Moonhead is the second full-length album by Thin White Rope, released in 1987.[8]

Moonhead
Studio album by Thin White Rope
Released	February 1987
Genre	Alternative rock Neo-psychedelia
Length	53:45
Label	Frontier[1]
Producer	TWR & Paul McKenna
Thin White Rope chronology
Exploring the Axis (1985) Moonhead (1987) In the Spanish Cave (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
The Great Alternative & Indie Discography	8/10[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[5]
OndaRock	7/10[6]
Select	[7]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that the album "alters the modus operandi a bit, stretching song lengths and forging a provocative, embryonic bond between wiry, Television-styled guitar interplay and groove-conscious kraut-rock rhythms (held in place by Jozef Becker’s incredibly focused drumming)."[9] The Los Angeles Times called the album "excellent," writing that the band's "fuzzy, often dissonant twin-guitar solos recall such diverse groups as Television and Spirit, as its material takes traditional forms and bends them into something unexpected, going from Western gallops to psychedelic dirges."[10]

The Guardian deemed "Crawl Piss Freeze" "not so much a song as an apocalyptic death march," while AllMusic described it as a postcard "from the edge."[11][8] Spin wrote that the track creates "an unforgiving atmosphere of sparked vocals supplanted by an eardrum-piercing fretboard roar."[12]

Track listing

Credits

• Guy Kyser – Guitar, Vocals
• Roger Kunkel – Guitar, Vocals
• Stephen Tesluk – Bass, Vocals
• John Von Feldt – Bass
• Jozef Becker – Drums

with

• Paul McKenna – Engineer, Producer
• John Golden – Mastering
• Ross Garfield – Drum Technician

and

• Greg Gavin – Cover Painting, Paintings
• Merril Greene – Photography
• Robin K. – Photography
• Wendy Sherman – Design

References