Tentacles (album)
Tentacles is the debut album by the band Crystal Antlers. It was released via Touch and Go Records on April 7, 2009 in the USA and a day earlier in the UK.[1] Tentacles marked the final new release on Touch and Go for the foreseeable future after the label decided to downsize its operations significantly.[2][3]
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| Released | April 7, 2009 United States April 6, 2009 UK | |||
| Recorded | 2008–2009, Closer Recording, San Francisco, California, United States | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, garage, punk | |||
| Length | 40:02 | |||
| Label | Touch and Go Records | |||
| Producer | Crystal Antlers, Joe Goldring | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| BBC | Positive link |
| Drowned in Sound | link |
| The Guardian | link |
| Hot Press | link |
| musicOMH |  link |
| NME | 7/10 link |
| No Ripcord | 8/10 link |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.7/10 link |
| PopMatters | 7/10 link |
| Prefix Magazine | 8.5/10 link |
| Rolling Stone | link |
| Spin | link |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | link |
| Uncut | link |
| Yahoo! | 8/10 link |
The album was met with a generally positive reception by critics, attaining a score of 71% from the reviews collated by Metacritic.
Track listing
- "Painless Sleep" - 2:16
- "Dust" - 2:27
- "Time Erased" - 3:37
- "Andrew" - 3:34
- "Vapour Trail" - 2:18
- "Tentacles" - 1:54
- "Until the Sun Dies (Part 1)" - 2:50
- "Memorized" - 3:53
- "Glacier" - 3:01
- "Foot of the Mountain" - 0:25
- "Your Spears" - 2:24
- "Swollen Sky" - 4:12
- "Several Tongues" - 7:11
Personnel
- Jonny Bell: vocals, bass, woodwind
- Errol Davis: guitar, organ
- Andrew King: guitar
- Victor Rodriguez-Guerrero: organ, piano
- Damian Edwards: percussion, woodwind
- Kevin Stuart: drums
- Daniel Hawk: brass on tracks 8 and 9
References
- "Crystal Antlers: Tentacles | PopMatters". Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- "Chicago indie label Touch and Go downsizes its operation". TheGuardian.com. 19 February 2009.
- "Touch and Go Downsize".
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