Label: Touch & Go
Reissued 10/25/2024, Originally released 1989
Slint's 1989 debut album remastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Studio from the original analog master tapes. Slint formed in 1986 as an outlet and pastime for four friends from Louisville, Kentucky. Their music was strange, wholly their own, sparse and tight. What immediately set them apart was their economy and precision. Slint were that rare band willing to play just one or two notes at a time and sometimes nothing at all... 1989's "Tweez" LP hints at their genius... - Steve Albini (Melody Maker, 1991)
Deluxe White 2xLP: LP1: Originally recorded by Steve Albini and released in 1989, tweez has been remastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Studio from the original analog master tapes. LP2: tweethan mix. Per Ethan Buckler (Slint bassist on tweez), "Finally - after thirty-five long years - the other guys in Slint decided to be nice to me and let me have my Tweez remix. I complained incessantly back in the day about how the Albini production style ruined our first recording." In 2023, Ethan took the original multi-track recordings to a local studio in Louisville. Upon handing the engineer a copy of a pre-tweez Slint practice tape, he said "Make it sound like this." LP2 of this tweez (35th anniversary edition) is the result. Mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Studio. Limited edition of 3138 hand-numbered opaque white 180 gram 2xlp Liner notes by Steve Albini and Ethan Buckler.
Track listing:
- ron (remastered)
- nan ding (remastered)
- carol (remastered)
- kent (remastered)
- charlotte (remastered)
- darlene (remastered)
- warren (remastered)
- pat (remastered)
- rhoda (remastered)
- intro (tweethan mix)
- the book (tweethan mix)
- paint the houses (tweethan mix)
- ballet school (tweethan mix)
- christmas tree (tweethan mix)
- tokens of affection (tweethan mix)
- new dave (tweethan mix)
- rhoda (tweethan mix)
- hippy chick (tweethan mix)
- hollow eyes (tweethan mix)
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