Shellac - At Action Park
180 gram, Gatefold, Reissue
- Info
Format: LP
Label: Touch and Go Records
Catalog Number: TG141
Release Date: 1994-09-13
2024 reprinting featuring gatefold cover with cardboard inner sleeve. Includes digital download. Best sounding version of this record released so far.
At Action Park is the searing debut from Shellac—the power trio of Steve Albini (Big Black), Bob Weston, and Todd Trainer. Released in 1994, it redefined what a rock record could sound like: dry, raw, aggressive, and unapologetically precise.
Built on Albini’s signature metallic guitar tone, Trainer’s punishing drums, and Weston’s locked-in basslines, these tracks are all tension and negative space. There’s no reverb to hide in, no hooks for comfort—just surgical rhythm and caustic repetition. It’s punk drained of sentiment, post-hardcore without melodrama.
Recorded and mixed by the band themselves, At Action Park is an essential listen for anyone obsessed with sonics, structure, and perfectly weaponized restraint.
For Fans Of
Big Black, Slint, The Jesus Lizard, minimalist aggression, raw tape hiss
Mood
Dry. Relentless. Architectural.
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