CMJ once called Shrimp Boat "the best band on the planet." And indeed, Shrimp Boat were a phenomenal band that made music from the mid '80s clear through to '93. Inspired by bluegrass, jazz, country, rock 'n' roll, and most importantly, their own collective gung-ho, the band -- including Ian Schneller, Sam Prekop, David Kroll, Eric Claridge, and Brad Wood -- voluminously manifested new song forms from the air around them and paved the way for The Sea and Cake, Tortoise, Liz Phair, Califone, and many others...   [ read more ]

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This is the first-time-on-CD issue of Shrimp Boat's brilliant and long out-of-print debut LP, Speckly. Transferred and re-mastered with love from the original master tapes. Originally issued in 1989. Fifteen years later, Speckly remains a masterpiece of singularly addictive and utterly unique American song-craft (bluegrass/folk/jazz/rock pop), featuring floor-stomping dance numbers, hypnotic ballads, and throughout -- an unabashed love for the simple movement of carbon-based life forms through time and spa...   [ read more ]

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The Sea and Cake's buoyant debut is a breath of fresh air, an utterly distinctive and innovative work which expands the scope of frontman Sam Prekop's work in the great Shrimp Boat to incorporate a new fascination with Afro-Caribbean rhythms and textures. Recorded by Brad Wood, the album simply glows ? Prekop's dry vocals and free-associative lyrics skip along a shimmering and lushly pastoral backdrop which nimbly fuses pop, soul, jazz and even prog rock; tracks like "Jacking the Ball," "Flat Lay the Water...   [ read more ]

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