Even a Blind Chicken Finds a Kernel of Corn Now and Then: 1990-94

by Silkworm

Even a Blind Chicken Finds a Kernel of Corn Now and Then: 1990-94 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 20 January 1998
  • Label: Matador
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:06:10
  • Community rating: 3.62/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A compilation of the Chicago indie rock band's 1990 to 1994 recordings, as the subtitle states, including EP and demo material. Silkworm's dry, bass-led songs and Steve Albini-recorded rawness mark their early years.

Genres

Descriptors: alcohol, melodic, atmospheric, guitars, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Slipstream (4:58)
  2. Little Sister (6:46)
  3. Scruffy (6:16)
  4. St. Patrick's Day (5:03)
  5. Homoactivity (3:11)
  6. Scrawl (4:16)
  7. Three Beatings (6:57)
  8. Slow Burn (9:03)
  9. Our Secret (4:52)
  10. The Chain (5:17)
  11. Inside Outside (4:27)
  12. Shithead (2:26)
  13. Slipstream (5:45)
  14. Scruffy Tumor (3:57)
  15. No Revolution (4:57)
  16. Eye Window (4:12)
  17. Pearl Harbor (3:23)
  18. Motel Blues (6:43)
  19. Violet (3:56)
  20. Around a Light (3:41)
  21. In the Bleak Midwinter (3:27)
  22. Incanduce California (4:10)
  23. Insider (3:43)
  24. Hangman (4:51)
  25. The Smoochy Life (4:49)
  26. Scruffy Tumor (4:51)

Credits

  • Tim Midyett - bass, vocals
  • Andy Cohen - guitar, vocals
  • Michael Dahlquist - drums, vocals

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