Album Review:

Hunting Picture

  • Release Date: 1998
  • Genre: Rock
  • Label: Shock Us
  • Artist: Sandpit
  • Rating: StarStarStar

Review

The Hunting Picture is another of those late-'90s indie releases that effectively sums up everything that was good about the genre, circa 1993 -- in much the same style as Delta Haymax, Sandpit encapsulates various conventionally indie tones into gorgeous pop songs with just enough contemporary twists to keep them fresh. There's the Superchunky sound of mid-Atlantic power pop on "Drawing Straws" and "Die 501," the ringing guitar dynamics of Small Factory or New Radiant Storm King on tracks like "Bear this Cross" and "The Horns Sing," and the general appeal of Versus, Seam, Scrawl and every other great band to excite indie geeks in the early '90s; Sandpit executes these conventions with enough intelligence (and a large enough share of hooky melodies) to make The Hunting Picture seem less like a retreading of tired ground and more like an earnest rekindling of the genre's finest points. There's also something in the band's tendency toward gentle, shimmering guitars (rather than the aggressive crunch of much early '90s indie) that lends the album a thoughtful and contemporary feel; file alongside Delta Haymax's self-titled album as examples of indie's most worthwhile tendencies, carried into the musical climate of the late '90s. ~ Nitsuh Abebe, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title iTunes Composers Performers Time
Drawing Straws
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Sandpit Sandpit (2:47)
Bear This Cross
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Sandpit Sandpit (2:59)
X-10
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Sandpit Sandpit (3:32)
The Horns Sing
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Sandpit Sandpit (4:06)
Die 501
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Sandpit Sandpit (2:13)
Tractorbeam
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Sandpit Sandpit (3:39)
Wondertwins Activate
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Sandpit Sandpit (4:05)
Keflex
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Sandpit Sandpit (2:34)
Blinders
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Sandpit Sandpit (4:46)
Three of Wands
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Sandpit Sandpit (2:38)
The End
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Sandpit Sandpit (3:35)

Credits

Ross Cockle (Remastering), Peter Jones (Assistant Engineer), Greg Wales (Percussion), Greg Wales (Keyboards), Greg Wales (Producer), Greg Wales (Engineer), Sandpit (Main Performer), Stephanie Ashworth (Guitar (Bass)), Stephanie Ashworth (Keyboards), Stephanie Ashworth (Vocals (Background)), Brendan Webb (Guitar), Brendan Webb (Vocals), Paul Sciacca (Drums), Paul Sciacca (Chromo Harp)
 
 
 

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