Disfigurehead is the first 7" EP by Memphis indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band The Grifters. The band was still a trio and the dynamics were not dissimilar from their A Band Called Bud

Dad (cassette)

Dad is a 1989 studio album by the indie rock act A Band Called Bud, later known as the Grifters.-Background:One year before taking on a real drummer and the name the Grifters, Tripp Lamkins, David Shouse and Scott Taylor played and performed under the name A Band Called Bud...

 incarnation, except that the production was more polished and the effects were toned down so that the guitars had a rougher edge.

Shangri-La Records

Shangri-La Records

Shangri-La Projects is a record label in Memphis, Tennessee that grew out of and split off from the Shangri-la Record store in Memphis, Tennessee, and released several of the seminal records of the early 90's Memphis indie scene...

 re-released the first two Grifters singles in 1996 as The Doink Years

The Doink Years

The Doink Years is an album released by The Grifters in 1996.The Grifters, on the verge of releasing their first major label album on Sub Pop 1996, Shangri-La Records re-issued the first two self-released Grifters 7" singles as a 10", with a single per side and featuring a bonus track recorded in...

10" and again on CD in 2006.

Track listing

Side A

1. "Disfigurehead" - 3:18 (vocals Shouse)
2. "Need You" - 3:48 (vocals Taylor)

Side B

1. "Reason Enough" - 1:36 (vocals Shouse)
2. "How Long?" - 3:49 (vocals Taylor)