GIANT FUCKING SQUID

Giant Squid - Monster in the Creek (2005) self released

1. Monster in the Creek
2. Dead Man's Fog
3. Age of Accountability
4. Throwing a Donner Party
5. Dare We Ask The Widow
6. Lester Stillwell

http://giantsquid.bandcamp.com/album/monster-in-the-creek

Giant Squid dropped a new album last week, so I thought I'd up this deliciously analog EP. The entire thing was recorded live to 2 inch tape, with the vocals overdubbed and then everything was mixed in analog. So the sound is pretty phenomenal, even though this was only released on CD-R. The EP was handmade in an edition of 400 copies, which is an utter shame considering how great it is.

This release was at an odd time in the band's life. They've gone through an agonizing amount of lineup changes, and at the time they recorded this they had a second keyboardist. So aside from lots of analog synths, there are three vocalists singing here, lending to a QOTSA-no-one-distinct-frontman sort of vibe.

The track "Throwing a Donner Party" got rerecorded for their newest album, also a self-released, limited edition affair.