Snake's Got a Leg

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Snake's Got a Leg
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Studio album by Sunset Rubdown
Released July 2005
Recorded 2001-2004
Genre Indie rock
Length35:05
Label Global Symphonic
Sunset Rubdown chronology
Snake's Got a Leg
(2005)
Sunset Rubdown
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media (5.1/10) [1]

Snake's Got a Leg is the debut album of Sunset Rubdown. It was released in July 2005 on the Global Symphonic label.
Most of the material on this album was recorded by Spencer Krug using a cheap microphone connected to a standard PC in his bedroom. [2] The songs were compiled from five different EPs, each in a different genre.

Sunset Rubdown Canadian band

Sunset Rubdown was a Canadian art rock music group from Montreal. The band began as a solo project for Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, who released his debut, Snake's Got a Leg, in early 2005. By the next year the project expanded to become a full band which included Camilla Wynne Ingr, Jordan Robson-Cramer, and Michael Doerksen.

Spencer Krug Canadian musician

Spencer Krug is a Canadian musician. He is the singer, songwriter and keyboardist for the indie rock band Wolf Parade and also records under the name Moonface. He has also performed with other Canadian bands including Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake, Frog Eyes, Fifths of Seven, and ska band the Two Tonne Bowlers, playing various instruments. His involvement in many musical acts has garnered him a noticeably high output of work, being credited on several releases a year. He is known for his distinctive voice and songwriting abilities.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Dust You Kick Up Is Too Fine" – 0:59
  2. "Snake's Got a Leg" – 4:01
  3. "I'll Believe in Anything, You'll Believe in Anything" – 4:48
  4. "Hey You Handsome Vulture" – 1:34
  5. "Hope You Don't Stoop to Dirty Words" – 4:10
  6. "Hope You Don't Stoop to Dirty Words II" – 2:46
  7. "Cecil's Bells" – 1:44
  8. "I Know the Weight of Your Throat" – 2:50
  9. "Sol's Song" – 4:03
  10. "Stadiums and Shrines" – 2:59
  11. "Snake's Got a Leg II" – 3:51
  12. "Portrait of a Shiny Metal Little Boy" – 1:20

All songs written and recorded by Spencer Krug (except tracks 3, 5, and 11 were recorded by Arlen Thompson)

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References

  1. Pitchfork Review
  2. Mike Mineo, "Sunset Rubdown", Pop Matters, popmatters.com, October 8, 2007.