Italian Platinum
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Italian Platinum is the eighth full-length album released by indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Silkworm
Silkworm (band)
Silkworm was an indie rock band active from 1987 to 2005.The members were Tim Midgett, Joel RL Phelps, Andy Cohen, and Michael Dahlquist. Phelps left the band in 1994. Matt Kadane of Bedhead and The New Year played keyboards on Italian Platinum and It'll Be Cool...

. It is the band's third album released on Touch and Go Records
Touch and Go Records
Touch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.After its genesis as a hand-made fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s alternative and underground rock scenes, Touch & Go carved out a reputation for releasing adventurous...

. Like Lifestyle, Steve Albini
Steve Albini
Steven Frank Albini is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman, and Flour, and is currently a member of Shellac...

 and his girlfriend Heather Whinna recorded and produced the album respectively. Matt Kadane from Bedhead and The New Year
The New Year
The New Year is an American indie rock band, formed in 1999, a year after the demise of the band Bedhead by former Bedhead members Bubba and Matt Kadane.-Band lineup:The New Year is often unable to escape frequent comparisons by critics and Bedhead fans...

 played keyboards on this album.

Track listing

  1. (I Hope U) Don't Survive -- (3:25)
  2. The Third -- (2:09)
  3. The Old You -- (3:22)
  4. Is She A Sign -- (2:28)
  5. The Brain -- (2:59)
  6. Bourbon Beard -- (3:13)
  7. LR72 -- (4:12)
  8. White Lightning -- (3:20)
  9. Dirty Air -- (2:41)
  10. Young -- (3:27)
  11. Moving -- (2:52)
  12. The Ram -- (2:43)
  13. A Cockfight of Feelings -- (3:37)

Personnel

  • Andy Cohen—Guitar, Vocals
  • Michael Dahlquist
    Michael Dahlquist
    Michael Dahlquist was a drummer in the Seattle band Silkworm.-Early years:Dahlquist was born at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington. He spent his childhood in Bothell, a nearby town, and many vacations were spent at his grandmother's ranch in Livingston, Montana...

     -- Drums, Vocals
  • Tim Midgett—Bass, Baritone Guitar, Vocals
  • Matt Kadane—Keyboards
  • Steve Albini
    Steve Albini
    Steven Frank Albini is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman, and Flour, and is currently a member of Shellac...

     -- Engineer
  • Heather Whinna—Producer
  • Kelly Hogan
    Kelly Hogan
    Kelly Hogan is an American singer-songwriter born in Atlanta, Georgia.In the 1990s, Hogan sang with The Jody Grind , singing on their full-lengths One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure and Lefty's Deceiver . The group disbanded after two of its members were killed in a car crash...

    -- Backing Vocals, Lead vocals on "Young"
  • Nick Webb—Mastering
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