: A strangely beautiful, psychedelic pop gem that contrasts completely with the album’s sludgy reputation. Lossless audio allows the listener to hear the acoustic guitar tracking and the delicate tape flutter of Gene's pitch-shifted vocals.
The year 1991 was a watershed moment for underground music, famously dominated by the explosion of grunge and alternative rock. Yet, far away from the polished recording studios of Seattle, a different kind of musical revolution was being cooked up in a secluded farmhouse in Solebury, Pennsylvania. Armed with a Tascam four-track cassette recorder, a pitch-shifter, a drum machine, and an abundance of nitrous oxide, childhood friends Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo—better known to the world as Gene and Dean Ween—recorded The Pod . ween the pod 1991 flac
When searching for , you are looking for a digital representation of a specific analog moment. The 1991 Shimmy-Disc vinyl and CD pressings have a unique character that later reissues (like the 2008 Schnitzel re-press) lack. The original 1991 master is quieter, stranger, and more dynamic. : A strangely beautiful, psychedelic pop gem that