{"title":"Spider Bags","description":"\u003cp\u003eMay 2025: A \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/dan-mcgee-needs-your-help-to-recover\"\u003eGoFundMe\u003c\/a\u003e has been set up to help support frontman Dan McGee and his family during his recovery from a brain aneurysm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan McGee formed \u003cstrong\u003eSpider Bags\u003c\/strong\u003e in 2006, and the band now includes Rock Forbes on drums and Steve Oliva on bass. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour years after releasing their Merge debut,\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/spider-bags-frozen-letter\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrozen Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eSpider Bags returned in 2018 with \u003ci\u003eSomeday Everything Will Be Fine, \u003c\/i\u003ean LP that ascends to new levels of aural punch and perspective. The years that elapsed between records were crucial in enabling that progress to take place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded in Memphis at Bunker Audio by Andrew McCalla (who also engineered 2012’s \u003ci\u003eShake My Head\u003c\/i\u003e), the album leverages the limitations and glory of the Tascam 388, a vintage recording\/mixing device that’s acquired a mythos via its association with legendary records by Dinosaur Jr. and others. Unlike the error-erasing editing software frontman McGee has favored in the past, the Tascam’s charms are more immediate, and it has a visceral resonance all its own.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"spider-bags-frozen-letter","title":"Spider Bags - Frozen Letter","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormed in 2005, Chapel Hill, North Carolina’s \u003cb\u003eSpider Bags \u003c\/b\u003ewere largely a revolving cast, with only Dan McGee (guitars, vocals) persevering through the various incarnations of the band. But during the 2011 recording of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShake My Head\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe current lineup consisting of Steve Oliva (bass) and Rock Forbes (drums) was finally solidified. Building upon the foundation laid down by its predecessor, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrozen Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e rocks with the clairvoyance of three musicians who have spent a lot of time recording and touring together over the last few years. “When we started this record, we weren’t even thinking about it being released. We just did it to have fun and keep moving forward,” says Forbes. This approach allowed the band to push itself further out into the psychedelic frontier than ever before, aided by engineer\/producer Wesley Wolfe.  Recorded mostly live over the course of a few days, there’s an exhilarating urgency to the record, as heard in riff-driven rockers like “Back With You Again in the World” and “Chem Trails.” The band brings the tempo down a notch for “Coffin Car,” which finds them mining an ominous morbidity over one of their prettier chord patterns. “We Got Problems” comes on like a true acid trip, alternating between utter terror and unfettered joy. Featuring a heavy and repetitive pattern, a slew of effected guitars, and searing guest leads from Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan, the song encapsulates an entire Spider Bags epoch in under six minutes. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrozen Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the band’s fourth full-length record overall and first for Merge Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e*****\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Finn\u003cbr\u003eApril 18, 2014\u003cbr\u003eAustin, Texas\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color=\"red\"\u003eLP is pressed on translucent red vinyl. 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