Archers Of Loaf/Icky Mettle

Rock/Pop

Icky Mettle

Archers Of Loaf

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商品の情報

フォーマット	CD
構成数	2
国内/輸入	輸入
パッケージ仕様	-

発売日	2019年12月13日
規格品番	MRG415CD
レーベル	Merge
SKU	673855041520

作品の情報

メイン

アーティスト

：

Archers Of Loaf

オリジナル発売日

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1993年

商品の紹介

米ノースカロライナ出身で、90年代USカレッジ・シーンで圧倒的人気を誇っていたアーチャーズ・オブ・ローフ。彼らが93年にリリースした衝撃デビュー作『イッキー・メトル』が、最新リマスター盤＆14曲入りボーナスディスク付で登場！（1993年作品）2011年1月、地元で13年ぶりとなるサプライズ・ギグを敢行し、まさかの再結成を果たしたアーチャーズ・オブ・ローフ。今年彼らがこれまでにリリースしたスタジオ・アルバム4枚全てが、米老舗レーベル＜マージ・レコーズ＞よりリイシューされることが決定（むせび泣き）！本作がその第1弾となる！オルタナティヴ・ミュージックが全盛を極めていた90年代に、カレッジ・チャートを席捲。本作は、エッジの効いたソリッドでパンクなサウンドで尖りまくっていた彼らの初期衝動に溢れた作品！さらに、EP『Archers of Loaf vs. The Greatest of All Time』全収録曲を含む、『イッキー・メトル』期のシングル曲やB面曲を計14曲も収録した豪華なボーナスディスク付き！ファン垂涎の1枚だ！

発売・販売元提供資料（2011/09/29）

Rolling Stone (p.74) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hey perfected the genre moves: bracing attack, two-guitar blurs of dissonance and beauty, [and] a sympathetic barker..." Rolling Stone (p.75) - Ranked #10 in Rolling Stone's '10 Best Reissues Of 2011' -- "Remember alt-rock this way, and learn from it." Spin (p.92) - "In retrospect, 1993's ICKY METTLE -- an album of boyish fits and noisy guitar flurries -- plays like the end of an era." Entertainment Weekly (p.75) - "[A] holy grail of lovely, rumpled passion." -- Grade: A Uncut (p.79) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Bachmann's Jagger-esque drawl perfectly matches the slacker-punk vibe of absurd, crowd-participation favourite 'Toast'..." Magnet (p.66) - "ICKY METTLE straddled the line between Pavement's brainy esoterica and Superchunk's guitar blitzkrieg." Melody Maker (12/11/93, p.28) - "...North Carolina's Archers Of Loaf are the latest to join Pavement, Trumans Water and The Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 in the persuit of a deceptively haphazard, quite perfectly scrambled pop-logic...." NME (Magazine) (10/30/93, p.28) - 7 - Very Good - "...a sturdy debut stacked with misfit fury and restless demons...." Record Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Noisy yet melancholy, abrasive yet gentle, abstract yet incisive...full of musical and lyrical tensions that highlight the paradoxical and provocative stylings of this incredibly talented, original and influential band."

Rovi

Raw, swirling, and remarkably brash, Archers of Loaf’s debut, Icky Mettle, helped to establish the North Carolina band as a force to be reckoned with in the pantheon of '90s indie rock. With their layered, guitar-heavy approach and driving energy, the album feels like an artifact from an alternate time line where the Pixies decided to get more and more aggressive after Surfer Rosa. Though the band doesn’t completely eschew the idea of harmony, they certainly take a more smash and grab approach to it, paving the road to sonic bliss with destroyed amps and shredded vocal chords. What makes this sound so compelling is the way it explores the full spectrum of guitar-centric rock, pulling together the blunt and abrasive with the thoughtful in the musical equivalent of a shotgun wedding with the bride and groom doing everything in their power to hold it together while the family is watching in uneasy silence. This tension is held up throughout the entire album as both sides of Archers of Loaf’s dual nature fight for supremacy in a battle that would leave a permanent mark on the indie rock landscape. ~ Gregory Heaney

Rovi

収録内容

構成数 | 2枚

合計収録時間 | 01:24:33

Archers Of Loaf: Eric Bachmann (vocals, guitar); Matt Gentling (vocals, bass); Eric Johnson (guitar); Mark Price (drums). Recorded at Kraptone Studios, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Personnel: Eric Bachmann (vocals, guitar); Matt Gentling (vocals); Eric Johnson (guitar); Mark Price (drums). Audio Remasterer: Robert Weston III. Liner Note Author: Robert Christgau. Recording information: Kraptone Studios, Chapel Hill, NC. Photographers: Brian Huskey; Viviane Oh; Craig Shook. Raw, swirling, and remarkably brash, Archers of Loaf's debut, Icky Mettle, helped to establish the North Carolina band as a force to be reckoned with in the pantheon of '90s indie rock. With their layered, guitar-heavy approach and driving energy, the album feels like an artifact from an alternate time line where the Pixies decided to get more and more aggressive after Surfer Rosa. Though the band doesn't completely eschew the idea of harmony, they certainly take a more smash and grab approach to it, paving the road to sonic bliss with destroyed amps and shredded vocal chords. What makes this sound so compelling is the way it explores the full spectrum of guitar-centric rock, pulling together the blunt and abrasive with the thoughtful in the musical equivalent of a shotgun wedding with the bride and groom doing everything in their power to hold it together while the family is watching in uneasy silence. This tension is held up throughout the entire album as both sides of Archers of Loaf's dual nature fight for supremacy in a battle that would leave a permanent mark on the indie rock landscape. ~ Gregory Heaney

エディション | Reissue

録音 | ステレオ (Studio)

1.

[CD]

DISC 1:
- 1.
  
  Web in Front
- 2.
  
  Last Word
- 3.
  
  Wrong
- 4.
  
  You and Me
- 5.
  
  Might
- 6.
  
  Hate Paste
- 7.
  
  Fat
- 8.
  
  Plumb Line
- 9.
  
  Learo, You’re a Hole
- 10.
  
  Sick File
- 11.
  
  Toast
- 12.
  
  Backwash
- 13.
  
  Slow Worm

2.

[CD]

DISC 2:
- 1.
  
  Audiowhore
- 2.
  
  Lowest Part is Free!
- 3.
  
  Freezing Point
- 4.
  
  Revenge
- 5.
  
  All Hail the Black Market
- 6.
  
  Wrong
- 7.
  
  South Carolina
- 8.
  
  Web in Front [Alias 7" Version]
- 9.
  
  Bathroom [Alias 7" Version]
- 10.
  
  Tatyana [Alia 7" Version]
- 11.
  
  What Did You Expect? [7" Version]
- 12.
  
  Ethel Merman [7" Version]
- 13.
  
  Quinn Beast [7" Version]
- 14.
  
  Powerwalker