''Crookt, Crackt, or Fly'' is the second

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by American

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...

band

Gastr del Sol Gastr del Sol (derived from a combination of the name of a race horse (Gato del Sol) and David Grubbs' previous band Bastro) was an American, Chicago-based band, consisting for most of their career of David Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke. Between 19 ...

, released on April 18, 1994 by Drag City. The album was written and performed by

David Grubbs David Grubbs (born September 21, 1967) is an American composer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist. He was a founding member of Squirrel Bait, Bastro, and Gastr del Sol. He has also played in Codeine (band), Codeine, The Red Krayola, Bitch Magnet a ...

and Jim O'Rourke, with

John McEntire John McEntire (born April 9, 1970) is an American recording engineer, producer, drummer, and multi-instrumentalist, based in Chicago, Illinois. He is a member of both Tortoise and the Sea and Cake. Early life McEntire was born on April 9, 1970 ...

(percussion), Steve Butters (percussion) and Gene Coleman (bass clarinet) also contributing. It was recorded by

Brian Paulson Brian Paulson is an American record producer and audio engineer from Minnesota, best known for recording albums by Slint, Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Superchunk and Wilco. Paulson grew up in Bemidji, Minnesota, but moved about 200 miles south to ...

in October 1993 at Kingsize in

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. In 2016, ''Crookt, Crackt, or Fly'' was ranked at number 17 on ''

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''s list of the best

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albums. John McEntire's band

The Sea and Cake The Sea and Cake is an American indie rock band based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. As part of the Chicago school of post-rock, the group formed in the mid-1990s from members of The Coctails (Archer Prewitt), Shrimp Boat (Sam Prekop ...

derived their name from his mishearing of the title of the song "The C in Cake".

Track listing

References

External links

* 1994 albums Gastr del Sol albums Drag City (record label) albums {{1990s-indie-rock-album-stub