View Larger
Rate it!
Average: 4.0 (7 ratings)
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Punk
- Label: Siltbreeze / Revolver
Punky guitar pop with sandpaper-rough edges
-
We Say...
Lo-fidelity, crudely recorded noisy rock is no longer the sound-of-necessity it was 15 or 20 years ago; nowadays, messiness has become its own aesthetic vision, much to the delight of those young enough to find nuisance exciting or old enough to regard the Swell Maps and Flying Nun records as formative texts. Portland’s Eat Skull (featuring ex-members of the much-weirder Hospitals) is among the skuzzier of these acts, and their debut album is what it must sound like to hear a brilliant pop record through a very thick wall — in the midst of a combat zone. The album begins with the abrasive “Beach Brains,” which sounds, as the title suggests, like a Beach Boys surf riddim being mangled by Bad Brains. “Ghost List” is a beach bonfire sing-along engulfed in flames, while “Dog Religion” and “Survivable Spaces” could be British Invasion pop, were it not for the heavy coats of sandpapery distortion. But Eat Skull’s songs wouldn’t sound right any other way. The tension and abrasiveness is what hurls the songs forward: guitars jangle loudly until they are pure noise; organs surge, as though under demonic possession; vocals are shouted until the mix is overtaken with hoarseness; and nothing lasts longer than three minutes, because then it might actually be hard to listen to.
-
You Say...
Write a ReviewI would like to say...
“ The indie iTunes — Hardcore music fans are migrating to eMusic, the iTunes Music Store's cheaper, cooler cousin.”
Rolling Stone
| 01. |  |
Beach Brains |
2:00 |  |
| 02. | |
Alarms |
1:48 | |
| 03. | |
Dog Religion |
1:30 | |
| 04. | |
Cartoon Beginning |
1:24 | |
| 05. | |
Waiting For The Hesitation |
3:05 | |
| 06. | |
Puker Corpse |
1:51 | |
| 07. | |
Ghost List |
1:47 | |
| 08. | |
Survivable Spaces |
2:11 | |
| 09. | |
I Licked The Spider |
1:57 | |
| 10. | |
Shredders On Fry |
2:12 | |
| 11. | |
Stress Crazy |
1:28 | |
| 12. | |
Punk Trips |
2:31 | |
| 13. | |
Fade To Smoke |
2:02 | |
| 14. | |
New Confinement |
1:38 | |
Find a problem with a track? Please let us know.
14 Total Tracks, 27:24 Total Length
We will send an email to with the tracking ID for this issue.
Before reporting defective tracks, please note that you can re-download all of your tracks without losing credits. Please try to re-download your tracks in case a temporary issue caused your problem. If, after re-downloading your tracks, you are still experiencing issues, report them below.
Note: This form is for reporting defective tracks only.
For all other issues (billing, trouble downloading, etc),
contact Customer Support.
Choose from over 4 million
music downloadseMusic features legendary and emerging artists in every genre: classic rock to classical,indie to international, soundtracks to spiritual, jazz to country and many more.
MP3 downloads work on any digital media player
With eMusic, you OWN your music without any restrictions. Burn music to a CD, play it on your computer, mobile phone or any digital media player - including iPod®, Zune® and Walkman®.
Songs as low as $0.25
eMusic subscriptions start at just $11.99 a month for 30 downloads - that's less than $0.40 per song! And it gets better from there - our plans go as low as $0.25 per song!
Music Discovery
eMusic is about discovery. We make finding new music fun again with music recommendations from our award-winning team of music experts, member playlists and new music features.
Cancel anytime
With all the great music and site features we're pretty sure you will love eMusic. If not, no problem. You can cancel at any time and keep the music you have downloaded.
© 1992 - 2008 All Media Guide, LLC