Giant Sand
Purge & Slouch (2lp)
After the commercial and critical success of 1992s Center Of The Universe, Giant Sand looked to lay down the instinctive and impulsive spark of the band onto record, "Believing in recording in the moment of impact to result in a perfect harvest, where a song gets captured the first time it ever gets played, and this record marks the moment where 98.5 % of it was done like this". Howe was planning on it being his "metal machine music" album, but instead, "some real songs happened too many times in the process...songs I have never learned". Originally released in 1993. Tracks - Side A: 1. Slander 2. Bender 3. Swamp Thing 4. Santana Castanada & You Side B: 1. Blue Lit Rope 2. Overture (Part.1) 3. Rice Road Rumba 4. Slice & Dice Blues 5. High Lonesome Curl 6. New Carjack City Blues Side C: 1. Owed Ode 2. Overture (Part 2) 3. Here On The Planet 4. Elevator Music 5. Song For The Accountants 6. Dock Of The Bay Side D: 1. Tripping Moon 2. Dance Of The Cicadas 3. Disclaimer 4. Smokey Joes Deep Blue Pancake.