Hailing from the northern California town of Davis Thin White Rope was unfathomably pegged as a proponent of the paisley underground movement. The songs the group covered over the course of their ten-year career is far more revealing: SUICIDE THE STOOGES LEE HAZLEWOOD MARTY ROBBINS CAN and ROKY ERICKSON have all been rendered by the band in the studio and on-stage. That list goes a long way in explaining the mixture of raw angular riffs southern twang and psychedelia. Originally released in 1988 In The Spanish Cave was Thin White Rope s third album following their critically-acclaimed second long player Moonhead. While for many people Moonhead remains the band s masterpiece and most coherently realized album it s an angry and intense record that takes a few listens to really penetrate and appreciate. In contrast In The Spanish Cave has more light and shade and a much wider musical palette and while Kyser s worldview remains dark verging on paranoiac the album is perhaps a more rounded representation of the band s unique talents. Frontier Records has digitally remastered Thin White Rope s first five records for LP and CD and is reissuing them on vinyl for the first time in decades.