sounds of dry creekbeds and being lost in wilderness at night. Washer aswell is completely entrenched in that eerie stillness. Theres is no other album that captures exactly how i feel about my grandmothers house/surrounding forest. At night the landscape goes impenetrable black and in the house the darkness suffocates the light.
Thank you for sharing this, amazing
Brad is not beating the itsy-bitsy spider allegations with this one‼️‼️
I saw your review of this on AOTY without realising that it was a quote from the Rolling Stone interview lol
Also I can't believe you didn't press the "The car is on fire and there's no driver at the wheel" button at some point
This album changed my life. I’m a musician and when I heard this, it opened my eyes to a new way of writing music. Without spiderland, I don’t know what kind of music I’d be making. This album is just a perfect listen all the way through, especially with the right vibes around me.
Once I started writing seriously, it was already way weirder and darker than my previous band (in which I did no writing), but hearing this album cemented that style for me. 1000/10 album
chocolate spider fish and the breadcrumb flavored water
Washer was the song that made me fall in love with the album
Good Morning Captain was like just as critical to me as losing my virginity
This is fake, all post-rock fans are virgins
Those two can coexist?
Very real
this album is really helping through some tough times right now. it didn't hit for me on the first listen, but its a definite grower worth coming back over and over again and the stories and mood just resonate more and more deeply. don aman, washer, and good morning captain are absolutely amazing, this album deserves to be preserved for the aliens to come to earth after we've been wiped out.
yeah this album is surprisingly 10 times better on the second listen
Awesome thumbnail! Also it's great that you liked the album so much, it's definitely a classic.
The outro to Nosferatu Man is actually unreal it's crazy how incredible the drumming is
Some girl I matched with on Tinder told me to listen to this album. She unmatched me a day later but at least I got a good album recommendation out of it.
One of the best, for sure. With respect to the album's genre tag - it is not that easy to pin it down. These are the genres that could claim "Spiderland": math rock, post-hardcore, slowcore, emo, post-rock, indie rock. It just shows how influential and experimental it is. But post-rock is probably a good box, especially early post-rock is about pushing boundaries, which this album does definitely.
It's post-rock from before post-rock was a defined style. Post-rock meant boundary pushing atmospheric rock then - due to bands like Talk Talk, Slint and later Mogwai or even later GYBE, post-rock is now a very particular sound
Even though there are elements of all these genres on Spiderland, math rock and post rock are probably the best descriptors
This band and album had nothing to do with emo.
@@pantsnjacket381 It's a debatable genre tag, but in light of the relatively early stage the genre was in at the time of release of this album, the case can be made imo.
@@KommentarSpaltenKrieger was that pun intended
My first listening of this album occured in the middle of a panic attack. As the album went on, I could feel my mind clearing, my breathing steadying, my world brightening. Finally, someone expressing how I TRULY feel. By the end, I was in tears, salty droplets streaming down my face endlessly. I felt complete. Absolutely gorgeous.
THE FORTUNE TELLER. SCREAMING BACK AT MEEEEEE
i love this album
WE STUCK OUT OUR HANDS AND MET THE WIND
The fact that they wrote this music when they all were 20 years old is so fucking scary. What a masterpiece!
Pretty good for a bunch of 20 year old goofballs who would otherwise make tape compilations of fart sounds called "intestinal breathing"
Slint is my 2nd favorite record ever for a good reason, it's a masterpiece. Glad you've checked it out now and I'm excited to see how you think of it :D
Just curious, what's your favorite?
just commenting under this cause now im curious too and i want to receive the notification
@@chao3948 same
Slint is the band, Spiderland is the record lol
Slint?
Sped up nosferatu man sounds like pop punk💀
One of my favs of all time. Listening to this in complete silence is the way to go. This album has an atmosphere that’s unmatched imo.
This album is so unique and stands on its own even tho there is quite a few clones
I haven’t found any slint clones. People say bcnr is a slint clone but I just see some influence, I don’t think they actually sound like Slint. Do you have any recommendations?
@John Oliveira The first one that comes to mind is the song " Swimming the Channel Versus Driving the Chunnel" by Botch, granted the rest of the album sounds nothing like this song but it's still a very obvious Slint homge
Mogwai (i enjoy)
Big ups
Shipping news
Maybe ‘clones’ is a strong word but the sentiment remains
@@johnoliveira5575 check out the song ghost by love.claire some of the riffs sound like theyd fit perfectly on spiderland
@@mradam9872 don't forget June of 44, Engine Kid, Rodan, Lowercase, Cerebeus Shoal.
This album sounds a lot more on the emo side. The moody atmosphere, the lyrics. It reminded me a lot to I hate myself in a way
My fave band!
brad in a nutshell:
"Yeah I think this is still one of the top 40 most acclaimed albums of all time on rate your music"
*starts listening* "wow............. this is surprisingly GOOD"
Brad X Slint combo wasn’t expected today but goddamn it was what was needed
the best translation of music to emotion I've ever heard
I think this album stands out for having such a perfect structure. It sets you up with 2 absolute bangers and follows them up with a very long sequence of 3 slowburners, each one descending further into darkness in their own way, leading up to a bombastic closer
There's a band from Virginia called Kepone that features Mike Bishop (one of the founding members of GWAR) as the bassist/vocalist. They made three records during their lifespan, with various influences on each release. However, their first LP, 'Ugly Dance', has a really obvious Slint influence painted over the whole thing, as well as oddly well-fitting punk, southern rock and folk influences.
Check it out, you won't regret it!
Slintpost
peak theater-core
Lyrics were a last minute thing, basically made up in a car before recording. Steve albini was thinking it would be a purely instrumental albim, lyrics were added not long before recording
This album changed the way I listen to music. I can't explain how much of an effect it's had on me.
The first time I heard Good Morning, Captain I think my jaw was dropped for the entire song. I think it was the first post rock song I ever heard, and it just blew my mind that music could even sound like that.
Best album of all time!
Bradley: no matter how bad my mood is the dj khaled sample always makes me lol same with kid rock
The drums in this album are just straight up hypnotic
This album and band is so important to me. Especially as a kind of outsider musician in Kentucky. Love it.
This is an excellent album, Slint was inspired heavily by King Crimson when making this LP, and even then they managed to take the progressive sound and make it their own. Like the Velvet Underground, they were a band that very few people listened to, but every person that did made a band.
'Breadcrumb Trail' - Good exposition to the band's sound. 7/10
'Nosferatu Man' - The motifs the band likes to use are expanded upon here. 8.5/10
'Don, A Man' - The opening song to my nightwalk playlist. Slint continues to spare itself but you can feel that the tension is rising. To me, I've always felt that this album symbolizes one's struggle with violent emotional impulses represented through the band's very sparing use of noise. Throughout the first half of the album, everything is very bleak and reserved, but not for much longer. 9/10
'Washer' - You can begin to see the musical motifs begin to develop fully into something less reminiscent of spoken word. The band goes for the Larks Tongues in Aspic-esque blitzkrieg of noise to really open up the record and catch the listener's attention. At this point they've spent a good 20 minutes teasing and lulling the listener, and as the guitar fades back into the lulling minimalist rhythm that started the song, the band has now shown its hand on its true violent capabilities. 10/10
'For Dinner...' - This song basically just spaces the two big compositions on the album, nothing wrong with a bit of an interlude. 5/10
'Good Morning, Captain' - Excellent use of buildup, I mean you know what's coming with the end. The tension ultimately arcs into a complete breakdown of all order that the band has spent 90% of the album at this point building up. It's an overall excellent use of emotion, and the payoff is worth it. Apparently the vocalist drove himself to the verge of fainting recording the final part. Naturally, it ends the album, as it should. Nothing more needs to be said or done. 10/10
Everything about this album becomes even crazier once you realize all of the musicians in this band were very young, like closer to 16 than 25. The fact that they were able to compose such a mature album at their age in contrast to the gravely embarrassing 30-something year old pop stars who target teenagers and talk about breakups and being popular in high school is only a testament to this album's longevity. While this was their last LP, it definitely influenced a generation of musicians. 9.8/10.
I’m curious how your rating system works; how is the album a 9.8/10 when Breadcrumb is only 7 and For Dinner is a 5?
link to that nightwalk playlist?
One of my favourite albums ever. Incredible band.
This is an event record for all music, post rock and the 90s. Not only is it at least 10 years ahead but this record defines a new (perhaps irreplicable) formula of instrumental composition. 40 unmissable minutes, unique and above all, but not least, 40 minutes that rank among the most successful experiences in exploring new music, without resorting to stupid and monotonous stereotypes or current fashions: 9.5/10
Bro is like: "wow the lyrics are so deep and well written and so good I'm in awe" while the lyrics are just about some guy in a carnival
the documentary on this is also overwhelms you in a good way
The thumbnail for this video is goated. Also, this was the first time I heard this album was listening along on stream, and i've come back a couple times just to feel its emotions again.
I have been waiting my entire life for this moment. Thank you Brad
Reminder that this album, Loveless, and Nevermind all came out in the same year
this is a certified brad taste
i fucking love this album
So glad you did this
i love slint so much
he finally did it 😲
absolutely legendary record, and particularly impressive considering how young they were at the time.
I love this record
I've been waiting for this all my life
Nosferatu Man is so damn good man, evil and grungy and banging
I really hope he does Laughing Stock, eventually
That, Slints Spiderland, and Tortoise's Milions Now Living Will Never Die are the holy trinity of early post-rock
One of my new favs, thanks.
day 4 of asking brad to review the ghost pop tape by devon hendryx (jpegmafia)
My first time hearing Don Aman will always be one of my most cherished memories with music. Such a haunting and immersive sonic journey. Hit me so hard the first time I heard it
Such a great piece of art! Love it!
Indie rock rite of passage... My friend Tomas Introduced them to me in high school in 2001 cause I'm OLD.
you thats my name
No one told you he was 15 when writing this and they were all 16 when making this album?
When the music in Nosferatu Man is sped up, it sounds like classic hardcore punk.
yeah but with the strange time signature😂
Post hardcore
@@user-bd5wi4ju7q eh, whatever
I can definetly feel the Bauhaus inspiration in this album.
Like what
As a kentuckian, i would like to declare this band coming out of lousiville a ky W
KY has Slint and Knocked Loose, never taking an L again
Thumbnail made me curl up in a ball thinking of all the times I never won the toy out of the claw machine.
Holy crap slint
Thank god
I FUCKING LOVE SPIDERLAND
"Nosferatu Man" sped up sounds like Orchid in a weird way
It's been years Brad
Britt Pearson is my favorite drummer of all time
As a drummer… um….
Yeah
NO FKN WAY I MISSED THIS STREAM 😔
One of the best rock albums ever released.
top 5 albums of all time its beautiful
my favourite album OAT
LET'S GOOOOOI
DON STEPPED OUTSIDE
I looooooove this album
FINALLLYYYY BROOO
Wait where is Belle? 😦
wtaf i literally checked if he had done this already like 4 days ago
15:26 why did that go hard
BRAD THESE HEADPHONES ARE FUCKED UP THE SOUNDS ONLY COMING OUT OF ONE SIDE…. should I just bear with it?
but who was flickering the lights...
Why does this remind me of Red by King Crimson? Maybe I’ve just been listening to too much KC recently lol.
if you liked this you'll most likely love Pinback
If Don Aman is incel music, I suppose any piece of art from the perspective of a socially anxious loner is incel
on the topic of the moment at 0:12 to 0:15 usually when i stop interacting with friends i just unfriend them cause i doubt they wanna have a friend who rarely interacts with them so.