Shoulder Voices

Shoulder Voices
Studio album by Rollerskate Skinny
Released	1994
Genre	Noise pop[1]
Label	Placebo Beggars Banquet[2]
Producer	Ger Griffin, Stevie M., Jimi Shields
Rollerskate Skinny chronology
Shoulder Voices (1994) Horsedrawn Wishes (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Shoulder Voices is the debut album by Rollerskate Skinny, released in 1994.[3] The album was named the Album of the Month in CMJ. It led to an appearance on the 1994 Lollapalooza tour and a recording contract with Sire Records.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "a fascinating and delightful debut that jumps easily from intimate indie tunefulness (the vocals sound like Pavement) to free-fire pop noise, with plenty of wild and wonderful textures along the continuum."[4] Washington City Paper wrote: "Mixing the sonic textures of My Bloody Valentine with the rich melodies of Echo & the Bunnymen and angular, runaway rhythms, Voices' layered brilliance was maniacally complex, immediately catchy, and refreshingly innovative."[5] The Times wrote that "for a generation of Irish music fans, the Dublin art-rock band Rollerskate Skinny's Shoulder Voices (1993) was as important as Nirvana's In Utero and Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream.[6]

Track listing

1. "Miss Leader"
2. "Violence to Violence"
3. "Lúnasa"
4. "Bring on Stigmata"
5. "Bella"
6. "Ages"
7. "Bow Hitch-Hiker"
8. "Some Give Birth"
9. "Shallow Thunder"
10. "Slave"
11. "So Far Down Up to Heaven"

References

1. "Shoulder Voices - Rollerskate Skinny | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 115.
3. "Rollerskate Skinny | Biography & History". AllMusic.
4. "Rollerskate Skinny". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
5. Porter, Christopher (18 June 1999). "Kid Silver". Washington City Paper.
6. Maguire, Siobhan (2 October 2023). "On record: Favourite Sons" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.