Purge & Slouch
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| Released | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Label | Brake Out Restless | |||
| Producer | Howe Gelb, Harvey Moltz, John Convertino | |||
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Purge & Slouch is an album by the American band Giant Sand, released in 1993 through the German label Brake Out Records.[1] It was released by Restless Records the following year.[2][3] The band supported the album with a UK tour.[4] Frontman Howe Gelb referred to the music as "smash jazz".[5]
Giant Sand made the album in order to satisfy its contractual obligations to Restless.[6] It was recorded at a house in the Tucson area; Gelb allegedly taped his vocals and guitar playing while lounging on a couch.[7] The band improvised most of the music, which they had a difficult reproducing in a live setting.[4] Susan Cowsill and Vicki Peterson sang on "Corridor".[8] Rainer Ptacek played guitar on many of the tracks; Malcolm Burn contributed on bass.[9] "Dock of the Bay" is a cover of the Otis Redding song.[9] "Santana, Castanada & You" [sic] refers to two Carlos, Carlos Santana and Carlos Castaneda.[10] Gelb later acknowledged the informality and low stakes of the sessions, saying the he enjoyed what many journalists criticized.[11] Stromausfall, the band's next album, released in a press run of 2,000 copies, included music recorded during the same sessions.[12]
