pening Rant:
Have you ever been one of the first to discover some jaw-dropping new
band (or maybe movie), only to have the rest of the world wake up and
catch on to the brilliance? �No longer is the band special, only
yours. �Your music buff credibility is shattered, you know longer feel
like a hipster... Everywhere you go, you hear people talking to YOUR
band, like THEY found it. �Not only that, just to heap on the spite,
these people seem robotic: just cogs in the machine that is cool.
To me, sometimes sharing music feels like birthing and raising a
child. �All of the sudden the baby that you nursed to health and cared
for lovingly is thrown to the World and ravaged. �Yet as a parent,
there is nothing that you can do - you're baby is now grown up.
Enough mad ranting; onto the music. �I feel that this band - Black
Mountain - is going to be the next baby of mine to grow up. �The
pitchfork review, the Province review, The Straight cover this week,
the big tour. �Be sure to take good care of her.
The Music:
While there are shorter and more engaging songs on this album, "Set Us
Free" defines why I love Black Mountain: subtlety and restraint. �The
song takes it time and expands slowly. �The keys drone in the
background, sensitive to musical direction and filling in the gaps.
If you listen intently, you might find yourself quickly become drawn
into the music, entranced by hints of psychedelia. �This is classic
rock at its core, although Like a good Zeppelin album, Black
Mountain's music needs to be seen in the context of the whole. �Their
debut is a scant 8 songs, but fills a good 46 minutes, shifting gears
throughout.
I recommend catching their show tonight at Richard's (give me a call -
I might just give into the temptation...). �This city's baby has
graduated into the world of international accolade, cherish them at
home before we all become empty nestors.
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