Bring On the Snakes

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Bring on The Snakes
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 20, 2001
Genre Indie rock
Length41:29
Label WARM
Producer Brian Paulson
Crooked Fingers chronology
Crooked Fingers
(2000)
Bring on The Snakes
(2001)
Reservoir Songs
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork 6.2/10 [2]

Bring on the Snakes is the second studio album by the indie rock band Crooked Fingers. [3] [4] It was released in February 2001. It was recorded and produced in Fall 2000, in Pittsboro, NC, by Brian Paulson.

Contents

Critical reception

The Tallahassee Democrat wrote: "The arrangements are delicate, dissonant and whimsical, perfect settings for Bachmann's raw, weary growl. Like an off-kilter Springsteen, he sings dark anthems of life, love and loss in Jungleland." [5]

Track listing

  1. "The Rotting Strip" - 5:10
  2. "Devil's Train" - 4:57
  3. "Surrender is Treason" - 3:24
  4. "Sad Love" - 7:27
  5. "Doctors of Deliverance" - 5:15
  6. "Every Dull Moment" - 4:12
  7. "Here Come the Snakes" - 5:59
  8. "There's a Blue Light" - 5:05

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