Snowman is the self-titled debut album, released by the Australian alternative rockers, Snowman, on 23 September 2006 via Dot Dash.[1][2] The group began recording it in December 2005 with Perth-based record producer, David Parkin, at Blackbird Studios. Three singles were released from the album, "Smoke & Mirrors", "You Are a Casino" and "Swimming with Sharks". They were all added to high rotation on national youth radio, Triple J. The album was featured on community radio stations RTRfm in Perth and FBI in Sydney. The 13 tracks highlight the group's signature sounds, including haunting and falsetto vocals, rock and roll guitars and rockabilly drums.
Snowman recibió críticas mixtas: Shane O'Donohue de HiT de Herald Sun opinó que "[el grupo] trasciende sus influencias a través de la pura intensidad y una gran cantidad de ideas. Todo es un poco largo (la penúltima canción de 11 minutos, 'Wormwood ', es demasiado, demasiado tarde), pero, aparte de las pequeñas quejas, Snowman es un debut apasionante. En una palabra: primitivo". [3] Kirsty Connor de FasterLouder sintió que "[es] excéntrico, animado y, en última instancia, inestable... Revolotean entre baladas turbias y ruidosas y rockeros brutales y angulares guiados por guitarras como si el término género fuera un insulto. " [4] amazon.com 's editorial review observed "[they] make beautiful, jagged, swampy, hypnotic kinda sound, that can swerve from Scott Walker's dark romance to the Cramps jungle fever in the blink of a mascara'd eye."[5]