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Tail Swallower & Dove

by These Arms Are Snakes

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    + REISSUE OF 2008 ALBUM

    + OUT OF PRINT SINCE 2016

    + INCLUDES IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD OF FULL ALBUM

    + 500 ON EMERALD PUS VINYL - OPAQUE WHITE OUTSIDE, TRANSLUCENT GREEN INSIDE (SUICIDE SQUEEZE EXCLUSIVE)

    + 500 ON ORANGE PEDIALYTE VINYL - TRANSPARENT ORANGE (RETAIL VARIANT)

    + GATEFOLD JACKET, PRINTED INNER SLEEVE, & DOWNLOAD CARD

    Includes unlimited streaming of Tail Swallower & Dove via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    CD housed in a digipak.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Tail Swallower & Dove via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Limited Edition Color Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Suicide Squeeze is proud to offer a limited vinyl repress of Tail Swallower & Dove on 1000 copies of Renal Failure-colored vinyl with expanded gatefold artwork and a download card.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Tail Swallower & Dove via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Limited Edition LP Orange Pedialyte Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    + REISSUE OF 2008 ALBUM

    + OUT OF PRINT SINCE 2016

    + INCLUDES IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD OF FULL ALBUM

    + 500 ON ORANGE PEDIALYTE VINYL - TRANSPARENT ORANGE (RETAIL VARIANT)

    + 500 ON EMERALD PUS VINYL - OPAQUE WHITE OUTSIDE, TRANSLUCENT GREEN INSIDE (SUICIDE SQUEEZE EXCLUSIVE)

    + GATEFOLD JACKET, PRINTED INNER SLEEVE, & DOWNLOAD CARD

    Includes unlimited streaming of Tail Swallower & Dove via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • LP TEST PRESSING - RARE
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    2021 test pressing version of These Arms Are Snakes' Tail Swallower & Dove LP. Extremely rare collectible - only 10 in the world!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Tail Swallower & Dove via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Limited Edition Autographed Emerald Pus LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    + LIMITED TO 20 COPIES WORLDWIDE

    + HAND-SIGNED JACKETS BY THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES

    + TAIL SWALLOWER & DOVE PRESSED ON EMERALD PUS COLOR VINYL

    + DOWNLOAD CARDS INCLUDED

    + GATEFOLD JACKET, DOWNLOAD CARD, PRINTED INNERSLEEVE

    + IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD OF FULL ALBUM

    Includes unlimited streaming of Tail Swallower & Dove via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Woolen Heirs 04:15
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Prince Squid 03:18
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Lucifer 02:36
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Lead Beater 04:21
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Briggs 06:52

about

Seattle’s art-core outfit These Arms Are Snakes never really fit in anywhere. Over the course of their 2003 debut EP they vacillated between epileptic fits of ‘90s DIY post-hardcore, woozy narcotic jam-outs, fortified classic rock riffage, and slow-churning cataclysmic dirges. The band continued on a path made even more confusing but undeniably invigorating by the jarring synth hooks and four-on-the-floor pulse of their first album Oxeneers and the prog-rock forays of their sophomore full-length Easter. When it came time to record their final album Tail Swallower & Dove, the band was less interested in charting out new territories and more focused on turning their myriad of approaches into one cohesive sound. From the chugging thrust and Heldon-esque breakdown of dueling synth and guitars on “Woolen Heirs," to the jagged noise rock of “Red Line Season," to the 8-bit sludge of “Lucifer," to the climactic twang-and-crunch of side closers “Ethric Double” and “Briggs," These Arms Are Snakes managed to retain their broad palette of sound while reigning it all in to a cohesive style that continues to defy categorization. Suicide Squeeze is proud to offer a limited vinyl reissue of Tail Swallower & Dove limited to 1000 (500 Emerald Pus, 500 Orange Pedialyte) copies worldwide with expanded gatefold artwork and a download card.

“Some bands clobber with complicated riffs, others with brute force and speed, but Seattle’s These Arms Are Snakes lay waste with a wily combination of volatile rhythms and clever arrangements.” - REVOLVER MAGAZINE

“Tail Swallower & Dove is a torrent of math-eco intricacies, but the tiny droplets of soul never become diluted.” - ALTERNATIVE PRESS

“They spend gigs throwing coffees tables and playing on crates - this, their third LP is just as spectacular.” - NME

“Post-hardcore insanity merges with strong songwriting on this Seattle band’s third full album. Direct and uncompromising, TS&D blasts through challenging math rock progressions, battering ram rhythms and bizarre grooves that’ll remind you equally of Fugazi and Blood Brothers.” - HEADBANGERS BLOG

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released October 7, 2008

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