Spiderland: 25 Years on.

“Ten f***ing stars”. Steve Albini showing the utmost magnanimity for Slint’s second, and final, album. He’d produced their debut, but not this. Spiderland: the album that spawned a thousand bleak cover shots and wordy/ worthy band names. It’s influence, in direct contrast to it’s initial sales, has been massive. “In 10 years it will be a landmark and you’ll have to scramble to buy a copy then”, Albini predicts. How right he was.

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