Name: Icky Mettle
Brand: Archers Of Loaf

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375 Media

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Extended format: No

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Release date

2019-12-13

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137188

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673855041513

137189

673855041520

Artist

Archers Of Loaf

Label EU

Merge

Genre EU

Alternative / Modern

Archers of Loaf is an American rock band from North Carolina formed in 1991. The group disbanded in 1998 and Eric Bachmann went on to pursue a solo career, while Matt Gentling supported Superchunk (also from North Carolina) during one of their tours among other things. 
The group reformed in 2011 and played a number of concerts and made a television appearance. In a 2018 interview with Eric Bachmann, he said all of the members of Archers of Loaf are on board with the idea of reforming and making a new record, saying "Oh yeah, everybody wants to do it — I just have to write the songs."

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re-mastered by bob weston and featuring new liner notes by robert christgau, 'icky mettle' comes with bonus material (packaged as a second disc with cd, digitally with the lp) including the entire 'archers of loaf vs the greatest of all time' ep as well as singles and b-sides from the 'icky mettle' era. no single trend in 1990s indie rock can be traced back to archers of loaf. they weren't quite 'lo-fi,' they weren't quite 'slackers,' their guitars weren't quite 'noisy' and their drums weren't quite 'mathy.' eric bachmann's vocals were gritty and visceral, but his lyrics were oblique and cerebral. archers of loaf thrived on subtle contradictions, on purposeful vagaries, on tentative gestures delivered with utmost conviction. they released increasingly adventurous records for five years, and broke up with minimal drama or fanfare. this, the first in a series of planned deluxe reissues from fire / merge (us), perfectly captures the energy of the band's early days, from their slapdash first singles to the scrappy brilliance of 'icky mettle' itself to the more honed recordings that followed.

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