Snake in the Radio is the first album by Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands.[2][3] It was released in 2006 by Bloodshot Records.[4][5]
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | May 9, 2006 |
| Recorded | September 2004 – November 2005 |
| Genre | Indie rock, Americana |
| Length | 45:50 |
| Label | Bloodshot Records[1] |
| Producer | Steve Fisk |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
Production edit
The album was recorded between September 2004 and November 2005.
Critical reception edit
AllMusic wrote: "Pickerel's voice has the shaky intensity of an unholy combination of Roy Orbison and Chris Isaak, while the ramshackle production, overseen by grunge legend Steve Fisk, provides an appropriately unsettling musical backdrop."[6] The Riverfront Times wrote that "if you need a soundtrack for savoring that late-night, as-yet-indefinite pensive mood, this is just the thing."[7] PopMatters wrote: "Call it maturity, wanderlust, the need to maintain artistic relevance, or the realization that much of grunge was roots rock with more guitar distortion, but this Americana-by-way-of-Seattle storyline (for lack of a better description) has been an enjoyable development."[8] Seattle Weekly wrote the songs "could be the soundtrack to a David Lynch flick set in a Bakersfield honky tonk."[9]
Track listing edit
- "Forest Fire" (5:11)
- "Come Home Blues" (3:48)
- "A Town Too Fast for Your Blues" (2:34)
- "I'll Wait" (5:48)
- "Graffiti Girl" (3:54)
- "Ask the Wind, Ask the Dusk" (4:00)
- "Don't Look Back" (4:04)
- "You'll Be Mine" (3:34)
- "Sin Tax Dance" (2:57)
- "Snake in the Radio" (4:51)
- "Town Without the Blues" (5:09)
Personnel edit
- Neko Case - artwork
- Steve Fisk - keyboards
- Jim Sangster - bass
- Johnny Sangster - guitar
References edit
- ^ "Snake in the Radio". Bloodshot Records. December 20, 2013.
- ^ "Mark Pickerel". April 3, 2008.
- ^ "Mark Pickerel | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Scanlon, Tom (March 7, 2008). "Pickerel walks out of the shadow, into the spotlight". The Seattle Times.
- ^ Ray, Linda. "Sad but Comfortable". Tucson Weekly.
- ^ "Snake in the Radio - Mark Pickerel | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Keresman, Mark. "Mark Pickerel & His Praying Hands". Riverfront Times.
- ^ "Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands: Snake in the Radio". PopMatters. May 11, 2006.
- ^ "Notable Shows". Seattle Weekly. October 9, 2006.