Ween The Pod 1991: Flac Top

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The average MP3 destroys The Pod . It sounds counterintuitive, but poorly encoded lossy files (128kbps or 192kbps) create "swirling" artifacts in the upper mids. On a clean rock record, you don't hear these artifacts. On The Pod , where guitars are recorded through a potato and vocals are whispered through a garbage can lid, MP3 artifacts blend with the noise floor, creating an unlistenable soup. ween the pod 1991 flac top

Released on September 20, 1991, through , The Pod is the sophomore studio effort by Dean (Mickey Melchiondo) and Gene Ween (Aaron Freeman). The album’s title refers to the apartment in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, where the duo lived and recorded the project on a Tascam four-track cassette recorder between January and October 1990. To get the quality: The average MP3 destroys The Pod

The liner notes infamously claimed that the band inhaled "5 cans of Scotchgard" during its production. While Ween later admitted this was a joke designed to see if fans would actually try it (which they did, to the band's horror), the "Scotchgard vibe" perfectly describes the hazy, chemically altered, and hallucinatory tone of the 23-track epic. Essential Tracks and Sonic Architecture On The Pod , where guitars are recorded

: While the band long claimed the album was fueled by huffing Scotchgard, they later admitted this was a "slime-bag" story they made up to sound like "dirtbags".

Driven by a staggering, phasing guitar riff, this track is a quintessential tribute to psychedelic classic rock filtered through a broken cassette player.

, featuring part-time bassist Mean Ween wearing a "nitrous oxide-powered bong" over his head. Top Track Highlights