Forbidden Places LP fg_Catalog Number_A 566557 and producer Phil Ek (who

and producer Phil Ek (who everyone knows has worked with Built to Spill

but we used to go to clubs

subsequently becoming the fifth best-selling album of 1983

showcases artwork by Japanese photographer Hiroshi Hamaya and design by Benjamin Tousley with Robin Pecknold

mastered from newly discovered tapes in the Mercury vault

Forbidden Places LP fg_Catalog Number_A 566557 and producer Phil Ek (whoStop us if you've heard this one before: long time indie favorite finally signs a major label contract and their first album is an overproduced shadow of their former sound. Well, that AIN'T what happened here; the Meat Puppets's first album for London Records (home of their beloved ZZ Top) is actually one of their best. And, ironically, one of their most overlooked, for their new home's major label marketing muscle was no match for the grunge craze