Spiderland - Slint (albums, tracks, classic, 90's, bands)

GravitySlips · 08-07-2010, 12:08 PM

hmm...

Spiderland is much better than any Tortoise album in my opinion. On the other hand, Tortoise have such a great and consistent discography, with many more albums than Slint. Slint's first album Tweez (their only other album) is decent, but it is kinda just a Big Black/Rapeman clone... Tortoise are a more varied band with more output, but nothing they've done matches Spiderland for me.

I don't even see why people compare them, they're hardly the most similar of bands in all honesty. Slint's sound is much more informed by their punk roots than Tortoise, who don't really ever 'rock out' in the unhinged way Slint do. For me, almost all of Tortoise's albums are really great, but none of them have the same level of emotional and atmospheric depth that Spiderland has.

View Poll Results: Spiderland is...
Amazing.	80	80.81%
Meh.	14	14.14%
It killed my family so I hate it.	5	5.05%
Voters: 99. You may not vote on this poll

08-07-2010, 12:08 PM	#11 (permalink)
GravitySlips Music Addict Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,578	hmm... Spiderland is much better than any Tortoise album in my opinion. On the other hand, Tortoise have such a great and consistent discography, with many more albums than Slint. Slint's first album Tweez (their only other album) is decent, but it is kinda just a Big Black/Rapeman clone... Tortoise are a more varied band with more output, but nothing they've done matches Spiderland for me. I don't even see why people compare them, they're hardly the most similar of bands in all honesty. Slint's sound is much more informed by their punk roots than Tortoise, who don't really ever 'rock out' in the unhinged way Slint do. For me, almost all of Tortoise's albums are really great, but none of them have the same level of emotional and atmospheric depth that Spiderland has.