Tentacles (album) explained

Tentacles
Type:	studio
Artist:	Crystal Antlers
Cover:	Tentacles (album).jpg
Released:	United States UK
Recorded:	2008–2009, Closer Recording, San Francisco, California, United States
Genre:	Psychedelic rock, garage, punk
Length:	40:02
Label:	Touch and Go Records
Producer:	Crystal Antlers, Joe Goldring
Prev Title:	EP
Prev Year:	2008

Tentacles is the debut album by the band Crystal Antlers. It was released via Touch and Go Records on April 7, 2009 in the USA and a day earlier in the UK.^[1] Tentacles marked the final new release on Touch and Go for the foreseeable future after the label decided to downsize its operations significantly.^{[2] [3]}

The album was met with a generally positive reception by critics, attaining a score of 71% from the reviews collated by Metacritic.

Track listing

1. "Painless Sleep" - 2:16
2. "Dust" - 2:27
3. "Time Erased" - 3:37
4. "Andrew" - 3:34
5. "Vapour Trail" - 2:18
6. "Tentacles" - 1:54
7. "Until the Sun Dies (Part 1)" - 2:50
8. "Memorized" - 3:53
9. "Glacier" - 3:01
10. "Foot of the Mountain" - 0:25
11. "Your Spears" - 2:24
12. "Swollen Sky" - 4:12
13. "Several Tongues" - 7:11

Personnel

• Jonny Bell: vocals, bass, woodwind
• Errol Davis: guitar, organ
• Andrew King: guitar
• Victor Rodriguez-Guerrero: organ, piano
• Damian Edwards: percussion, woodwind
• Kevin Stuart: drums
• Daniel Hawk: brass on tracks 8 and 9

Notes and References

1. Web site: Crystal Antlers: Tentacles | PopMatters . 2020-04-21 . 2012-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105051245/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/72814-crystal-antlers-tentacles . dead .
2. Web site: Chicago indie label Touch and Go downsizes its operation. TheGuardian.com. 19 February 2009.
3. Web site: Touch and Go Downsize.