Milktrain to Paydirt is an album by Trumans Water. It was released in August 1995 by Homestead Records.[3] It was their first studio album without Glen Galloway (who had left to form Soul-Junk),[1] and their first album with Kevin Cascell on drums. It was also their last release on the Homestead label. The song "Off-Peak Arson" features Thurston Moore on guitar.[1] Trouser Press described the album: "The herky-jerky rhythms of "Unitraction Bath" and "Mnemonic Elf Lock" pack a particularly potent post-Fall punch, but that's not always enough to offset the self-congratulatory quirkiness that seems so ingrained in the band's approach".[4]

Milktrain to Paydirt
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1995
LabelHomestead
Trumans Water chronology
Godspeed the Vortex
(1994)
Milktrain to Paydirt
(1995)
The Peel Sessions
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]

Track listing edit

  1. Mechanical Days Safety System - (3:37)
  2. Unitraction Bath - (3:12)
  3. Lick Observatory - (5:11)
  4. Spectro Helio Scope - (3:47)
  5. Stares from New Enemies - (0:53)
  6. Vexation Fruits - (0:35)
  7. Sour Synapse/St. Job Int'l Gore - (9:38)
  8. Concussed - (5:37)
  9. American Fat - (2:28)
  10. Irly Traitor Consent - (3:15)
  11. Mnemonic Elf Lock - (1:04)
  12. Siskiyou Armiger - (2:08)
  13. Asleep Sneeze - (1:26)
  14. Off Peak Arson - (5:36)
  15. Wind and Rain Over Wings - (5:55)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Cramer, Stephen "Milktrain to Paydirt Review", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation, retrieved 21 November 2009
  2. ^ "Milktrain to Paydirt", Chicago Tribune, 10 August 1995
  3. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 1040
  4. ^ Sprague, David "Trumans Water", Trouser Press, retrieved 21 November 2009