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City |
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| Fri 7/18/08 |
Dawson, YT |
Dawson City Music Festival |
| Sat 7/19/08 |
Dawson, YT |
Dawson City Music Festival |
| Sun 7/20/08 |
Dawson, YT |
Dawson City Music Festival |
| Sat 7/26/08 |
Pemberton, BC |
Pemberton Festival |
| Fri 8/22/08 |
San Francisco, CA |
Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival |
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Favorite
psych-and-prog-spiritual pioneers BLACK MOUNTAIN are back with
"In The Future", their second full-length album that
resonates with the same epic ring, beloved deep rock touchstones
and genuine folk fragility that made their self-titled debut
full-length an instant classic. The new album possesses immense
breadth, seamlessly showcasing short and classic folk-pop gems
along with driving modern rock masterpieces, peaking with "Bright
Lights", a seventeen-minute multi-dimensional opus that
gives Pink Floyd's "Echoes" a run for its money.
The new album also demonstrates a compelling evolution. Black
Mountain's first self-titled album was like being in sixth grade,
when there's a few new kids in class who you know you're supposed
to hang with. You're out of the gates, but you still stumble
and shake when the teachers yell at you. "In The Future",
ninth grade and summer vacation are over. You're heading back
to high school to hang in the hallways with those same kids
who now have wispy and dirty moustaches, long hair and breasts.
The teachers don't scare you. The jocks are boring, and your
record collection is more important than the prettiest girl
at school. It's the first real taste of independence in the
quest for absolute freedom.
Black Mountain is Matt Camirand, Stephen McBean, Jeremy Schmidt,
Amber Webber and Joshua Wells. The band hails from Vancouver,
British Columbia, and have been making music together since
2004. Their debut album garnered an impressive amount of critical
acclaim, including Pitchfork's prestigious "Best New Music"
tag, as well as being deemed by Uncut magazine as the 4th best
album of 2005. The band has toured the world, playing the smallest
of rock clubs and the largest of outdoor amphitheaters. And
the broad appeal of their musical work is unique, in that even
though they are championed by the more underground-minded record-collector
type of music fan as well as by high-profile musicians such
as Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips, Black Mountain's live performances
and recordings also retain a very universal appeal, sticking
readily to the ribs of most any garden-variety music fan. Perhaps
Black Mountain strive to make music that is uncompromising but
inclusive.
"In The Future", mostly produced by Black Mountain,
was recorded at three different studios, and all but one song
was mixed by John Congleton, known for his work with Explosions
in the Sky, Modest Mouse, R. Kelly, the Polyphonic Spree and
Erykah Badu, amongst others. "Stay Free" -- borrowed
previously for inclusion on the Spiderman III soundtrack --
was recorded, mixed and produced by Dave Sardy, who has done
work with the Rolling Stones, Wolfmother, Oasis and LCD Soundsystem. |
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In
The Future
Jagjaguwar
January 21, 2008 |
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