Tentacles is the debut album by the band Crystal Antlers

Crystal Antlers

-History:Early HistoryThe band started as a 3 piece, Kevin Stuart , Errol Davis and Jonny Bell in late 2006 in Long Beach, California. Stuart, Davis, and Bell met while attending a music class in High School...

. It was released via Touch and Go Records

Touch and Go Records

Touch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.After its genesis as a hand-made fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s alternative and underground rock scenes, Touch & Go carved out a reputation for releasing adventurous...

 on April 7, 2009 in the USA and a day earlier in the UK. Tentacles marked the final new release on Touch and Go for the foreseeable future after the label decided to downsize its operations significantly..

The album was met with a generally positive reception by critics, attaining a score of 71% from the reviews collated by Metacritic

Metacritic

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Track listing

1. "Painless Sleep" - 2:16
2. "Dust" - 2:27
3. "Time Erased" - 3:37
4. "Andrew" - 3:34
5. "Vapour Trail" - 2:18
6. "Tentacles" - 1:54
7. "Until the Sun Dies (Part 1)" - 2:50
8. "Memorized" - 3:53
9. "Glacier" - 3:01
10. "Foot of the Mountain" - 0:25
11. "Your Spears" - 2:24
12. "Swollen Sky" - 4:12
13. "Several Tongues" - 7:11

Personnel

• Jonny Bell: Vocals, Bass, Woodwind
• Errol Davis: Guitar, Organ
• Andrew King: Guitar
• Victor Rodriguez-Guerrero: Organ, Piano
• Damian Edwards: Percussion, Woodwinds
• Kevin Stewart: Drums
• Daniel Hawk: Brass on tracks 8 and 9.