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Silkworm is tagged as: indie rock, post-punk, indie, lo-fi, rock

The noisy, bracing Seattle-based post-punk unit Silkworm formed in their native Missoula, MT, in 1987. Originally comprised of vocalists/guitarists Andy Cohen and Joel Phelps, vocalist/bassist Tim Midgett, and drummer Ben Koostra, Silkworm rose from the ashes of the band Ein Heit; a prolific and eclectic group from their inception (everyone but Koostra, who exited in 1989, contributed to songwriting duties), they issued their debut cassette Advantage in 1988. After two more tapes, 1989’s Girl Harbrr and its companion Girl Harbrr Out-Takes EP, the remaining trio moved to Seattle in the opening weeks of 1990, quickly recruiting drummer Michael Dahlquist to complete the lineup.
Silkworm’s “official” debut L’ajre followed in 1992, spotlighting the band’s evolving, dissonant sound, anchored in Midgett’s propulsive bass work. After the following year’s His Absence Is a Blessing EP, the quartet signed to the C/Z label for 1994’s In the West, recorded by fellow Montana native Steve Albini (who continued to oversee the majority of the group’s work). After 1994’s strong Libertine, Phelps left the band, resurfacing in 1996 under the name Joel R.L. Phelps with the solo effort Warm Springs Night. As a trio, Silkworm signed ...
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Top 10 Silkworm Songs
Tarnished Angel
Nerves
Into The Woods
Garden City Blues
Punch Drunk Five
Drunk
Wet Firecracker
Dust My Broom
Raised By Tigers
Couldn't You Wait?
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Top 10 Silkworm Albums
In The West
Libertine
Firewater
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