Ipsa’s Reviews > Spiderland > Status Update

Tweez was finally released in July 1989, almost two years after it was recorded. To celebrate, the band had an album release show in Chicago, at a Thai restaurant called Bangkok Bangkok. Opening the show was Walford’s friends’ new band, a trio of bass, guitar, drum machine, and maniacal frontman making their debut as the Jesus Lizard.

why do many Spiderland fans not like Tweez? what does calling Tweez "not my Slint" even mean? stupid ass take. of course heard in succession, it can be a jarring shift. but then why are you listening to the two albums in succession? i think Tweez captures the musical unconscious of Slint just as much as their opus.

Thinking of Slint’s Tweez-era material as perhaps un-metal or anti-metal goes a long way toward making sense of their early sound.

Nobody from that era who saw those two (David Pajo and Britt Walford) knew what to do. The guys from the Descendents were flabbergasted. Scratch Acid? Flabbergasted. Everybody from the generation before us who would see those guys play couldn't believe it. Period. Shocked. Jaws open. Trust me.