Farewell Transmissions

10 Tunes recorded by Steve Albini

click-click-click

spsssssssh

burrrrunnnnnn

Great White swallows school of fish

Race car crashes into wall, becomes fireball

Guy calmly walks into room and, in one smooth motion, upends dining table

click-click-click (drumsticks)

spsssssssh (cymbals)

burrrrunnnnnn (guitar)

3 seconds of that sound. To kick-off an Earth-shaking album. Nirvana’s In Utero.  

September 1993. I bought the CD, I read the liner notes. The secret to my favourite band’s new sound? “Recorded by Steve Albini.”