Firewater is the fourth full-length album released by indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Silkworm

Silkworm (band)

Silkworm was an indie rock band active from 1987 to 2005.The members were Tim Midgett, Joel RL Phelps, Andy Cohen, and Michael Dahlquist. Phelps left the band in 1994. Matt Kadane of Bedhead and The New Year played keyboards on Italian Platinum and It'll Be Cool...

. It was engineered by Steve Albini

Steve Albini

Steven Frank Albini is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman, and Flour, and is currently a member of Shellac...

, who worked on most of the band's recorded work. The album was recorded and released two years after guitarist/vocalist Joel RL Phelps

Joel RL Phelps and the Downer Trio

Joel RL Phelps is a songwriter originally from Montana and was part of the indie rock band Silkworm. He left that band in 1994 and since has recorded his own material. He recorded his first non-Silkworm album in 1995 in Seattle with members of other bands such as Jessamine, Citizens' Utilities,...

 left the band, leaving the remaining members to record this album as a trio. It would be the band's first album released on Matador Records

Matador Records

Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of indie rock artists and bands.-History:Matador was started by Chris Lombardi in 1989 in his New York City apartment. The following year, Lombardi was joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy, and the two of them have...

.

Track listing

1. "Nerves" - 2:59
2. "Drunk" - 3:05
3. "Wet Firecracker" - 2:03
4. "Slow Hands" - 5:27
5. "Cannibal Cannibal" - 2:41
6. "Tarnished Angel" - 5:08
7. "Quicksand" - 3:11
8. "Ticket Tulane" - 3:31
9. "Swings" - 3:04
10. "Severance Pay" - 3:11
11. "The Lure of Beauty" - 4:05
12. "Miracle Mile" - 4:14
13. "Drag The River" - 3:08
14. "Killing My Ass" - 4:48
15. "Caricature of a Joke" - 3:20
16. "Don't Make Plans This Friday" - 5:20

Personnel

• Steve Albini
  Steve Albini
  Steven Frank Albini is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman, and Flour, and is currently a member of Shellac...
  
   -- Engineer
• Andy Cohen—Guitar, Vocals on 1, 4, 6, 10, 14, 16
• Michael Dahlquist
  Michael Dahlquist
  Michael Dahlquist was a drummer in the Seattle band Silkworm.-Early years:Dahlquist was born at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington. He spent his childhood in Bothell, a nearby town, and many vacations were spent at his grandmother's ranch in Livingston, Montana...
  
  -- Drums
• Tim Midgett—Bass, Vocals on 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15

External links

• Judging a Cover by its Cover-- Silkworm, Firewater by John Foster