People usually steer clear from mountains; avalanches, altitude sickness, deliriousness and occasional cannibalism are a few of the trials that can befall climbers.Luckily, when listening to psychedelic rock, none of those things tend to happen, making that last paragraph a complete waste of time. (Unless of course you’re planning to climb a mountain, then take note).
Black Mountain is today’s featured band, and are signed to ‘Jagjaguwar’, home to Bon Iver, Volcano Choir, Ladyhawke and Dinosaur Jr among others.
Among this range of artists (come on, you should be used to these jokes by now!), it would be easy for the regular listener just to skim over the list of bands and check out the ones that they have heard of...but that’s where I come in.
By combining this blog, my basic knowledge of indie record labels and my expert espionage skills (alright maybe not the last one), Black Mountain came to light, and my oh my, what a discovery!
I have to tell you that 'Black Mountain' aren’t a pop band (as you can probably tell from the pictures), they’re the band that scratches the itch that one gets every so often for good ol’ fashioned rock music, with a smidge of prog for good measure, oh, and some acoustic bits, and some organ á la Wolfmother as well, the list goes on, and on, and on...Thankfully it’s all done quite tastefully, there’s no sense of urgency about it and it’s ultimately an enjoyable listen, you can enjoy this mountain without the help of a Sherpa.
URL: www.myspace.com/blackmountain
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