''Ripe'' is the debut album by
SLUG
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Field Music production led by former Field Music touring bassist
Ian Black. The tracks "Cockeyed Rabbit Wrapped in Plastic", "Running to Get Past Your Heart" and "Greasy Mind" were selected for radio promotion, with a video being produced for the latter. Ian Black describes the writing process for the album as a series of 'what-if' scenarios- "What if we take a stoner metal riff and use it like a dub bass part....that was the idea. Let's add some 4 part harmonies some squelch bass, some hisses and triangle and you've got a peculiar, sinister song." He has cited horror movie soundtracks by
Fabio Frizzi
Fabio Frizzi (born 2 July 1951) is an Italian musician and composer. Born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, he is best known for his film scores and was a frequent collaborator with horror director Lucio Fulci.
Frizzi is the older brother of the ...
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Goblin,
Lalo Schifrin
Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Latin American musical elemen ...
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Andrzej Korzyński
Andrzej Waldemar Korzyński (2 March 1940 – 18 April 2022) was a Polish composer whose work ranged from some of the biggest hits from the 1960s to the early nineties, a popular children's musical ("Akademia Pana Kleksa") and scores for some of ...
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John Carpenter as a major influence on his songwriting.
Creation and touring of the album was supported by Peter and David Brewis, the core members of Field Music itself.
Track listing
#"Grimacing Mask" – 1:21
#"Cockeyed Rabbit Wrapped in Plastic" – 2:47
#"Sha La La" – 2:58
#"Eggs and Eyes" – 3:32
#"Greasy Mind" – 2:36
#"Shake Your Loose Teeth" – 3:53
#"Weight of Violence" – 2:29
#"Running to Get Past Your Heart" – 2:25
#"Peng Peng" – 3:06
#"Kill Your Darlings" – 3:16
#"At Least Show That You Care" – 3:14
Personnel
*Ian Black
*Andrew Lowther
*Rhys Patterson
*Peter Brewis (Field Music)
*David Brewis (Field Music)
*Hugo Everard - Brass
*Tom Dixon - Brass
References
2015 debut albums
Slug (British band) albums
Memphis Industries albums
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