Icing (album) explained

Icing
Type:	studio
Artist:	Cherubs
Cover:	Cherubs_-_Icing.jpg
Released:	1992
Recorded:	Smart Studios, Madison, WI
Genre:	Noise rock^[1]
Length:	35:42
Label:	Trance Syndicate
Producer:	Mr. Colson
Next Title:	Heroin Man
Next Year:	1994

Icing is the debut album by noise rock trio Cherubs, released in 1992 through Trance Syndicate.^{[2] [3]} It was recorded at Smart Studios.^[4] The track "Pink Party Dessert" was released as a single on 7" vinyl and was played by John Peel on BBC Radio 1.

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Almost consistently a mid-tempo project, Icing never accelerates to the cathartic pace typical of a thrash band." The San Antonio Express-News deemed the band "something of an underground supergroup ... whose ultra-heavy sound has been compared to everyone from Black Sabbath to Flipper to the Melvins".^[5]

Personnel

Cherubs

• Owen McMahon – bass guitar, vocals
• Brent Prager – drums
• Kevin Whitley – guitar, vocals

Production and additional personnel

• Mr. Colson – production, engineering, recording

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Revival of Cherubs. Earles. Andrew. Pitchfork. March 31, 2015. October 16, 2017.
2. Book: Earles . Andrew . Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996 . 2014 . Voyageur Press . 66.
3. Book: The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology . 2011 . University of Texas Press . 138.
4. Book: Beets . Greg . Whymark . Richard . A Curious Mix of People: The Underground Scene of '90s Austin . 2023 . University of Texas Press . 239.
5. News: Johnson . Robert . Trance-inducing bill . San Antonio Express-News . June 18, 1993 . 22F.