Archers of Loaf / Speed of Cattle, the
Album: Speed of Cattle, the   Collection:General
Artist:Archers of Loaf   Added:Feb 1996
Label:Alias Records  

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 08, 2013: Washington! Washington!
What Did You Expect?
4. Nov 10, 2005: I Once was Canadian
Web in Front
2. Oct 06, 2012: Midnight Radio II
What Did You Expect?
5. May 27, 2005: The Fifth Column: Revolutionary Road Trip
South Carolina
3. Jun 03, 2011: Death Control
What Did You Expect?
6. Jan 20, 2005: I once was Canadian
Tatyana

Album Review
Kilroy
Reviewed 2012-11-02
What, a B-side retrospective already? Well, in any case, this CD does have some wonderful moments, documenting the rise of one of America’s great ragged noisy indie-rock bands.
Tracks we already have: 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17
Different versions of tracks we have: 1, 3, 14, 16, 18
New tracks: 2, 6, 7, 12, 13, 15
Highlights:
3 poor production actually enhances an already cool song
4 Furious noise blitz!
5 starts out soft, builds well into a dark, rockin’ song
6 rocks! Fractured, twisted guitars melt into great melodies
10 Pixies-ish spacious-sounding production w/ acoustic guitar, great anthemic chime
11 slow & sparse, mostly background noise -- gets noisy in places but still sad and slow
12 Great groovin’ instrumental. When they played it in concert, they called it “Mark Price, Private Eye”.
14, 16 better versions of EP tracks
15 long, slow track, alternating soft/loud passages. Watch for false endings...

-- Nick

Track Listing
1. Wrong   10. Telepathic Traffic
2. South Carolina   11. Don't Believe the Good News
3. Web in Front   12. Smokin' Pot in the Hot City
4. Bathroom   13. Mutes in the Steeple
5. Tatyana   14. Revenge
6. What Did You Expect?   15. Bacteria
7. Ethel Merman   16. Freezing Point
8. Funnelhead   17. Powerwalk
9. Quinn Beast   18. Backwash