Snake in the Radio explained

These Are the New Good Times
Type:Studio album
Artist:Mark Pickerel
Cover:Snake in the Radio.jpg
Released:May 9, 2006
Recorded:September 2004 – November 2005
Genre:Indie rock, Americana
Length:45:50
Label:Bloodshot Records[1]
Producer:Steve Fisk

Snake in the Radio is the first album by Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands.[2] [3] It was released in 2006 by Bloodshot Records.[4] [5]

Production

The album was recorded between September 2004 and November 2005.

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote: "Pickerel's voice has the shaky intensity of an unholy combination of Roy Orbison and Chris Isaak, while the ramshackle production, overseen by grunge legend Steve Fisk, provides an appropriately unsettling musical backdrop."[6] The Riverfront Times wrote that "if you need a soundtrack for savoring that late-night, as-yet-indefinite pensive mood, this is just the thing."[7] PopMatters wrote: "Call it maturity, wanderlust, the need to maintain artistic relevance, or the realization that much of grunge was roots rock with more guitar distortion, but this Americana-by-way-of-Seattle storyline (for lack of a better description) has been an enjoyable development."[8] Seattle Weekly wrote the songs "could be the soundtrack to a David Lynch flick set in a Bakersfield honky tonk."[9]

Track listing

  1. "Forest Fire" (5:11)
  2. "Come Home Blues" (3:48)
  3. "A Town Too Fast for Your Blues" (2:34)
  4. "I'll Wait" (5:48)
  5. "Graffiti Girl" (3:54)
  6. "Ask the Wind, Ask the Dusk" (4:00)
  7. "Don't Look Back" (4:04)
  8. "You'll Be Mine" (3:34)
  9. "Sin Tax Dance" (2:57)
  10. "Snake in the Radio" (4:51)
  11. "Town Without the Blues" (5:09)

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Snake in the Radio. December 20, 2013. Bloodshot Records.
  2. Web site: Mark Pickerel. April 3, 2008.
  3. Web site: Mark Pickerel | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  4. Web site: Pickerel walks out of the shadow, into the spotlight. Tom. Scanlon. March 7, 2008. The Seattle Times.
  5. Web site: Sad but Comfortable. Linda. Ray. Tucson Weekly.
  6. Web site: Snake in the Radio - Mark Pickerel | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic. www.allmusic.com.
  7. Web site: Mark Pickerel & His Praying Hands. Mark. Keresman. Riverfront Times.
  8. Web site: Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands: Snake in the Radio. May 11, 2006. PopMatters.
  9. Web site: Notable Shows. October 9, 2006. Seattle Weekly.

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