A Microphone and a Box of Dirt
Download links and information about A Microphone and a Box of Dirt by The Bricks. This album was released in 1992 and it belongs to Rock, Indie Rock, Pop, Alternative genres. It contains 18 tracks with total duration of 01:05:14 minutes.
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| Artist: | The Bricks |
| Release date: | 1992 |
| Genre: | Rock, Indie Rock, Pop, Alternative |
| Tracks: | 18 |
| Duration: | 01:05:14 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | A History of Lies | 3:28 |
| 2. | Hand of a Swede | 4:47 |
| 3. | Losing Track (Of the Red Line) | 3:49 |
| 4. | You Shouldn't Have Smashed Your Guitar | 2:59 |
| 5. | Smoking Hooch with the Flume Dude | 6:14 |
| 6. | The Girl with the Carrot Skin | 4:11 |
| 7. | The Mountain Goes to Mohammed | 2:44 |
| 8. | The Sturgeon | 3:46 |
| 9. | Spy Kitty | 4:36 |
| 10. | Glue Gun Girl | 3:03 |
| 11. | The Price of Admiralty | 3:51 |
| 12. | Washing You at the Border | 2:34 |
| 13. | Monopoly | 3:00 |
| 14. | Boiler (1 Degree) | 3:23 |
| 15. | Winterspring | 2:56 |
| 16. | Should Be Going Home | 2:58 |
| 17. | Strike | 4:03 |
| 18. | Drilling | 2:52 |
Details
[Edit]Bricks' only CD release is a compilation of their Winterspring cassette, two 7" singles, and several otherwise unreleased tracks. The album is out of print, but if you put your imagination to work you can probably imagine what the duo of Andrew Webster (Tsunami) and Mac McCaughan (Superchunk) would've been cookin' up on the four-track before either of their more recognizable bands had even formed. What's surprising is that A Microphone & a Box of Dirt remains a good listen. Granted, it does sound a bit dated and more often than not is strongly reminiscent of early Superchunk material (minus the attack of the rhythm section — think "acoustic demo"), but the songs veritably ooze D.I.Y. spirit. The acoustic and electric guitars were recorded straight to the "box of dirt," as it were, and accented by percussion that sounds like someone whacking the mic with their hand to emulate the sound of a kick drum. The first of these recordings was made in 1988, and that places Bricks among the progenitors of bedroom engineering. If you can find it, A Microphone & a Box of Dirt is a great nostalgia trip, and will be especially fun for fans of the numerous projects McCaughan has spearheaded since.