''Moonhead'' is the second full-length album by Thin White Rope, released in 1987.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that the album "alters the modus operandi a bit, stretching song lengths and forging a provocative, embryonic bond between wiry, Television-styled guitar interplay and groove-conscious kraut-rock rhythms (held in place by Jozef Becker’s incredibly focused drumming)." The ''

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'' called the album "excellent," writing that the band's "fuzzy, often dissonant twin-guitar solos recall such diverse groups as Television and Spirit, as its material takes traditional forms and bends them into something unexpected, going from Western gallops to psychedelic dirges." ''

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'' deemed "Crawl Piss Freeze" "not so much a song as an apocalyptic death march," while

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described it as a postcard "from the edge." ''

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'' wrote that the track creates "an unforgiving atmosphere of sparked vocals supplanted by an eardrum-piercing fretboard roar."

Track listing

Credits

* Guy Kyser – guitar, vocals * Roger Kunkel – guitar, vocals * Stephen Tesluk – bass, vocals * John Von Feldt – bass * Jozef Becker – drums ;with * Paul McKenna – engineer, producer * John Golden – Mastering * Ross Garfield – Drum Technician ;and * Greg Gavin – Cover Painting, Paintings * Merril Greene – Photography * Robin K. – Photography * Wendy Sherman – design

References

{{Authority control 1987 albums Frontier Records albums Thin White Rope albums