“Giant Squid arrived at a weird time: after Isis' Oceanic set the tone for "post-metal", but before that very sound oversaturated the air. So Giant Squid, who have bounced around between the Bay Area and Austin, got lost in the shuffle, which is why Translation Loss are rereleasing their first album, Monster in the Creek, on October 29. "Dead Man's Fog" brings to mind another great Bay Area group, ”
