Spanaway is an album by the American band Seaweed.[1][2] It was released in 1995 on Hollywood Records.[3] The album is named for the Washington community.[4]

The first single was "Start With", which peaked at No. 38 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.[5][6] Seaweed supported the album with a North American tour, which included playing the 1995 Warped Tour.[7][8] Spanaway was a commercial disappointment.[9]

Production

The album was produced primarily by Adam Kasper; it was mixed by Andy Wallace.[10] Barrett Martin and Matt Cameron played drums on some tracks.[11] Seaweed wrote the songs over a period of two years.[12] "Magic Mountainman" is about singer Aaron Stauffer's farm near Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake; "Not Saying Anything" is about domestic discontent.[13][14]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[15]

Trouser Press noted that "increases in budget and studio time enable Seaweed to deliver its best work, an inspired major-label detour."[16] The Austin Chronicle deemed it "a raw, in your-face, post-punk record."[17] The Philadelphia Inquirer called Spanaway "sugar-charged anthem rock."[7]

CMJ New Music Monthly noted that the band "is at its best when slathering anthemic vocals, sharp hooks and meatgrinder guitars on top of a blistering 4/4."[4] The Record determined that "the overall effect ... is still one of numbing, hyperclenched assault, with the group's chief virtue being mere moshability."[18] The Sun-Sentinel concluded that Spanaway "follows the loud-fast rule of the new melodic punk genre with stinging guitars and maximum volume."[19]

Track listing

  1. "Free Drug Zone" - 3:37
  2. "Crush Us All" - 3:58
  3. "Start With" - 4:02
  4. "Common Mistake" - 2:47
  5. "Magic Mountainman" - 3:46
  6. "Saturday Nitrous" - 3:11
  7. "Undeniable Hate" - 3:34
  8. "Defender" - 2:40
  9. "Assistant (to the manager)" - 3:35
  10. "Punchy (the clown)" - 0:54
  11. "Not Saying Anything" - 4:05
  12. "Last Humans" - 3:22
  13. "Peppy's Bingo" - 1:07

References

  1. ^ "Seaweed Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  2. ^ "1995 marked the end of the major-label explosion of weird". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  3. ^ Crain, Zac. "Shacking up". Dallas Observer. Archived from the original on 2022-06-11. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  4. ^ a b Jarman, David (Oct 1995). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly (26): 42.
  5. ^ Boland, Steve. "AND THE SEAWEED WILL TELL". Westword. Archived from the original on 2022-06-11. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (June 11, 2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-89820-174-1. Archived from the original on June 11, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2022 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ a b Sherr, Sara (20 Oct 1995). "Tonight at the Trocadero...". FEATURES WEEKEND. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 17.
  8. ^ Cohen, Howard (August 11, 1995). "SEAWEED". Miami Herald. p. 16G.
  9. ^ Cook, John (January 1, 2009). Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label that Got Big and Stayed Small. Algonquin Books. ISBN 978-1-56512-624-4. Archived from the original on June 11, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2022 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Jaeger, Barbara (July 7, 1995). "Album Notes". LIFESTYLE/PREVIEWS. The Record. Hackensack. p. 8.
  11. ^ Stout, Gene (June 30, 1995). "Seaweed for sale". What's Happening. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. p. 10.
  12. ^ Booth, Philip (October 20, 1995). "Seaweed surface with major-label debut". FRIDAY EXTRA!. The Tampa Tribune. p. 22.
  13. ^ Reader, Stephanie (August 22, 1995). "TIDE IS HIGH FOR SEAWEED". The News Tribune. p. SL3.
  14. ^ Hawkins, Robert J. (August 31, 1995). "SPANAWAY SEAWEED". Entertainment. The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. 10.
  15. ^ "Seaweed Spanaway Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". Archived from the original on 2022-06-11. Retrieved 2022-06-11 – via www.allmusic.com.
  16. ^ "Seaweed". Trouser Press. Archived from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  17. ^ "The Year That Slipped Away". www.austinchronicle.com. Archived from the original on 2022-06-11. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  18. ^ Weiler, Derek (5 Oct 1995). "Seaweed Spanaway". The Record. Kitchener. p. D6.
  19. ^ Schulman, Sandra (19 Nov 1995). "Punk living in Tacoma". Sun-Sentinel. p. 3F.
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