Moonhead is the second full-length album by Thin White Rope, released in 1987.
Critical reception Trouser Press wrote that the album "alters the modus operandi a bit, stretching song lengths and forging a provocative, embryonic bond between wiry, Television-styled guitar interplay and groove-conscious kraut-rock rhythms (held in place by Jozef Becker’s incredibly focused drumming)." The Los Angeles Times called the album "excellent," writing that the band's "fuzzy, often dissonant twin-guitar solos recall such diverse groups as Television and Spirit, as its material takes traditional forms and bends them into something unexpected, going from Western gallops to psychedelic dirges."
The Guardian deemed "Crawl Piss Freeze" "not so much a song as an apocalyptic death march," while AllMusic described it as a postcard "from the edge." Spin wrote that the track creates "an unforgiving atmosphere of sparked vocals supplanted by an eardrum-piercing fretboard roar."
Track listing
Credits Guy Kyser – guitar, vocals Roger Kunkel – guitar, vocals Stephen Tesluk – bass, vocals John Von Feldt – bass Jozef Becker – drums with Paul McKenna – engineer, producer John Golden – Mastering Ross Garfield – Drum Technician and Greg Gavin – Cover Painting, Paintings Merril Greene – Photography Robin K. – Photography Wendy Sherman – design
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