Tail Swallower & Dove, by These Arms Are Snakes

Tail Swallower & Dove

by These Arms Are Snakes

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The Eye Is You This album still rules. Always unique and clever without being pretentious. With a great balance of punishment and beauty nobody sounds like These Arms Are Snakes. Fanfuckingtastic band.

M God-tier post punk, Brian Cook and his bass could level a city with a big enough amp Favorite track: Ethric Double.

Hog Wild and Half Cocked Fairly diverse range on this album. Great post-punk. Moody yet fairly hard hitting at the same time. Favorite track: Lucifer.

jbunds Perfect balance of heavy and rock and roll!

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1.	Woolen Heirs 04:15	buy track
2.	Prince Squid 03:18	buy track
3.	Red Line Season 02:33	buy track
4.	Lucifer 02:36	buy track
5.	Ethric Double 07:32	buy track
6.	Seven Curtains 05:15	buy track
7.	Long and Lonely Step 02:34	buy track
8.	Lead Beater 04:21	buy track
9.	Cavity Carousel 04:36	buy track
10.	Briggs 06:52	buy track

about

Seattle’s art-core outfit These Arms Are Snakes never really fit in anywhere. Over the course of their 2003 debut EP they vacillated between epileptic fits of ‘90s DIY post-hardcore, woozy narcotic jam-outs, fortified classic rock riffage, and slow-churning cataclysmic dirges. The band continued on a path made even more confusing but undeniably invigorating by the jarring synth hooks and four-on-the-floor pulse of their first album Oxeneers and the prog-rock forays of their sophomore full-length Easter. When it came time to record their final album Tail Swallower & Dove, the band was less interested in charting out new territories and more focused on turning their myriad of approaches into one cohesive sound. From the chugging thrust and Heldon-esque breakdown of dueling synth and guitars on “Woolen Heirs," to the jagged noise rock of “Red Line Season," to the 8-bit sludge of “Lucifer," to the climactic twang-and-crunch of side closers “Ethric Double” and “Briggs," These Arms Are Snakes managed to retain their broad palette of sound while reigning it all in to a cohesive style that continues to defy categorization. Suicide Squeeze is proud to offer a limited vinyl reissue of Tail Swallower & Dove limited to 1000 (500 Emerald Pus, 500 Orange Pedialyte) copies worldwide with expanded gatefold artwork and a download card.

“Some bands clobber with complicated riffs, others with brute force and speed, but Seattle’s These Arms Are Snakes lay waste with a wily combination of volatile rhythms and clever arrangements.” - REVOLVER MAGAZINE

“Tail Swallower & Dove is a torrent of math-eco intricacies, but the tiny droplets of soul never become diluted.” - ALTERNATIVE PRESS

“They spend gigs throwing coffees tables and playing on crates - this, their third LP is just as spectacular.” - NME

“Post-hardcore insanity merges with strong songwriting on this Seattle band’s third full album. Direct and uncompromising, TS&D blasts through challenging math rock progressions, battering ram rhythms and bizarre grooves that’ll remind you equally of Fugazi and Blood Brothers.” - HEADBANGERS BLOG

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