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.”
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