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Slint is an American [[Alternative Rock]] band from Kentucky, usually given credit for jump-starting the [[Post Rock]] genre along with [[Talk Talk]], as well as the Math Rock genre. The band formed in 1986 with Brian McMahan (guitar and vocals), David Pajo (guitar), and Britt Walford (drums) staying strong throughout the band's existence. The bassist would always be separate session musicians that would travel with the band.
They released their first album, ''Tweez'' to lukewarm reviews in 1989. Then, in 1991, they found their style and released their landmark album, ''Spiderland'', which came on the heels of a year of landmark albums along with [[Nirvana]]'s ''Nevermind'' for [[Grunge]], [[My Bloody Valentine (
After the album the entire band went through a [[Creator Breakdown]]. It is rumored that the brooding sound of ''Spiderland'' combined with pressure from the record company caused two of the members to be institutionalized during recording. What makes this especially creepy is the fact that all the band members were in stable mental condition prior to the recording. Nevertheless, this stress affected the band and in 1991 they disbanded. Pajo went on to join [[Zwan]] for a while after that.
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▲* [[All Lowercase Letters|all lowercase letters]] -- The liner notes of ''Spiderland''.
* [[Brown Note]]: ''Spiderland'' was this for the band.
* [[Careful
* [[Creator Breakdown]] -- Probably the creepiest example where not an event, but the work itself created the breakdown.
** The worst part? Producer Brian Paulson says [https://web.archive.org/web/20120717030242/http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/brian-paulson/Content?oid=1194172 the album was recorded in] ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120717030242/http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/brian-paulson/Content?oid=1194172 four days pulling all-nighters]''. No wonder it screwed their health.
* [[Creepy Monotone]]
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''Spiderland''
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* [[Perishing Alt Rock Voice]] -- So perishing Brian didn't so much sing as mumble spoken-word narration most of the time, and fell ill due to the strain of yelling the climax of "Good Morning, Captain".
* [[Spoken Word in Music]] -- Like narration drawn out as the music gets darker with the narration? You're in luck.
* [[Step Up to
* [[Uncommon Time]] -- They are also labeled "Math Rock" for a reason.
* [[The Un-Smile]] -- ''Spiderland'''s [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/Slint_-_Spiderland.jpg iconically creepy cover] shows the band treading water in a lake in an abandoned quarry near their hometown Louisville with deranged barely-smiling facial expressions.
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