What to Do About Them

by Swirlies

What to Do About Them cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 10 February 1992
  • Label: Taang!
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 22:34
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Seana Carmody, Damon Tutunjian, Andy Bernick, Ben Drucker

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An absolute cornerstone of the American shoegaze movement, this debut EP perfectly marries the detached ethos of slacker rock with overwhelming walls of My Bloody Valentine-esque distortion. The Boston group utilizes lo-fi analog recording techniques, burying intricate indie-pop melodies beneath layers of tape hiss and chaotic pitch-bending. It profoundly influenced an entire generation of noise pop and lo-fi revivalists.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, noisy, dissonant, melodic, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Tall Ships (4:33)
  2. Sarah Sitting (2:09)
  3. Her Life Of Artistic Freedom (1:47)
  4. Didn't Understand (3:29)
  5. Upstairs (4:21)
  6. Chris R. (2:35)
  7. Cousteu (3:06)
  8. Untitled (0:31)

Credits

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