Moonhead

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Moonhead is the second full-length album by Thin White Rope, released in 1987. It mixes alternative rock with neo-psychedelia and lasts 53 minutes and 45 seconds. The album came out on Frontier and was produced by Thin White Rope and Paul McKenna. It sits between Exploring the Axis (1985) and In the Spanish Cave (1988).

Critics noted the album’s bold changes in approach. Trouser Press says Moonhead lengthens some songs and creates a link between wiry, Television-like guitar work and groove-oriented kraut-rock rhythms, held together by Jozef Becker’s precise drumming. The Los Angeles Times called it excellent, with fuzzy, often dissonant twin-guitar solos reminiscent of Television and Spirit, and described how the music bends traditional forms into something new, ranging from Western-style gallops to psychedelic dirges. The Guardian described the track “Crawl Piss Freeze” as more of an apocalyptic death march than a song. AllMusic called the album a postcard from the edge, and Spin said one track creates an unforgiving atmosphere with sparked vocals and a harsh guitar roar.

All tracks are written by Guy Kyser, unless noted otherwise.