Flies the Fields

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Flies the Fields cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 March 2005
  • Label: Quarterstick
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:34
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Kyle Crabtree, Robert Weston, Fay Davis-Jeffers, Jeff Mueller, Todd Cook

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Engineered by Steve Albini, the Louisville quartet's third album captures an incredibly dry, taut sonic profile. Led by Jason Noble and Jason Farrell, the angular guitar interplay weaves through complex math-rock time signatures and stark, brooding post-rock structures, conveying a deeply anxious midwestern melancholy.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, uncommon-time-signatures, rhythmic, dissonant, intricate

Tracklist

  1. Axons and Dendrites (5:23)
  2. Louven (5:49)
  3. Morays or Demon (4:35)
  4. It's Not Too Late (4:24)
  5. Sheets and Cylinders (5:20)
  6. The Human Face (5:14)
  7. Untitled w/ Drums (4:06)
  8. Paper Lanterns - Zero Return (8:40)

Credits

  • Todd Cook - bass, electric guitar
  • Jason B. Noble - bass [con funk shun-esque], guitar, vocals
  • Kyle Crabtree - drums, other [drove the 'pleaseer'], guitar, vocals
  • Jeff Mueller - guitar, vocals, other [cooked life sustaining food]
  • Fay Davis-Jeffers - vocals
  • Giovanna Cacciola - lyrics by [co-wrote]

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