Silt (album) explained

Silt
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mistle Thrush
Cover:	Silt (album).jpg
Released:	1995
Genre:	Rock, goth
Label:	Bedazzled
Producer:	Y. Mike Mistle Thrush
Next Title:	Super Refraction
Next Year:	1997

Silt is the debut album by Mistle Thrush, a Boston, Massachusetts-based band. It was released in 1995 on CD by Bedazzled (catalog #BDZ26). The previous year, the band released a five-song EP titled Agus Amàrach. The band didn't release another full-length album until 1997's Super Refraction. Silt saw original guitarist Brad Rigney (departed to Big Monster Fish Hook) replaced by former teenage hardcore semi-star, Matthew Kattman (ex-Funny Wagon/Kingpin).

Track listing

All tracks written by Mistle Thrush, except where noted.

1. "Freshwater" – 2:14
2. "Flowereyed" – 4:20
3. "One Sixth" – :42
4. "Cicada" – 5:51 (Todd Demma, Valerie Forgione, Matthew Kattman, Ruben Layman, Scott Patalano, Brad Rigney)
5. "Overpass" – 4:20
6. "Some Poet" – 5:02
7. "Wake Up (The Sleep Song)" – 5:59
8. "Silt" – 1:04
9. "Red Caboose" – 4:01
10. "Shine Away" – 6:20
11. "The Sky and My Hands" – 5:22 (Demma, Forgione, Kattman, Layman, Patalano, Rigney)
12. "The Honey Trip" – 9:26
13. "Bloom" – 3:20

Personnel

Mistle Thrush

• Todd Demma – Drums, percussion
• Valerie Forgione – Vocals, acoustic guitar, xylophone, drums ("The Sky and My Hands")
• Matthew Kattman – Electric and acoustic guitar, bass guitar ("The Sky and My Hands")
• Ruben Layman – Bass guitar
• Scott Patalano – Electric and acoustic guitar, drums ("The Sky and My Hands")

Additional musicians

• Mark White – Double bass ("Overpass")

Production

• Y. Mike – Producer, mixing
• Mistle Thrush – Producer, mixing
• Jon Williams – Assistant engineer
• Dan McLaughlin – Assistant engineer
• David Lefkowitz – Assistant engineer
• Marc LaFleur – Assistant engineer
• Mike Sielewicz – Engineer

Additional credits

• Recorded at Fort Apache, Cambridge, Massachusetts and The Studio
• Mixed at Prophet Sound and The Studio
• Mastered at M Works
• Rebecca Fagan – Design
• Matthew Kattman – Illustration
• Petrina Katsikas – Manager

Sources

• CD liner notes