It’s beautifully sunny outside so I’m listening to Slint. https://open.spotify.com/track/6zWbR4y3nTpXQ2YvXwvf56
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Wow, you’re like the only other person I’ve ever encountered who knows about this band.
They’ve been the go-to reference for a lot of the post punk revival that started in London in 2019/20. The original Black Country, New Road material drove the most comparisons, but I think it was a little overdone (critics thought comparisons made them sound clever imo). To me, Slint sit very squarely in Gen X apathy and I love it.
I discovered them in the mid-90s, not sure how, probably just found their CD (they only released two albums) in a record shop. I later learned they were from Louisville, where I lived as a kid.
This article came out around 20 years later. Damn, I feel old now.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/01/spiderland-slint-album-reinvented-rock