| Tentacles | ||||
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| Studio album by Crystal Antlers | ||||
| Released | April 7, 2009 (2009-04-07) United States April 6, 2009 (2009-04-06) 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 | |||
| Crystal Antlers chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| BBC | Positive link |
| Drowned in Sound |   link |
| The Guardian | link |
| Hot Press | link |
| musicOMH |  link |
| NME | 7/10 link |
| No Ripcord | 8/10 link |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.7/10 link |
| PopMatters | 7/10 link |
| Prefix Magazine | 8.5/10 link |
| Rolling Stone | link |
| Spin | link |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | link |
| Uncut | link |
| Yahoo! | 8/10 link |
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. Tentacles marked the final new release on Touch and Go for the foreseeable future after the label decided to downsize its operations significantly.
The album was met with a generally positive reception by critics, attaining a score of 71% from the reviews collated by Metacritic.
Track listing
- "Painless Sleep" - 2:16
- "Dust" - 2:27
- "Time Erased" - 3:37
- "Andrew" - 3:34
- "Vapour Trail" - 2:18
- "Tentacles" - 1:54
- "Until the Sun Dies (Part 1)" - 2:50
- "Memorized" - 3:53
- "Glacier" - 3:01
- "Foot of the Mountain" - 0:25
- "Your Spears" - 2:24
- "Swollen Sky" - 4:12
- "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
References
- "Crystal Antlers: Tentacles | PopMatters". Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- "Chicago indie label Touch and Go downsizes its operation". TheGuardian.com. 19 February 2009.
- "Touch and Go Downsize". 19 February 2009.