Big Walnuts Yonder | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | May 5, 2017 [1] |
Recorded | July 12–14, 2014 [2] |
Studio | Studio G Brooklyn [2] [3] |
Genre | Indie rock |
Length | 37:25 [2] |
Label | Sargent House |
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 72/100 [4] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
The Spill Magazine | [5] |
Exclaim! | [6] |
Big Walnuts Yonder is an indie rock album released in 2017 by the eponymous supergroup. Big Walnuts Yonder consists of bassist/vocalist Mike Watt from Minutemen, guitarist Nels Cline from Wilco, drummer Greg Saunier from Deerhoof, and guitarist/vocalist Nick Reinhart from Tera Melos. [7]
The album was recorded in three days during the summer of 2014 in Brooklyn, New York City, [8] live with very limited overdubs [9] and produced by Tony Maimone. [10] Months later vocals were added with Reinhart handling seven and Watt performing two. [9] Watt provided most of material by sharing rough versions of his compositions, or "launchpads" as he calls them, [1] played on bass. [11] On these tracks guitar was added after Watt's basslines, something that initially intimidated Reinhart [12] but Cline was familiar with the method of composing having worked this way before with Watt on Contemplating the Engine Room. [12] Cline and Saunier each contributed a track of their own. [13]
Raymond Pettibon created the album art. [3]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "All Against All" | 02:18 |
2. | "Sponge Bath" | 03:51 |
3. | "Flare Star Phantom" | 08:48 |
4. | "I Got Marty Feldman Eyes" | 03:28 |
5. | "Raise the Drawbridges?" | 02:19 |
6. | "Ready to Pop!" | 02:36 |
7. | "Forgot to Brush" | 04:03 |
8. | "Rapid Driver Moon Inhaler" | 03:33 |
9. | "Pud" | 02:49 |
10. | "Heat Melter" | 03:40 |
Under the Radar's' Dustin Krcatovich's compared it to a "modern take on classic Beefheart" and praised the musicians ability to "combine weirdo prog-level precision and classic SST freakcore abandon" [14] The Spill Magazine's Ljubinko Zivkovic gave it three out of five stars and called it "a mixed bag with some stellar moments." [5] Justin Cober-Lake of Dusted praised the musicianship calling it "unsurprisingly unpredictable". [15] Scott A. Gray of Exclaim! found some of the tracks indulgent but ultimately found "the majority of Big Walnuts Yonder is fantastic." [6]
Big Walnuts Yonder | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | May 5, 2017 [1] |
Recorded | July 12–14, 2014 [2] |
Studio | Studio G Brooklyn [2] [3] |
Genre | Indie rock |
Length | 37:25 [2] |
Label | Sargent House |
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 72/100 [4] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
The Spill Magazine | [5] |
Exclaim! | [6] |
Big Walnuts Yonder is an indie rock album released in 2017 by the eponymous supergroup. Big Walnuts Yonder consists of bassist/vocalist Mike Watt from Minutemen, guitarist Nels Cline from Wilco, drummer Greg Saunier from Deerhoof, and guitarist/vocalist Nick Reinhart from Tera Melos. [7]
The album was recorded in three days during the summer of 2014 in Brooklyn, New York City, [8] live with very limited overdubs [9] and produced by Tony Maimone. [10] Months later vocals were added with Reinhart handling seven and Watt performing two. [9] Watt provided most of material by sharing rough versions of his compositions, or "launchpads" as he calls them, [1] played on bass. [11] On these tracks guitar was added after Watt's basslines, something that initially intimidated Reinhart [12] but Cline was familiar with the method of composing having worked this way before with Watt on Contemplating the Engine Room. [12] Cline and Saunier each contributed a track of their own. [13]
Raymond Pettibon created the album art. [3]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "All Against All" | 02:18 |
2. | "Sponge Bath" | 03:51 |
3. | "Flare Star Phantom" | 08:48 |
4. | "I Got Marty Feldman Eyes" | 03:28 |
5. | "Raise the Drawbridges?" | 02:19 |
6. | "Ready to Pop!" | 02:36 |
7. | "Forgot to Brush" | 04:03 |
8. | "Rapid Driver Moon Inhaler" | 03:33 |
9. | "Pud" | 02:49 |
10. | "Heat Melter" | 03:40 |
Under the Radar's' Dustin Krcatovich's compared it to a "modern take on classic Beefheart" and praised the musicians ability to "combine weirdo prog-level precision and classic SST freakcore abandon" [14] The Spill Magazine's Ljubinko Zivkovic gave it three out of five stars and called it "a mixed bag with some stellar moments." [5] Justin Cober-Lake of Dusted praised the musicianship calling it "unsurprisingly unpredictable". [15] Scott A. Gray of Exclaim! found some of the tracks indulgent but ultimately found "the majority of Big Walnuts Yonder is fantastic." [6]