Archers of loaf white trash heroes remastered merge records. Singerguitarist eric bachmann, guitarist eric johnson, bassist matt gentling, and drummer mark price formed archers of loaf in chapel hill, nc, in 1991. Feb 03, 2012 taken from the newly reissued archers of loaf album icky mettle, out now on merge records. Stuck a pin in your backbone spoke it down from there all i ever wanted was to be your spine lost your friction and you slid for a mile overdone, overdrive, overlive. Web in front finds its nearequal in wrong, bside to the bands first single and perhaps their most compelling study. While its not hard to hear their verve starting to fade a bit throughout this pair of reissues, complete with 4track. Archers of loaf white trash heroes musicians friend. In 2011 the band began a reunion tour that coincided with the reissue of four of its albums by merge. Archers of loaf one slight wrong move lyrics genius lyrics.
All songs written by eric bachmann, eric johnson, matt gentling and mark price. I can name a zillion things i love about this album the oddly timed bassline in dead read eyes, the lyrics in one slight wrong move, the full range sonic. Youre a hole, youre a hole, youre a hole, youre a hole. The archers abuse storyline is absolutely not about chasing ratings editor sean oconnor says the story of helen and rob is about getting to the heart of helen archer s character and that. One slight wrong move this song is one of the few that thematically takes me back to vee veeera politics. Check out one slight wrong move by archers of loaf on amazon music. The band released four albums before splitting in 1998. Archers of loaf almost called it quits after all the nations airports due to the.
One of them is a jewish east european immigrant who comes to live in britain, the other is the son of a rich australian newspaper proprietor. Archers of loaf simple english wikipedia, the free. Create an account help customer service mobile version affiliate program. Like the other bands scene leaders superchunk, the wondrous polvo, small to emerge from the area at the time, archers of loaf creates provocative guitar rock with distinctive, if collegiate, melodic dissonance. Their second album, the rawer and noisier vee vee, appeared in 1995 and was an even bigger. Fans make excuses it was, after all, archers of loaf s exhausted swan song, critics wield perspective icky mettle is just so much more focused.
White trash heroes by archers of loaf album, indie rock. Find archers of loaf discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Archers of loaf detail final reissues consequence of sound. Web in front finds its nearequal in wrong, bside to the bands first single and perhaps their most compelling study in selfeffacing aggression. Under a local music fanzine and label called stay free, the archers of loaf recorded their first single, wrong in late 1992. Like many towns athens, seattle, austin before it, chapel hill, nc became an indie mecca in the early 1990s. Now that twonight stand at the cats cradle in carrboro, nc is being turned into a double lp, to allow all those who couldnt make it to one of those rare shows to experience the archers live in all their distorted glory. As the band say in the interview portion, we were never number one at anything, even having the worst name. Bad landlords, credit companies, the law, you name it. Archers of loaf white trash heroes 1998, cd discogs.
Anyway, the black book of which sm is referring seems to be the bible literally or metaphorically. In 2011 the band began a reunion tour that coincided with the reissue of four of its albums by merge records. Anyway, theres like three good songs here, and the two best are easily the bookending tracks. They went from local legends in their native chapel hill, north carolina to break out across the country and invade foreign territory to boot.
Archers of loaf fans got a rare treat in 2011 when the band reformed to play a series of shows that accompanied the reissues of their albums. The archers happen to be a very thoughtful, articulate bunch of guys even if they dont believe this themselves. Archers of loaf learo, youre a hole lyrics metrolyrics. Join songkick to track archers of loaf and get concert alerts when they play near you. This release attracted the attention of a number of independent record labels, and the band signed with burbank, californiabased alias records. Callum vicente and his four best middle school buddies live in a souther. Under the stairs, beyond the neon lamp, the chaps are thinking she does not care to sit and stare, her blood eyes blinking she works forever, each and every day. The archers abuse storyline is absolutely not about. Icky mettle was the first of four studio albums for the band that seemed to personify what spin magazine deemed a tremendously optimistic time in underground music, that 15minute period in the early 1990s. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises web in front archers of loaf the loaf s revenge. Under the stairs, beyond the neon lamp, the chaps are thinking she does not care to sit and stare, her blood eyes blinking she.
Only in my dreams live in tokyo 2009 by superchunk. Archers of loaf are simply too unquantifiable to be the landmarks for any genre. One slight wrong move this song is one of the few that. Twitches you, your skin is heavy, and worn, and it stains my point in print. A fivesong concept ep, archers of loaf vs the greatest of all time, arrived on the heels of icky mettle in 1994. Buy archers of loaf white trash heroes cd sanity online. The band consisted of eric bachmann vocals, guitar, eric johnson guitar, matt gentling bass and mark price drums.
Official music video for wrong by archers of loaf, taken from the icky mettle deluxe remastered reissue. Archers of loaf white trash heroes vinyl lp shop music. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. One slight wrong move by archers of loaf on amazon music. Archers of loaf white trash heroes releases discogs. Unwanted space put it back together put it in your face scatter your salt get your own solution dont blame me for all of your confusion cause you word is shot your speech is shut dont dig my throat its a running sore dont set me back shave my brain your. Archers of loaf raleigh days bw street fighting man, released 01 may 2020 1. Archers of loaf releasing new live double album, playing.
Amid growing media attention, madonnas maverick label made a play for the band, but they elected to continue developing on an independent, with lower commercial stakes. Archers of loaf is an american indierock band originally from chapel hill, formed in 1991. Archers of loaf simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Archers of loaf icky mettle last word swallowed bible. The group toured extensively and released four studio albums, one compilation, numerous singles and eps, and a live album which was released after the band broke up in 1998. Archers of loaf is an indie rock band which formed in chapel hill, north carolina, united states in 1991. Lp is white vinyl in gatefold jacket and full album download with digitalonly bonus tracks. Archers of loaf biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Web in front, white trash heroes, raleigh days, harnessed in slums. To rate, slide your finger across the stars from left to right. As a document of archers of loaf, the material beefs up the set nicely.
Street fighting man, raleigh days, private street for bubu, harnessed in slums, vs. Archers of loaf almost called it quits after all the nations airports due to the strain of touring and the rut of the album cycle i. The extras include some additional live songs and some more interviews. The group toured extensively and released a total of four studio albums, a collection album, numerous singles and eps, and a live album which was released after the band broke up in 1998. Curse of the loaf, white trash heroes deluxe remaster, white trash heroes remastered, vitus tinnitus, all the nations airports deluxe remaster, singles. After the bands split, bachmann moved onto multiple solo projects, including barry black and crooked. Clearly making a conscious effort to expand andor move beyond their formula, they went loose and surreal, layeringin some bleepy, trebly keyboard and analog synth sounds into alternately directionless and meandering songs that go past the. Archers of loaf white trash heroes cd originally released in 1998. The fourth estate follows the fortunes of two men who are both trying to build up the biggest newspaper empire in the world.
The archers saying in the liner notes that the demoquality single version of web in front is the good one reminds me of r. Taken from the newly reissued archers of loaf album icky mettle, out now on merge records. When a ruthless crime syndicate wants social worker nina christie t. One slight wrong move this song is one of the few that thematically takes me back to vee vee era politics. While its not hard to hear their verve starting to fade a bit throughout this pair of. Ive been so down lately youve been so low lately nothing seems to work out for you and me for you and me ive been so down lately youve been so low lately nothing. Archers of loaf white trash heroes 1998 the archers last and weirdest album is easily their worst. Archers of loaf biography, albums, streaming links.
This is the third of three parts of the archers of loaf oeuvre. Bbc radio 4s the archers last night friday 16 december lost one of its most popular characters. White trash heroes is the fourth and final studio album from the indie rock band archers of loaf, released in 1998 by alias records track listing. Archers of loaf white trashheroes deluxe edition music. North carolina altrock crew archers of loaf are revisiting the good old days for an upcoming live album.
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