White Trash Heroes

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All Music Guide - Peter J. D'Angelo
The final studio record from the Archers of Loaf is a far cry from their early days of fast, dirty, and unrelenting indie rock anthems, but it is also a phenomenally progressive album for the band, as well as a fitting swan song. The opening, "Fashion Bleeds," is the closest the band comes to its days of yore, with a chugging drumbeat and vocalist Eric Bachmann's strained vocals leading the way. The presence of a keyboard that soon starts to drift in sets the tone for the rest of the record, a dark and moody venture with some unexpected styles emanating from the group. They still get raucous and loud on occasion, but sometimes they mask it under a wave of distorted ...
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All Music Guide - Peter J. D'Angelo
The final studio record from the Archers of Loaf is a far cry from their early days of fast, dirty, and unrelenting indie rock anthems, but it is also a phenomenally progressive album for the band, as well as a fitting swan song. The opening, "Fashion Bleeds," is the closest the band comes to its days of yore, with a chugging drumbeat and vocalist Eric Bachmann's strained vocals leading the way. The presence of a keyboard that soon starts to drift in sets the tone for the rest of the record, a dark and moody venture with some unexpected styles emanating from the group. They still get raucous and loud on occasion, but sometimes they mask it under a wave of distorted sounds, or in the guise of a slowed-down dirge. The closing title track is also of note, in that its sinister keyboard and drum machine sounds, along with Bachmann's oddly throaty and melodic vocals, are exactly what the singer went on to do with his next group, Crooked Fingers. In fact, White Trash Heroes sounds more like a mix of the two groups than an actual Archers record, a fact that anyone familiar with the latter group will certainly realize to be a good thing. This is certainly not the simple and sloppy indie rock outfit that churned out short poppy hits in the mid-'90s, but the band clearly developed into something equally astounding and, with a few listens, the emotion and craftsmanship of these songs prove to be a truly impressive feat. [The album was fully remastered by Bob Weston and reissued by Merge in 2012, and featured a reimagined cover, as well as a second disc of four-track demos and B-sides.]
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 8/7/2012
  • Label: Merge Records
  • UPC: 673855044521
  • Catalog Number: 50445
  • Sales rank: 83,134

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Archers of Loaf Primary Artist
Mark Price Group Member
Eric Bachmann Group Member
Matt Gentling Group Member
Eric Johnson Group Member
Technical Credits
Archers of Loaf Composer, Producer, Redesign
Brian Paulson Producer, Engineer
Bob Weston Remastering
Cole Gerst Art Direction
Josh Modell Liner Notes
Maggie Fost Redesign
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