Headsparks

Headsparks
Studio album by Seam
Released March 11, 1992
Recorded August 1991 at Duck-Kee Studios in Raleigh, North Carolina
Genre Indie rock, slowcore
Length 33:21
Label Homestead
Seam chronology
Headsparks
(1992)		 Kernel
(1993)

Headsparks is the debut studio album by the American indie rock band Seam, released on March 11, 1992 by Homestead Records.

Recording and release

Headsparks was recorded by Jerry Kee at Duck-Kee Studios in Raleigh, North Carolina in August 1991.[1] The album was released on March 11, 1992 by Homestead Records.[2][3]

Critical reception

Headsparks was positively received by critics. Ned Raggett of AllMusic awarded the album a rating of four out of five stars and praised Sooyoung Park's singing and guitar playing, saying that the record features "a blend that's at once powerful, heartfelt, and anthemic almost in spite of itself."[2] He considered "Sky City" and "Feather" to be the album's highlights.[2] Victoria Wheeler of Spin also enjoyed the album, commenting that Seam "gets slow but not lethargic, sensitive but not whiny, persistent but not naging, confused but far from lost. Plus, the band pulls clever punches like pasting all that static-y haze over smartly tart, twangy, almost banjoish guitar."[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Seam unless otherwise noted. 

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Decatur"    3:20
2. "Grain"    2:48
3. "Sky City"    2:35
4. "Pins & Needles"    3:22
5. "Feather"    5:28
6. "Atari"    3:09
7. "King Rice"    3:05
8. "New Year's"  Lexi Mitchell, Sooyoung Park 3:02
9. "Shame"  Mark Saltzman 1:42
10. "Granny 9x"    4:50

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[1]

Seam
Technical and additional personnel
  • Jerry Kee – engineering
  • Sarah Shannon – vocals on "Shame"
  • Jennifer Walker – vocals on "New Year's"

References

  1. 1 2 Headsparks (CD booklet). Seam. New York: Homestead Records. 1992. HMS177-2.
  2. 1 2 3 Ned Raggett. "Headsparks". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2016-01-02. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  3. ↑ Denise Sheppard. "Seam". Trouser Press. Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  4. ↑ Victoria Wheeler (June 1992). "Headsparks". Spin 8 (3): 80. Retrieved 2016-04-13.

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