who was in the reformed slint

To further complicate matters, the line-up that Pajo, McMahon, and Wallford have assembled for the reunion features a new bassist, Todd Cook, who’s an alumnus of both the For Carnation and Papa M., and a third guitarist, McMahon’s younger brother Michael. Slint, whose break-up was anything but a bitter one, have become an extended family. "We tried out a bunch of people because Todd Brashear, our Spiderland bass player, opted out because it was going to be too much work and Ethan would have had a hard time learning the Spiderland songs. We actually ended up with another guy named Todd who’s from Louisville. And we need someone to do quite a bit of the second-guitar stuff so that Brian can concentrate on vocals. We never used to focus on vocals live that much. And I don’t think we ever would have gotten it together if Brian had had to figure out how to play guitar and sing the songs. Brian’s brother was the best of all the guitar players we tried out. Plus, he was around when Slint was around: he’d come to our practices and stuff. He actually came up with the name for the Spiderland album."