Antietam - Antietam

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1985
Time: 37:59
Size: 88,4 MB
Label: Homestead Records
Styles: Alt.Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Good Kirk, Bad Kirk - 3:33
 2. Orange Song - 2:18
 3. B.M.W. - 2:44
 4. Red, Black, And Blue - 3:18
 5. Shot In The Dark - 1:51
 6. New Crime! - 1:50
 7. The Gospel According To John B. - 1:53
 8. Extra Dry - 2:47
 9. Don't Go Back To Greenville - 3:44
10. Shively Spleen - 2:52
11. The Latest - 2:42
12. Mikey - 2:28
13. Ready, Swing - 3:27
14. Unhappiness Diminishes Intelligence - 2:25

A weak first album, Antietam features a handful of excellent songs, but even the best tracks are undercut by indifferent production (the record sounds horrible, and not even in a cool lo-fi way) and some mediocre musicianship, especially on the part of drummer Michael Weinert, who seems to be shooting for Moe Tucker but ends up closer to Helen Wiggin. Also, there's obvious filler among the 14 brief songs, including two unimpressive instrumentals and a poor remake of a song from singer/guitarist Tara Key and bassist Tim Harris' earlier group, the Babylon Dance Band. As for what's good, the key track is "Orange Song," Antietam's first great song and the track that got the most college radio attention. (Yo La Tengo did a faithful cover of it on President Yo La Tengo.) The opening "Good Kirk, Bad Kirk" is nearly up to that standard, as is the pounding "Extra Dry." One of those albums that could have been easily whittled down to a killer EP, Antietam only hints at what this group would be capable of starting with 1989's Burgoo.

Antietam