Compiled here for the first time is Should's 1998 debut Feed Like Fishes plus 10 period bonus tracks, on vinyl for the first time ever. Already a Numero fan favorite, this album hits one of our sweet spots quietly occupying that hallowed middle ground between shoegaze, slowcore, and post-rock: 4 sides of minimal pop songs that favor restraint over release, atmosphere over gesture.
The music is unhurried and deliberately unresolved, built from soft distortion, gliding guitars, and melodies that emerge slowly, if at all. Feed Like Fishes sounds like motion without destination—private, nocturnal, and slightly dislocated. At nearly double the length from the CD-only debut, it captures a band working instinctively, unconcerned with polish or momentum. More music for a softly lit, late night small circle.
TRACKLIST
A1 - Fish Fourteen
A2 - Sarah Missing
A3 - Aside
A4 - Spangle
A5 - It Still Would
A6 - Lullen
B1 - Memdrive
B2 - Its Pull Is Slight
B3 - Inst2
B4 - In Nine
B5 - Both Eyes Open
C1 - Things Are The Same (in Nine)
C2 - Faded
C3 - This House I'm Living In
C4 - Myself
C5 - Singe
D1 - Feed Like Fishes
D2 - Ocean Warm
D3 - Soothed (Rerecorded)
D4 - Merger
D5 - These Days