Breadcrumb Trail [FULL DOCUMENTARY] (2014)

A documentary made by Lance Bangs on the Louisville, Kentucky based band Slint with a focus on their seminal final album, Spiderland.

[@texxwave]

Rest in peace Steve Albini. your legacy will forever live in the music you helped create ❤‍🩹

[@youthofyesterdayrecords]

Killed by trust, most likely. SAD.

[@reeee-turn]

Albini's legacy is that he owned child abuse material and he confessed to this fact

[@donsteppedinside6796]

Slint playing at a church service has the be the most badass things i've heard

[@dlawlis]

Unitarian churches are very non-traditional. A friend of mine goes to one and he's seen everything from burlesque dancers to Wiccan blessings during their services.

[@JuditaHoffman.]

What's so badass about playing in Unitarian church?

[@donsteppedinside6796]

@@JuditaHoffman. ehhh ur maw

[@BillBondsHasAPosse]

don stepped inside I’ve seen Fugazi play at an old church in Detroit. 5$ to get in. Secret show

[@donsteppedinside6796]

Michael Gorny oh yeah sounds awesome man, lucky guy

[@dinospumoni663]

Britt's parents are some wonderful, generous people. We have them to thank as much as anyone for giving the world Slint.

[@buildnothingoutofsomething2513]

Patents like that just don't exist anymore. Today every kid is wrapt in Bubblewrap and shielded from everything that could be dangerous.

[@Mink-yu8nu]

It's a shame someone scribbled all over their sofa.

[@PinoyAbnoy]

@@buildnothingoutofsomething2513 how many parents have you met so far

[@mj.l]

@Build Nothing Out of Something shut up grandpa

[@wrarmatei]

I was thinking the same thing! Never mind the music the kids made--they just seem like incredibly rad parents...putting their kid in an experimental school and all that. Not one personally, but their being Unitarians made a lot of sense because they're often generally cool, open-minded, kind people.

[@alonsob.3766]

okay the music is amazing obviously but we need to recognize how well made this documentary is

[@carlybaker1691]

@@Johnconno we think so...

[@andrewfarrell6120]

No doubt. That was really well done.

[@InternetUsername]

Well, yeah, it was made by Lance Bangs. He's directed music videos for Sonic Youth, Nirvana, The Shins, Neutral Milk Hotel, Kanye West, etc. and filmed a bit for Jackass. He's done so much more, but these the most notable.

[@ilmaurizetazetaerre]

totally

[@Nono-hk3is]

It would be better if he had continued to label the interviewees every time they appeared, rather than just the first time. It's difficult to remember who's who if you aren't already familiar with their faces. Especially since some seemed to be the same person but at different times?

[@funkyaeroplane]

Wow, It's amazing what people can create if they spend years playing in a basement together. Imagine all the other amazing music being made in basements/garages around the world that no-one will ever hear

[@TrickshootingProject]

Damn that idea made me sad

[@awsmdrummer62]

we're certainly trying my man

[@fuzzydunlop4513]

thank god for the internet man. These basement guys are finally getting exposure

[@KillerPotato]

Yeah, but now there's an overabundance of music and if Slint was formed today, recorded their album and put it on bandcamp, it wouldn't get that much exposure. I guess the Vinyl with their heads popping out in the record store had it's own charm and mystery. Imagine now, when all the info is already on the internet and nothing is a mystery they just put it out, couple of people bought it and it was just left alone without much spotlight. It was so great what Lance Bangs did (Went through a lot to get this much info). But imagine others, that don't know the full story, have just heard the album and are amazed. They ask themselves: "Who are these kids?". Maybe they hear some gossip from their friends who have heard a story from their friends, who have claimed to know the guys personally. Now that has it's own real charm, in my opinion. I found this whole story to be very interesting, wish I had been there to buy the album when it was out.

[@cleomanso1299]

i was thinking the same before see your comment. thank you

[@DarkIronDwarf]

As a Slint superfan, what I took most from this is that Britt was the coolest kid of all time.

[@DarkIronDwarf]

also, if a child wrote a song for me as good as "Charlotte" I'd probably drop dead HAHA

[@tommy2x4]

You’re not wrong. Britt is a very genuine, salt of the earth person

[@johnnymancspice]

I had a restless night last night thinking the exact same thing

[@duckstabed7381]

I got kinda flabbergasted by how much i relate to him, tho i prob will never have the opportunity to be as meaningfull

[@soniamacintyre5229]

R.I.P. Steve. 61 may have been far too young but one has to take into consideration he lived three lifetimes, one as the founder of three influential post-hardcore bands, another as an extremely talented and innovative audio engineer with a couple of thousand albums to his name, and one as an all around great guy with an infectious sense if humor.

[@manhattenman6075]

RIP Steve Albini, one of the greatest and influential music producers of all time. Fly high Steve🤘

[@Zatzzo]

The ending of "good morning captain" is the most powerful moment in rock history.

[@prodajie]

This feels correct to me.

[@AlwaysSleepy13]

WAAAAAAARRRRRGHMISS YOUUUUUUUUUUU

[@i.hold.vertigo2329]

Ending of Search and Destroy for me, but Slint is up there, for sure.

[@waltjisneychannel74]

It is absolutley a brilliant and captivating finale to an epic song that’s for sure. Ahhhhhh I misssss youuuuu!

[@patbeaks9170]

It’ll never be surpassed

[@hammies.]

38:40 the humour in these posters was truly ahead of their time

[@1yearago491]

I like the interviews with Dave Pajo the best, dude just has such a gentle, but compelling aura about him

[@Ayeeduhnn]

Lmao "if this is punk rock, I dont know if I want to be part of it" 😂

[@ke228]

One of the most interesting and mysterious bands of all time. They were god damn kids!

[@koth_harvest_final]

rest in peace albini, so damn young

[@kikisgarden5541]

found this album at a flea market unknowing of what it was. under a pile a books for some reason the album cover just drew me. the guy i bought it from told me to not listen to it if I was feeling sad on a cloudy day..made me want it even more..listened to it in my car during a storm, cried a bit, then made all my friends listen to it. love this album so much. it cuts deep to my core. thanks for this documentary.

[@shaolin_tcg4727]

Nah you found them on youtube just like all of us..

[@Zach-bt2ky]

ShaolinZoo ___ there are people older than you out there, you’re aware, right?

[@Zach-bt2ky]

@@shaolin_tcg4727 I'm willing to bet I'm much healthier and in better shape than someone called "ShaolinZoo".

[@shaolin_tcg4727]

Zach is a nice name but I doubt you are in better health. Enjoy your day!

[@Zach-bt2ky]

@@shaolin_tcg4727 You're fat as fuck or malnourished mate, you can't not be with that avatar. I run a 7 minute mile

[@PinataOblongata]

Steve talking about Britt house-sitting for him is the best thing I've watched in about a decade.

[@whatwouldhousedo5136]

These are the calmest rock musicians I've ever seen.

[@grungepants]

I don't think the music is rock, it's more like melancholic Indie pop.

[@heliumtrophy]

Probably the most painfully shy as well.

[@TheChannelofaDisappointedMan]

They did what every artist aspires to do, they did something new.

[@warborn_inc.]

Heard a quote about this band back in the early 90s that said..."Slint is a band so far ahead of their time...they are now behind you" Took a shot in the dark and picked up this album in late 91 in Chicago and it made a huge impact right out of the gate. This band and Talk Talk were definitely on to soemthing different and special for the time

[@bennyshambles]

Joe Peters That quote/blurb was in the Touch & Go catalog for years. So good. “Slint is so far ahead of their time they’re standing behind you.” It used to simultaneously blow my mind and crack me up.

[@haroldberman1341]

YES! Talk Talk!

[@Jorenanthony]

Yes. Talk Talk. Spirit of Eden, cut-out cassette for 5.99, picked up in 1989. College roommate plays Spiderland foe me two years later. That’s the stuff that dreams are made of!

[@applejellypucci]

Damn this is some good quarantine viewing.

[@coogano]

indeed

[@MegaMoegreen]

Third time watching it in 2 months 😬

[@ElevenDollarCheese]

"Don't get me wrong, he's a nice guy, I like him just fine....but he's a mouth breather".

[@quentink7312]

muckraker6 Jesus lizardddd

[@jayt7178]

Quentin k you know who he was talking about?

[@quentink7312]

Jay T Britt

[@PaulBenjaminJenkins]

Still don’t get what that means in this context, haha. Like in Stranger Things, nobody would like anyone who they considered a “mouth breather.”

[@The-Silliest-Billy]

@@PaulBenjaminJenkins means someone's kinda dumb in some way or another

[@gavinmacarthur7989]

I kept hearing songs from this album as I was moving from my teens into my twenties in an Irish university town. For various reasons, I never got around to actually buying Spiderland and, by the time the Internet made it possible to listen to streamed music, I had moved on to other things. However, in recent years I have been spending a lot of time listening to old Sonic Youth and Smashing Pumpkins recordings, as well as reconnecting with Radiohead and Mogwai. One album led to another and I finally listened to Spiderland in its entirety a few nights ago. Strange to report, but it made me feel like I was once again a teenager, with all the anxiety and unfinished thoughts that my teenage years were about. At the same time, my 44 years meant that I could reflect on Slint's music in ways that I could not have dreamed of back then. Most tellingly, I felt a weird combined sense of wonder, loss, sadness and elation, realising as I did that the boys who made this album were never going to make anything like this again, that it was - and still is - unique and that sometimes it is the emergent, fleeting and transient nature of art that makes it so powerful and poignant. Thanks for putting this documentary up - I am just about to watch it.

[@judasrefusal]

Gavin Macarthur exactly what I never thought I wanted to say and could articulate, you have thought and said with this comment right here.n thanks bro. Spiderland is not a revered album by random casualty. Spiderland moves electric synapses from our brain out our body's limbs. Only excellent music possesses the ability to do that, and that's what $¶|!)£®[_^π|) does for anyone's who's willing to really listen.

[@richardosmer3377]

big Sonic Youth fan and can hear them in this

[@ssmmaacca]

Believe on The Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved he is your shield and buckler your strong tower and rock of salvation in tough times God Bless you

[@danebachman]

Your comment perfectly sums up the fleeting moment of genius of Spiderland; it gives that feeling of dreadful beauty, as if even though it's hard to listen to and eerily anxiety-invoking, it's a level of terrible beauty that will probably never exist again.

[@ricklee9473]

Well put, I'm a Louisville native and musician ,and thankful these guys had a special place to nurture their instincts and adventures , i m a Southend boy , so by the time you were 16 ,you had to think about a job to make it out. Not unhappy these guys were able to explore their talents , as they certainly were just oozing with it. Glad they have the recognition they deserve. Makes " ville " music guys smile. I recognize all that old footage sure brings it back .unfortunately ,Rose Island road isn't as beautiful as it was then , is anything?

[@baran32241]

This feels so sad. You can tell every member appreciate and miss those wild teenage years goofing around and just being together. Britt sighing at the end of the film tells lots of things.

[@michaelhoskins6579]

One of the best music documentaries I have ever seen. I thought it was great that they featured Britt's parents so heavily in the film. They are awesome!

[@wids]

I just hope David Pajo is doing okay

[@kustommaid3]

Why wouldn’t he be?

[@rawdondiggerman746]

@@kustommaid3 I believe he has had struggles with depression and even made an attempt on his own life at some point not too long ago but he's currently playing guitar in Gang of Four and seems to be doing well

[@theman8652]

@@rawdondiggerman746really?? This is awesome to hear

[@theman8652]

@@rawdondiggerman746him working with Gang of Four. Not the sad stuff

[@eliasmsv3156]

@@theman8652 He has an interview with Earthquaker devices, which shows his nerdy guitar side. He builds them himself and also comments on the musical evolution up till Spiderland.

[@ian42642]

This is the only documentary i've ever found about Slint: you did a great job of it!

[@groove4528]

work of Lance Bangs!

[@dpclerks09]

I seem to come back to re-watch this whenever I'm in a weird rut of depression or wanting inspiration. Bands like Slint and Duster are what's keeping me afloat during this time in my life. I know that it's trite, but, you're doing God's work, so, thank you, truly

[@gabrielrose-gonzalez4421]

Fabulous bands, both. I saw Slint on a brief reunion tour in 2005. They played Spiderland start to finish, then a mix of other songs. I saw Duster for the first time about one year ago, my last show before lockdown began. I feel very fortunate to have seen both bands. Cheers!

[@cchampa17]

Hope you find your way through the depression

[@dpclerks09]

@@cchampa17 I did, finally. Thank you, and thank you, God.

[@sicktomystomach]

Let's collaborate.

[@dpclerks09]

@@sicktomystomach Hey, I'm not sure if I saw this before, but, I'm always down to collaborate. I play guitar, bass, and drums. I can also plonk around on keyboard.

[@demonicsweaters]

I never got a chance to see this documentary until now, it was fantastic! I was the drummer of the bands Lincoln and Kukim, and we were playing around the same time as these guys and were from Morgantown West Virginia. I can really relate to the mindset of Louisville, there was just something about that Appalachian Midwestern area that was weird and unique. Slint were hugely influential on us, and every band in the whole area. Every time Lincoln played Louisville, we were incredibly well received. The people there were amazing. Great times, the 90s were amazing.

[@genomesurfer4875]

lincoln were/are amazing, so cool to see this comment

[@thenotsoguitarguy9429]

That Lincoln/Hoover split 7" stayed on my turntable. You could almost listen to one side through the other.

[@fredericozgur7845]

Can't stress enough how Lincoln side on the Two Headed Coin split is the definition of a whole genre, thank you for this

[@JMarinelli]

Hi, Justin! I'm glad I'm not the only one who got late '80s/early '90s Morgantown vibes from this.

[@valeriexvegan]

echoing everyone else, Lincoln is such an incredible band. thank you so much for your contributions to it.

[@isla25]

Wow, Britt's parents are amazing! The support they were given at such a young age getting brought to gigs and the like speaks volumes about their parenting ability.

[@lifesoldier]

i want to be like them gdi

[@Christian-97]

@@lifesoldier Me too, man. The parents of the band members seem so cool (mostly talking about Britt’s, but the others seem equally supportive since they went on tour)

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

Well that depends. If that's all he's doing sure. However I came from Louisville too, I lost many friends to include my best friend since 5th grade to heroin OD, he was a marching snare drummer for Meade County High School, Snare in Moxy private drumline, drummer in a few bands, learned bass, got the machine J Dilla used to make Donuts with. But he died in 2013 from junk. Didn't make it to a 10 year high school reunion, died on the 8th year leaving behind a daughter with no father. Now, not all musicians gets into drugs, but many do. Heroin being one of the worst to do. I went to his house once where his power was shut off and he was using candle light to heat spoons from scraping syringes... that was one of the saddest displays of a man I've ever seen, because I knew and loved him, he was my friend of a very long time. 10th year of being dead.

[@swaggattarius4355]

11 minutes into this random doc and am going to watch the whole thing mostly because of how incredibly done it is. But the content is also rad.

[@jesusgluez]

the fact that ian mackaye shows up halfway through this to talk about how they playfully punched him is just...legacy

[@3cs3hs]

i just found out about this band, looked up on setlist and their last show ever was in Vancouver BC 2014 where i lived. Can't believe i missed it, i was a full blown heroin addict at the time and didn't give a fuck about anything.

[@z_y.o.u]

3cs3hs I was in the same area at the same time, flew over my head. You’re not alone.

[@vaughnmild4467]

Like the other dude said. You were NOT alone.

[@fucketaboutit]

Wait ! And you can't believe you MISSED it? a full blown shit bag selfish unthinking asshole heroin addict unaware of the amazing world of arts and culture around them? IMPOSSIBLE!

[@TheStingOfDeath]

@@fucketaboutit ultimate woosh

[@dakotathacker3821]

@@fucketaboutit sticks and stones...

[@yemenisnicket1289]

David Yow's impression of Britt is perfect.

[@nussymussy]

the lights their backs their conversations

[@bonnybarberino4561]

Radial killed the Star Radio

[@tiarahuddleston1763]

nuss the couples romancing so natural

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

Are those bands?

[@nussymussy]

@@daytonasayswhat9333 yea new indie band names

[@68gmax71]

Americ Anfootball

[@flip65515]

Goddammit! This is exactly the kinda thing that pisses me off. When this band was active...what..30 years ago when they were CHILDREN and could outplay and musically out think everything else around back then, nobody could be bothered. It only took the world three decades to give them the appreciation they always deserved

[@toddr4200]

Puto Cracker Yep. Same with The Stooges, MC5, Meat Puppets, Husker Du.......and thank The Lord that Squirrel Bait is heavily woven into this documentary. Louisville’s early/mid eighties influence into the underground music scene is soooo overlooked!

[@flip65515]

@@toddr4200 Yeah it was nice to be reminded of Squirrel Bait. I remember being a teenager and there being an ad for the Squirrel Bait record in either Thrasher or Maximum Rock and Roll. In that world of hardcore, how fast, how heavy. No one liked it. And now here we are

[@paulsecrest9427]

@@toddr4200 yeah i am from Cincinnati i have never heard of them. Iv heard Maurice.

[@toddr4200]

Maximum Rock n Roll magazine....whoa....awesome! My brothers small band out of eastern Iowa was featured in MRR circa 1985....Fresh Water Cannibal. A 3 piece hard core group which disintegrated in 1986. They released a limited distribution cassette and MRR did the interview/promo

[@bricksampson654]

It’s like my kock and balls, women only respect it 20 years later, mini drill aint so phucking bad!

[@shanewalmsley4771]

All parents need to take notes from Britts parents. Much respect to them

[@travvistodd6016]

I know it's common to lament how many views a particular chunk of film on KZbin gets, but it's hard for me to fathom that just over a thousand people have watched this.

[@blaqkush]

when less people watch it, it is less likely to be taken down

[@danielt6856]

If it gets taken down in exchange for a few thousand extta people learning a lesson, then it's worth it. Don't be selfish-share hints at what people are about with other people.

[@scottplaysguitar]

Some more views as of recent!

[@shadowpokemonblade25]

100K now.... the love for music is strong

[@markstedman8186]

Watching it two years on from you here in sunny south Wales

[@Stranglehold432]

Don stepped outside.

[@Strixs]

He felt he needed to take a piss

[@TheWayofGrace89]

I can listen to this album once a week and never for a second be wishing I had something else on. It’s truly amazing.

[@richardhall5489]

I listened to it once a week for years. Now I only listen to it about once a year. Its just so emotional.

[@jp7621]

"I don't know if he knew, sort of, how a house worked...". Has got to be the funniest line from this doc.

[@Pepper-cd9yr]

I am so fucking thankful to live in this city, and be in the music scene. These guys are everyday people, still legends among us.

[@ralphiemcdingus2075]

Among us!

[@jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73]

@@ralphiemcdingus2075 sus 😭

[@Limesubmusic]

One of the best music documentaries I have ever seen, so honest and a real insight in what its like to be a band.

[@freekmusbach8722]

This is a beautiful document. At the time this album came out i was touring with a noiseband called Gone Bald ( Croatian and Serb folks who fled the war early ninetees and i befriended in Amsterdam ) I was bewildered by the Slint sound wich is like paintings indeed. The shroud of mystery was very helpful too. Never knew they were later involved in so much other great bands. It faintly does remind me of some early Don Caballero stuff and Acetone. Anyway, thanks a lot for making this film, Regards, Freek Musbach.

[@taco2947]

Midwestern mystique

[@podmike2952]

Start but my 《T》 cant to Play between my voice ìn direct say but Yes Ready to napalm-.obtvs Bf2 yfblikk....... engine cant catch the godly ☆ ìn 1right moment .... Barrellake's 4347....

[@samwindmill8264]

​@@taco2947as an Iowan I never thought of Kentucky as being the Midwest, rather the South, but the mystique part is absolutely true

[@paulpunzo9560]

We are 138 we are 138

[@derfgerps4016]

paul punzo that’s one of the greatest stories ever, that song is punk rock gospel

[@missymurder1602]

@@derfgerps4016 not shit posting but what is the story behind that. Was just listening to some misfits this morning. Thanks

[@taco2947]

@@missymurder1602 In the doc when the dude got hit by the car.

[@jamespardee1116]

THIS is how a band should be! None of that over-veneration of the past, as if originality were a breach of canon!

[@thebigh1153]

Just saw this finally. Great documentary/film of an awesome short lived band. Never saw them live but saw Evergreen open for Sebadoh in 1995 at 1st Avenue. The ticket stub said "featuring members of Flint".

[@TheSanguineSea]

That’s fucking hilarious. Doomed to eternal underappreciation

[@TheSanguineSea]

P.S. Evergreen rips. Jealous

[@themerovingeinful]

"it was almost like he had a light, just like right above him, but it was dark all around him"

[@Clownconspirator]

of all the records I own, Spiderland stands out the most. Nothing I've heard has the same sound or feeling as it. I'll never forget finding this used at my local, and freaking out while my friend hadn't a clue of what the record was.

[@user-so2us2yr7u]

i listened to spiderland for the first time last week and it was the first full album i listened to without interruptions or being distracted with anything else since i was a kid somehow it changed my life and i still dont know how and i cant stop thinking about it this documentary is amazing

[@THESLOWDEATHHOOKS]

been listening to their album for years, never saw this documentary before ... im in for a treat

[@codymcgrew4015]

32:06 “this should not be... this should not exist” lmao 🤣

[@blomark]

I cannot believe i randomly chose this to watch, knowing zero about what it was about. I used to play these guys on college radio, and have spent years trying to find the tweez album to no avail. What a cool universe!

[@danweir]

Really, really well done, Lance Bangs. One of the better music docs in recent memory.

[@fraserrisk1836]

Yeah great job, now when I think of Lance Bangs it wont be him throwing up in jackass😂👍😎

[@RadicalMycology]

I watched the Channel 5 video about the Phish parking lot, and there’s a scene with Lance Bangs in a pool. They slip in two seconds of a Slint song, and I said “That’s Slint!” And that’s what led me to this video. Thanks for posting it.

[@KillerPotato]

I caught that, too!

[@mrclaytron]

What an incredible documentary... I only discovered Slint recently, when Steve Albini passed and I've been watching and listening to everything and anything about him (RIP to the legend). But Wow - how did I not know about Slint before??!! I gotta say - Britt is a fucking creative force. What a genius. Honestly, the whole band was clearly something really special.

[@froschgelbo]

RIP Jon Cook (7:55) only just found out he died before this documentary was even released. Rodan and Crain were both amazing.

[@JimJWalker]

So weird, I was listening to this record again just a few days ago. Then a friend mentions them out of nowhere. Then, another friend points me here. Thank you!

[@andyrogers6869]

Dude, you've got a lot of friends.

[@MegaMoegreen]

Andy Rogers 😂 good friends too!

[@ndrec]

the amount of musical idols in this doc is too damn high!

[@itsblosseybitch6062]

😂

[@pedrovallejo3837]

I can't believe i have seen the director of this documentary throw up more than one time

[@KillerPotato]

based gyro

[@zachbruneau358]

I have too.

[@matejamatic1329]

realized this the other day lol, always felt bad for “filmer lance” watching jackass as a kid, never thought he’d be this crazy filmmaker that went around filming some of my favorite bands ever.

[@baxklab]

Athens Georgia to Kentucky

[@themikemcneill]

This music was created by gods, if they had only but known it! It is a searing shame on the face of humanity that this musical art was not grown further on Slint's vine. Now this praise comes from a lifelong reggae devotee, who is still committed to legends such as Burning Spear and The Ethiopians. Slint was a music art that had teeth well into everyone with a truly open ear.

[@clintwilson6380]

Burning Spear was awesome☆

[@YTPartyTonight]

In March 1989, Slint played at Club Dreamerz on Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. If I recall correctly, the first song they played was Rise Above. It was done almost like a warmup. If not, it was the first song they played at their second Chicago show, also at Club Dreamerz. There's a bootleg around from the March show but Rise Above isn't on the setlist. It was so long ago it's a bit fuzzy. It was upstairs. Lots of plywood. I remember Pajo playing through that Ampeg head.

[@chrisbarry9136]

Thanks so much for posting. I've been into Slint for years and always wondered who these guys were. Spiderland still blows me away.

[@torcolts19]

RIP Jason Noble, killer bass player and guitarist from two underrated bands

[@matheusc.7614]

Imagine being a TEENAGER with your group of friends, and your band is so respected already, that you're normally hanging out with IAN MACKAYE. That's the most badass thing ever.

[@TheGuitologist]

Haha. My last address was about 3 minutes from his parent’s house.

[@_aworldthatspoke950]

All rape is real

[@_aworldthatspoke950]

All rape is fucking real

[@dannyarchives]

dude thats fuckin awesome bro

[@districtbruh5742]

@@_aworldthatspoke950 what?

[@dpclerks09]

Whoa, this is one of the last places I thought I'd see you. I've enjoyed your channel for a while now.

[@capitaldharma]

Slint made an amazing contribution to my musical world. So glad I found out about this film.

[@tony2usk8tzz]

Definitely used to think how strangely displaced it was to hear Brian and Britt's voice when I used to listen to Spiderland. It still will always be engraved in my head how to listen to the most perfect pair of heavy rifts and the only way to hear the monotone voice that speaks seems to speak out when it should. that could not have been any better than I wanted it to be.

[@Dead_ham]

Wat

[@matturner6890]

*riff Also I second DW's 'Wat'. I don't know if your autocorrect took a shit or what, but I can't understand what you mean at all.

[@coolname8133]

I think what he means is that it's odd to hear Brian and Britt actually speaking outside of the weird slightly paranoid whispering that you hear in Spiderland. If all you get from their voices is Spiderland it gives kinda a vague mysterious feeling that just snugly fits with the whole tone of the album. If that's what he's saying I can agree. They don't sound radically different but just hearing them speaking regularly with complete thoughts instead of broken up incomplete thought fragments is fucking weird. The whole record is just so mysterious and gaining actual perspective into the band members and their process just makes you look at it differently. Edit: nvm idk wtf he's trying to say.

[@t.n.3819]

Very good documentary. I was never as big into Slint as most of my friends were, but I didn't realize how much nostalgia I had tied from hearing those songs again. I definitely have a lot more respect for these guys now.

[@peaceofpiety]

Had never heard of the band Slint until this present moment in time. As a lover of music, this video appeared in the Algorithm, and the Allegorical message is profoundly deep. It's incredible to see Who children are allowed to be when they have the support of parents who are believers in the Creator Spirit that resides within the vessel of Self. IMAGINE a world where all children WERE, ARE, and WILL BE, forever supported by their parents belief in the freedom of their Creator Spirit. What a wonderful world it WILL BE, when we WILL all learn to BE MINDFUL and live in the present moment; the true Gift of God as Creator Spirit Energy. Don't let free will of ego mind hold back the freedom of the Spirit that WILL create future energy. Just BE.

[@therichieboy]

This documentary is gold.

[@jimmy-breeze]

fuck dude. RIP to a legend

[@Pepper-cd9yr]

In Louisville right now, I'm 18 years old and have a ton of equipment and practice all the time. Does somebody wanna start a band with me?

[@Pepper-cd9yr]

Gonzo Volante what do u play

[@dailyalienation]

Pepper3961 im 15 i play guitar im also not that good

[@Seth-hc2bj]

Did you end up getting anything together?

[@bonnybarberino4561]

I got a great name for you Bitchin' Sailboats

[@spamsingles5948]

I play bass and I'd love to be in a band

[@rexbanner7611]

I got to see slint in early 2000's, they were amazing.

[@jamesrubin4853]

I first listened to spiderland last week and I can’t stop thinking about it

[@micahatencio]

Stumbled across this documentary in a way befitting the way I stumbled across the band originally; randomly, and with gratitude. Thanks to whoever put this together.

[@i_am_a_music_maker5212]

I don’t think I could’ve asked for a better documentary if I tried

[@Mauroleiicus]

Love this doco, seen it a couple times. Funniest thing is when other people imitate Britt Walford. "...maaan"

[@DasIstDerMars]

Spiderland has accompanied me through the last 25 years. This a very well made movie on this wonderful unique band and their master piece. Thanks a lot for sharing.

[@hippyjodorowsky8102]

15:30 - timestamp for a glimpse of perfection

[@destroythespot1]

does anyone know where you can find this song?

[@synthmalicious7541]

Wietse Thomas In Britt’s basement

[@primetime_al822]

I came back to this documentary just for that clip, one of the sickest drum fulls I’ve ever heard.

[@samwindmill8264]

The thing about Spiderland is that, for me, a lot (if not most) of the lyrics and vocals definitely have a "terminally adolescent" quality as I'm sure loads of other people think. But when paired to the terrifyingly powerful music, it creates this feeling of four kids who've been goofing around as a band, and who unexpectedly stumble on something indefinably disturbing and immense, beyond their ability to fully comprehend it. They're trying to be "serious" and "poetic" in a sort of heavy handed way, like a lot of teens and young adults would do, but their brilliant music completely obliterates the awkwardness. As the pitchfork review of the box set states, the front cover seems like four teens who went missing on a camping trip. And that's what Spiderland feels like, honestly.

[@Christian-97]

The “four teens who went missing on a camping trip” statement to describe the album cover is perfect. Love how eerie it sorta is.

[@noesunyoutuber7680]

I think it helps that Spiderland is thematically strong. It's always read to me as a concept album about loneliness - that's the theme that unites all the songs, and the music gives it the no-melodrama, chilling weight that subject needs.

[@badfish2743]

Is nobody going to comment on the fact that they made a tape of their own farts? That's just fucking hilarious.

[@jonahtrinkner5626]

*farts* "this should not exist" lol

[@blaqkush]

I'm so glad I found this.

[@akamyaku]

awesome documentary! made me want to start a band again

[@chasedavis7791]

this is one of my favorite albums ever. every time i hear washer i get really choked up. i have very specific memories attached to like each song on spiderland. i love that album so so much.

[@OldWizard.]

Pinbacks- Summer in Abaddon quotes Slint in a lyric: "I miss you.. not in a slint way..but I miss you". If you are reading this in 2021.. we share the same energy 🧙‍♂️

[@taco2947]

Well I'll be damned!

[@OldWizard.]

@@taco2947 Some energy is just too strong to fade. Some people have learned to harness it with the arts. I like to think slint really were just purely echoing the energy from within themselves..

[@fert7921]

Wow this is probably the best documentary I’ve ever seen!

[@LideeExquise]

Awesome watch, now let's pray for somebody making a documentary about Unwound.

[@mtr801]

That would be awesome

[@jfdblues]

My friends and I discovered sling when Spider land came out in '92. I lived in central PA, and my friends and I were infatuated with anything that came out of Louisville like Palace brothers, Squirrel bait, Bastro, etc. A few years later my friends and I moved to Covington KY, and got to meet a lot of those people, even striking up a repore with Will Oldham. He came to one of our parties with Matt Sweeney and the drummer from Rodan!

[@versnellingspookie]

Sounds like a good time!

[@justadev____7232]

Spider land still gives me goosbumps

[@ChippingAround]

What a wonderful documentary to stumble upon- really enjoyed it, well done!

[@clintwilson6380]

Jen, you ever seen "Dig!" Its a really good rock documentary, you'd probably like it too☆

[@ChippingAround]

@@clintwilson6380 I haven't seen it. I'll definitely check it out, thanks for the suggestion Clint! Much appreciated 😁

[@arpadvincenti8329]

You had changed our life with your music! Greetings from Rome, Italy. Amazing doc,

[@jonathanporter5223]

Slint was definitely ahead of their time. They remind me of another band, that was around in the early 90's and had a similar sound, called Iceburn. I believe Iceburn put out a couple albums on Victory Records before evolving into The Iceburn Collective, going from heavy post hardcore, to more of a live noise performance group. After watching this, I definitely feel like Iceburn was influenced by Slint, especially when they were signed to Victory Records. Anybody else know of Iceburn and think they sound similar?

[@Azafell]

yes, Iceburn is cannon. and i def think they sound similar to Slint and were influenced by them.

[@josephbenson4413]

I saw them play in 90 or 91 and actually knew Dave. I was blown away by this album and love it to this day. It doesn't just take me somewhere, it summons me elsewhere. In the pantheon of alternative rock, I really believe it deserves - at the very least - to be a lesser divinity.

[@skramzrave]

How well did you know dave?

[@josephbenson4413]

@@skramzrave Probably some step above acquaintance. We had many of the same friends. Not 'best friends' or anything like that, but maybe he could be found having a beer if there was a party in my room. I did not meet anybody else from the band. In fact, I don't think I knew he was in a band until I heard his band was going to be playing the student union. So... that kind of friend?

[@skramzrave]

@@josephbenson4413 Thats really cool, thanks for sharing with me, I'm working on my own project about this band currently. Is there anything you remember about dave as far as his personality goes? Anything that stuck out about him?

[@josephbenson4413]

@@skramzrave He was a really nice guy. I knew of him first and met him at the literal end of the 89-90 school year. He was a chill and soft-spoken guy. Alt rock hadn't broken into the mainstream yet (~Aug of 91 w/ Smells Like Teen Spirit), but I was friends with the university radio station's two alt rock show DJs ( and occasionally sat in on the show, did bit "parts" or chatted on the air). Everybody was waiting for the band that would break alternative rock into mainstream radio. Dave was so chill that I didn't even know about his band until shortly before they played the student union. (So it must have been the 90-91 school year.). What I remember of him was a thoughtful, soft-spoken and interesting person to speak with. (If you think about it, that is sort of their music.). I don't have much else really. Besides people and both having gone to the same school in England, we really didn't have much in common.

[@K33f11]

Awesome. I really enjoyed The Slow Century, thanks to Lance Bangs for documenting Pavement and turning me onto Slint. Great film that I will make people watch in the future.

[@lyndonlee9276]

Good to put some faces and context to that weird c90 cassette I annoyed people with for years

[@zawakers7554]

I’ve had this on cd forever. THANK YOU for posting this.

[@daroachdoggjr7497]

52:29 that drum fill is insane. all his drums have this perfect tone that makes them sound like gunfire, it compliments the guitars extremely well

[@lollercoaster2010]

I find roach doggs in the strangest of places

[@AlissonSilva-ox4uz]

This is just something that you don't see often anymore these days

[@sumsaudi]

if anyone is dying to hear more music like Spiderland, The For Carnation's self-titled album really evolves the Slint mantra, the sonic textures, and the songwriting. Brian McMahon is the lead singer of the group, along with Britt Walford returning to perform drums. and his brother and a couple members of Tortoise filling the rest of band duties. and honestly, I think The For Carnation is an unbelievably underrated album and group altogether. and 100% worth checking out.

[@Aaaaaaaa-ix4rp]

The fact that you are leaving out PAPA M and David pajo is a bummer. David pajo has made so much great minimalistic music continuing the vibe.

[@sumsaudi]

@@Aaaaaaaa-ix4rp i didnt leave or neglict David Pajo from the converstation. he was just isnt on the album im refering to. On there 2000 album The For Carnation, Britt Walford appears on "Being Held" as the drums. but David Pajo is not on the album according to the liner notes. but he is on the earlier albums of theres. but im guessing he had his hands full during that time. he was played Bass with Tortoise from (1995-1998), Stereolab, king kong, the yeah yeahs, etc. but he didnt contribute to the 2000 album im talking about

[@CJ-vj7pm]

Thanks for posting, wasn't able to find this movie anywhere else

[@radioactivefish1192]

Thanks for posting this. Didn't know it existed. Slint is one of my favorite bands of all time -got me into so much music.