The Pigeon Is The Most Popular Bird (Remastered)

by Six Finger Satellite

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Grownup Energy Received my physical copy in the mail but I can’t access the digital copy of the album. Please help! Thank you.

thedanmancan As a teenager in the '90s, this album was my first (severe) exposure to this kind of discordant rock, which opened the floodgates to lots of other fantastic music. I love the super garagey/junky synth direction that 6FS took after this LP, but 'TPITMPB' is a singular album that will always hold a special place in my heart. The tortured vocals, dissonant twin guitar attack, growling bass, and dry driving drums have no peer.

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Formed in 1990 in Providence, Rhode Island by J. Ryan (singer/keyboards), John MacLean (guitar), Peter Phillips (guitar), Chris Dixon (bass), and Rick Pelletier (drums), Six Finger Satellite quickly signed to Sub Pop and released the band’s first demo tape as the Weapon EP.

Following Weapon, Dixon left the group and was replaced by Kurt Niemand, and the band quickly jumped into making their debut full-length with Bob Weston (of Shellac, who later named a single The Bird Is the Most Popular Finger in honor of Six Finger Satellite). Released in 1993, The Pigeon Is the Most Popular Bird was the first release to truly capture the adventurous, biting spirit and sound of Six Finger Satellite.

The album is a landmark of noisy, distressing post-punk, drawing influence from Gang of Four, The Birthday Party, and Wire while adding a healthy dose of the band’s own, unique sonic antagonism. Amongst the brittle rock tracks, The Pigeon Is the Most Popular Bird has dashes of ahead-of-their-time keyboard and studio experiments that became more prominent on the band’s later albums, presaging LCD Soundsystem, DFA Records, and much of the early-2000s post-punk revival.

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Archival recordings from the analog vaults.Noise and hiss are markers of time and place.Those who don't study history are destined to be perplexed.

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