Tentacles (album)

Tentacles
Studio album by
Crystal Antlers
ReleasedApril 6, 2009 (2009-04-06)
Recorded2008–2009, Closer Recording, San Francisco, California, United States
GenresPsychedelic rock, garage, punk
Length40:02
LabelTouch and Go Records
ProducersCrystal Antlers, Joe Goldring
Crystal Antlers chronology
EP
(2008)		 Tentacles
(2009)
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No Ripcord8/10 link
Pitchfork6.7/10 link
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Yahoo!8/10 link

Tentacles is the debut album by the band Crystal Antlers. It was released via Touch and Go Records on April 7, 2009 in the USA and a day earlier in the UK.[1] Tentacles marked the final new release on Touch and Go for the foreseeable future after the label decided to downsize its operations significantly.[2][3]

The album was met with a generally positive reception by critics, attaining a score of 71% from the reviews collated by Metacritic.

Track listing

  1. "Painless Sleep" - 2:16
  2. "Dust" - 2:27
  3. "Time Erased" - 3:37
  4. "Andrew" - 3:34
  5. "Vapour Trail" - 2:18
  6. "Tentacles" - 1:54
  7. "Until the Sun Dies (Part 1)" - 2:50
  8. "Memorized" - 3:53
  9. "Glacier" - 3:01
  10. "Foot of the Mountain" - 0:25
  11. "Your Spears" - 2:24
  12. "Swollen Sky" - 4:12
  13. "Several Tongues" - 7:11

Personnel

  • Jonny Bell: vocals, bass, woodwind
  • Errol Davis: guitar, organ
  • Andrew King: guitar
  • Victor Rodriguez-Guerrero: organ, piano
  • Damian Edwards: percussion, woodwind
  • Kevin Stuart: drums
  • Daniel Hawk: brass on tracks 8 and 9

References

  1. ↑ "Crystal Antlers: Tentacles | PopMatters". Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  2. ↑ "Chicago indie label Touch and Go downsizes its operation". TheGuardian.com. 19 February 2009.
  3. ↑ "Touch and Go Downsize". 19 February 2009.
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