Silt (album)

Silt
Studio album by Mistle Thrush
Released	1995
Genre	Rock, Goth
Label	Bedazzled
Producer	Y. Mike Mistle Thrush
Mistle Thrush chronology
Silt 1995 Super Refraction 1997

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Silt is the debut album by Mistle Thrush, a Boston, Massachusetts-based band. It was released in 1995 on CD by Bedazzled (catalog #BDZ26). The previous year, the band released a five-song EP titled Agus Amàrach. The band didn't release another full-length album until 1997's Super Refraction. Silt saw original guitarist Brad Rigney (departed to Big Monster Fish Hook) replaced by former teenage hardcore semi-star, Matthew Kattman (ex-Funny Wagon/Kingpin).

Track listing

All songs written by Mistle Thrush, except where noted

1. "Freshwater" – 2:14
2. "Flowereyed" – 4:20
3. "One Sixth" – :42
4. "Cicada" – 5:51 (Todd Demma, Valerie Forgione, Matthew Kattman, Ruben Layman, Scott Patalano, Brad Rigney)
5. "Overpass" – 4:20
6. "Some Poet" – 5:02
7. "Wake Up (The Sleep Song)" – 5:59
8. "Silt" – 1:04
9. "Red Caboose" – 4:01
10. "Shine Away" – 6:20
11. "The Sky and My Hands" – 5:22 (Demma, Forgione, Kattman, Layman, Patalano, Rigney)
12. "The Honey Trip" – 9:26
13. "Bloom" – 3:20

Personnel

The band

• Todd Demma — Drums, percussion
• Valerie Forgione — Vocals, acoustic guitar, xylophone, drums ("The Sky and My Hands")
• Matthew Kattman — Electric and acoustic guitar, bass guitar ("The Sky and My Hands")
• Ruben Layman — Bass guitar
• Scott Patalano — Electric and acoustic guitar, drums ("The Sky and My Hands")

Additional musicians

• Mark White — Double bass ("Overpass")

Production

• Y. Mike — Producer, mixing
• Mistle Thrush — Producer, mixing
• Jon Williams — Assistant engineer
• Dan McLaughlin — Assistant engineer
• David Lefkowitz — Assistant engineer
• Marc LaFleur — Assistant engineer
• Mike Sielewicz — Engineer

Additional credits

• Recorded at Fort Apache, Cambridge, Massachusetts and The Studio
• Mixed at Prophet Sound and The Studio
• Mastered at M Works
• Rebecca Fagan — Design
• Matthew Kattman — Illustration
• Petrina Katsikas — Manager
• "Mistle Thrush would like to extend special thanks to the following people: Petrina Katsikas, Y. Mike, Rebecca Fagan, Steve Willett, Rob Wyatt, Brian Dunton and Fort Apache, Jon Williams, Dan McLaughlin, the staff at Prophet Sound, Steve Saar, Kim Alexander, Mark White, Mike Demma and Eric Cohen. We would also like to thank our families, friends and loved ones, as well as the bands that we've played with and those who have given us support through radio, the press, and any other means. Your help along the way is greatly appreciated."

Sources

• CD liner notes