Shoulder Voices
Shoulder Voices | ||||
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Released | 1994 | |||
Genre | Noise pop[1] | |||
Label | Placebo Beggars Banquet[2] | |||
Producer | Ger Griffin, Stevie M., Jimi Shields | |||
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Shoulder Voices is the debut album by Rollerskate Skinny, released in 1994.[3] The album was named the Album of the Month in CMJ. It led to an appearance on the 1994 Lollapalooza tour and a recording contract with Sire Records.
Critical reception
[edit]Trouser Press called the album "a fascinating and delightful debut that jumps easily from intimate indie tunefulness (the vocals sound like Pavement) to free-fire pop noise, with plenty of wild and wonderful textures along the continuum."[4] Washington City Paper wrote: "Mixing the sonic textures of My Bloody Valentine with the rich melodies of Echo & the Bunnymen and angular, runaway rhythms, Voices' layered brilliance was maniacally complex, immediately catchy, and refreshingly innovative."[5] The Times wrote that "for a generation of Irish music fans, the Dublin art-rock band Rollerskate Skinny's Shoulder Voices (1993) was as important as Nirvana's In Utero and Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream.[6]
Track listing
[edit]- "Miss Leader"
- "Violence to Violence"
- "Lúnasa"
- "Bring on Stigmata"
- "Bella"
- "Ages"
- "Bow Hitch-Hiker"
- "Some Give Birth"
- "Shallow Thunder"
- "Slave"
- "So Far Down Up to Heaven"
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Shoulder Voices - Rollerskate Skinny | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 115.
- ^ "Rollerskate Skinny | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Rollerskate Skinny". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ Porter, Christopher (18 June 1999). "Kid Silver". Washington City Paper.
- ^ Maguire, Siobhan (2 October 2023). "On record: Favourite Sons" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.