- indie rock, rock
- 43 min
- 12 tracks
- Flying Nun Records
Melt is the second album from Dunedin, New Zealand band Straitjacket Fits. It was the last to feature the original line-up of Shayne Carter, Andrew Brough, John Collie and David Wood; Brough was to leave before the third album, Blow. The album reached no. 13 on the New Zealand music charts, and sold 40,000 copies in the United States.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Spare, grave, classical in form and cool.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
Tracks
- 1Bad Note for a Heart3:47
- 2Missing Presumed Drowned2:53
- 3Melt Against Yourself3:37
- 4Headwind3:24
- 5Down in Splendour3:39
- 6A.P.S.4:18
- 7Quiet Come3:23
- 8Such a Daze3:04
- 9Skin to Wear3:18
- 10Hand in Mine2:53
- 11Roller Ride3:09
- 12Cast Stone5:57
12 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Straitjacket Fits
- Label
- Flying Nun Records
- Released
- 1990
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Vinyl
- Country
- NZ
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
Where to listen
Each opens a search for this album on that service.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
- Heads and Hearts 198596% alikeBoth spare, grave, classical in form.
- Misplaced Ideals 197895% alikeBoth spare, grave, classical in form.
- Varshons 2 201994% alikeBoth spare, grave, classical in form.
- Nina Hagen 198994% alikeBoth spare, grave, classical in form.
- Schemer–Dreamer 198094% alikeBoth spare, grave, classical in form.
- CRIMSON 198693% alikeBoth spare, grave, classical in form.
- Still Alright 199493% alikeBoth spare, grave, classical in form.
- Free Dirt 198693% alikeBoth spare, grave, classical in form.
Book · Both spare, grave, classical in form.
That Summer Feeling 202381% alikeBook · Both spare, grave, classical in form.