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Band: Silkworm
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:32 am
by steve_Archive
tommydski wrote:The vinyl for Developer sounds incredible.
Gun to my head, my favourite SKWM record.
That was mastered at Abbey Road, direct to metal, and I remember the pressings being real clean as well.
Band: Silkworm
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:39 pm
by eephour_Archive
mt wrote:lars wrote:For those acquiring the full SKWM discography, do not overlook Developer.
It's in the top three, along with Lifestyle and Italian Platinum.
Developer!
I just ordered Developer - can't wait to get it. It is still readily available new on vinyl online.
Where?
Band: Silkworm
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:27 pm
by NerblyBear_Archive
Silkworm is a band that I should enjoy. But I do not.
The songwriting just isn't there. Silkworm's songs are generally based around progressions of three ringing, major chords, with pounding drums and nondescript vocals. Usually the guitarist will take about forty five seconds to play a solo, the style of which is oddly reminscent of some of Neil Young's '70's moments with Crazy Horse.
Silkworm wrote pedestrian, uninteresting, vanilla rock songs that sound to me just like an indie rock version of Tom Petty. Their melodies almost always fall flat. The guitar solos never reach me. And it's really strange, because Silkworm is a band that works in a vein I am usually really enamored of. But there is something off about all of it. I have a hard time putting my finger on it. But I just don't like them.
Compare this stuff to what the Polvo or Sebadoh were doing at around this same period. The difference is immediately striking. Once you've heard the first couple of verses of a Silkworm song, you can predict exactly how the rest of the song will play out. It's music with no surprises or challenges for the listener. Now put on that Archers of Loaf album, "Vee Vee," which shares so many stylistic ties with Silkworm's approach. But here we have intricate and beautiful music that walks a tightrope, always sounding on the verge of collapse yet always finally coalescing into some strange, kaleidoscopic pattern.
Crap.
Band: Silkworm
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:56 pm
by andyman_Archive
NerblyBear wrote:Silkworm is a band that I should enjoy. But I do not.
The songwriting just isn't there. Silkworm's songs are generally based around progressions of three ringing, major chords, with pounding drums and nondescript vocals. Usually the guitarist will take about forty five seconds to play a solo, the style of which is oddly reminscent of some of Neil Young's '70's moments with Crazy Horse.
Silkworm wrote pedestrian, uninteresting, vanilla rock songs that sound to me just like an indie rock version of Tom Petty. Their melodies almost always fall flat. The guitar solos never reach me. And it's really strange, because Silkworm is a band that works in a vein I am usually really enamored of. But there is something off about all of it. I have a hard time putting my finger on it. But I just don't like them.
Compare this stuff to what the Archers of Loaf or Sebadoh were doing at around this same period. The difference is immediately striking. Once you've heard the first couple of verses of a Silkworm song, you can predict exactly how the rest of the song will play out. It's music with no surprises or challenges for the listener. Now put on that Archers of Loaf album, "Vee Vee," which shares so many stylistic ties with Silkworm's approach. But here we have intricate and beautiful music that walks a tightrope, always sounding on the verge of collapse yet always finally coalescing into some strange, kaleidoscopic pattern of chords and notes.
Crap.
"How to make yourself
more hated"
You just a glutton fer punishment, aintcha, boy?
Band: Silkworm
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:31 pm
by mt_Archive
eephour wrote:mt wrote:
I just ordered Developer - can't wait to get it. It is still readily available new on vinyl online.
Where?
I ordered through interpunk.com.
I see it on vinyl also at, ironically, cduniverse.com, amazon.com, vinaledge.com and could probably find it listed at a few others.
Band: Silkworm
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:40 pm
by steve_Archive
NerblyBear wrote:Compare this stuff to what the Polvo or Sebadoh were doing at around this same period. The difference is immediately striking.
Well, this part is true at least. Probably not in the way you intend.
Band: Silkworm
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:51 pm
by NerblyBear_Archive
andyman wrote:
"How to make yourself more hated"
You just a glutton fer punishment, aintcha, boy?
Well, clearly I'm part of a tiny minority here.
Maybe there's something wrong w/ me. Just putting in my two cents.
Band: Silkworm
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:11 pm
by andyman_Archive
Probably nothing wrong with you, and no need to explain yourself.
I was merely predicting. Ignore.
Band: Silkworm
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:22 pm
by Marsupialized_Archive
Nerbly, comparing Silkworm to Polvo or Sebadoh is like comparing you to a real man.
Two things so completely different, it makes no sense for them to even pop into someone's head side by side.
It's like comparing a perfectly ripe delicious red apple to a rock sort of shaped like an apple, and the rock has dog shit on the bottom of it.
Silkworm were everything a good rock band should be. They did it right.
Band: Silkworm
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:13 am
by ssakmule_Archive
NerblyBear wrote:Compare this stuff to what the Polvo or Sebadoh were doing at around this same period. The difference is immediately striking.
Polvo maybe, but Sebadoh?
& crap?
