Chomp (album)

Chomp
Chomp
Studio album by Pylon
Released	1983
Genre	New wave; post-punk; jangle pop; alternative rock;
Label	DB Records
Producer	Chris Stamey; Gene Holder;
Pylon chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Robert Christgau	A−^[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
Pitchfork	7.7/10^[5]
PopMatters	8/10^[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[7]

Chomp is the second studio album by Athens, Georgia band Pylon, released in 1983.^[8]^[9]^[10] It was re-released in 2009 via DFA Records.^[11]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "more ambitious in scope" than the debut, writing that it "incorporates a psychedelic drone in spots" and that the band "sometimes sounds less anxious and strident than before."^[1] The Stranger deemed Chomp an "essential [record] of angsty new wave and piquant post-punk."^[11]

Track listing

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"K"	4:33
2.	"Yo-Yo"	4:14
3.	"Beep"	3:24
4.	"Italian Movie Theme"	2:00
5.	"Crazy"	3:13
6.	"M-Train"	3:46

Side Two
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Buzz"	2:59
8.	"No Clocks"	2:58
9.	"Reptiles"	3:56
10.	"Spider"	3:54
11.	"Gyrate"	4:06
12.	"Altitude"	3:19

Chomp More (2009 reissue – DFA – DFA2220CD)

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Crazy" (Original)"	3:12
14.	"Yo-Yo" (Pylon Mix)"	5:53
15.	"Gyrate" (Pylon Mix)"	4:57
16.	"Four Minutes"	6:04

Track 16 is the B-side of "Beep"/"Altitude" single.

Personnel

Michael Lachowski – bass
Curtis Crowe – drums
Randall Bewley – guitar
Vanessa Briscoe Hay – vocals

References

^ ^a ^b "Pylon". Trouser Press. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ AllMusic review
^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Pylon". www.robertchristgau.com.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 700.
^ "Pylon: Chomp More". Pitchfork.
^ "Pylon: Chomp More". PopMatters. February 1, 2010.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 568.
^ Brown, Rodger Lyle (July 28, 2016). Party Out of Bounds: The B-52's, R.E.M., and the Kids who Rocked Athens, Georgia. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820350400 – via Google Books.
^ "Review: Pylon, 'Live'". Spin. July 20, 2016.
^ Geurts, Jimmy. "Vanessa Briscoe Hay on Pylon history, R.E.M. and B-52's before playing Sarasota Film Festival". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
^ ^a ^b "Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Moodily Melodic "Messenger" by New-Wave Luminaries Pylon Reenactment Society". The Stranger.

[TP-1] "Pylon". Trouser Press. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[2] AllMusic review

[3] "Robert Christgau: CG: Pylon". www.robertchristgau.com.

[CL-4] Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 700.

[5] "Pylon: Chomp More". Pitchfork.

[6] "Pylon: Chomp More". PopMatters. February 1, 2010.

[7] The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 568.

[8] Brown, Rodger Lyle (July 28, 2016). Party Out of Bounds: The B-52's, R.E.M., and the Kids who Rocked Athens, Georgia. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820350400 – via Google Books.

[9] "Review: Pylon, 'Live'". Spin. July 20, 2016.

[10] Geurts, Jimmy. "Vanessa Briscoe Hay on Pylon history, R.E.M. and B-52's before playing Sarasota Film Festival". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

[auto-11] "Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Moodily Melodic "Messenger" by New-Wave Luminaries Pylon Reenactment Society". The Stranger.

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v t e Pylon
Randall Bewley Curtis Crowe Vanessa Briscoe Hay Michael Lachowski
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