Skag Heaven is the second and final album from Louisville, Kentucky punk rock band Squirrel Bait, originally released in 1987 through Homestead Records. Recorded in the summer of 1986, it stands as the band's most fully realized statement, capturing a group of teenage musicians operating with a ferocity and songwriting ambition well beyond their years. Its influence on the post-hardcore and indie rock scenes that followed has only grown more apparent with time.
Drawing frequent comparisons to Hüsker Dü, Squirrel Bait channeled brute power and crunching melodies into something distinctly their own on this record. Tracks like "Black Light Poster Child" and the Phil Ochs cover "Tape from California" reveal newfound melodic sensibility, while "Choose Your Poison" and "Short Straw Wins" showcase the dynamic tempo shifts and dark intensity that made the band so compelling. Skag Heaven remains essential listening for fans of mid-'80s American punk and hardcore, a lasting testament to a band that burned bright and left behind a singular body of work.
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- Format: Vinyl
- Label: Drag City
- Genre: Rock
- Release Date: 06/26/2026
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TRACKS
A1. Kid Dynamite
A2. Virgil's Return
A3. Black Light Poster Child
A4. Choose Yr Poison
A5. Short Straw Wins
B1. Kick The Kat
B2. Too Close To The Fire
B3. Slake Train Coming
B4. Rose Island Road
B5. Tape From California
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