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Slint
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Out of 19 votes - Similar Artists: Tarentel, June of 44, Explosions in the Sky, Rhodan, Tortoise, Don Caballero, the For Carnation, Squirrel Bait, Polvo
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Editor's review
Look up the term 'math rock' in the dictionary and you'll see four teens swimming up to their necks. This would be the cover of Slint's 1991 album "Spiderland," an indie-rock watershed that brought dynamic sensibility and precision to the genre. Whispered lyrics, claustrophobic tones, eerie guitars, and pointed drumming aligned like carbon molecules in a diamond. Artists such as Tortoise and Don Caballero followed in the footsteps of these pioneering musicians, and while in the context of those descendants it may be hard to grasp the importance of the group's contributions, Slint was the first to take precision and angularity (the hallmarks of math rock) and make it sing.
Biography
Slint established its earliest roots when, in 1981, at the ages of eleven and twelve, guitarist Brian McMahan and drummer Britt Walford began playing together in Louisville, KY. In 1984, Britt Walford and guitarist David Pajo started collaborating musically at the ages of fourteen and sixteen. 1985 saw the origination of Slint itself, the band then comprising Britt Walford, David Pajo, and bassist Ethan Buckler. Brian McMahan joined the following year.
In 1987, Slint recorded their debut album, Tweez, with Steve Albini behind the board in Chicago and released it on the short-lived and enigmatic Jennifer Hartman Records and Tapes label. At this time, Ethan Buckler departed and was replaced on bass by Todd Brashear. 1989 saw the recording of their untitled two song EP, engineered by Steve Albini, mixed by Brian Paulson, and released by Touch and Go Records.
In 1990, Slint recorded the landmark Spiderland album in Chicago with Brian Paulson both engineering and mixing. This release, in particular, became an independent music touchstone, loved and admired by hundreds of thousands of fans and emulated by a generation of musicans.
The following year, the year in which Spiderland was issued by Touch and Go, Slint broke up. Members of Slint found their way to or from Rhodan, Tortoise, The For Carnation, Evergreen, The Breeders, Bastro, Squirrel Bait, King Kong, and Palace Brothers.
