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Artist : The Black Angels
Album : Clear Lake Forest
Genre : Psychedelic Rock
Year : 2014
Label : Blue Horizon
Cat# : n/a
Source : WEB/MP3
Bitrate : 256Kbps
Size : 50,4 MB
Runtime : 27:30 min
URL : www.dropcards.com/vinyl
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01. Sunday Evening 03:40
02. Tired Eyes 03:30
03. Diamond Eyes 03:51
04. The Flop 02:59
05. An Occurrence at 4507 South Third 03:20
06. The Executioner 03:35
07. Lindas Gone 06:35
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The Black Angels are extremely good at figuring out ways to
propel their psychedelic mischief forward without worrying
all that much about its current influx of popularity. The
Austin bandÆs run of sinister, washed-out soundscapes has
taken it from obscurity to elder-statesmen status in a matter
of only a decade or so, filing down the familiar calling
cards of psych to focus on strong songwriting, anchored by
vocalist Alex MaasÆ flatlining cadences.
On Clear Lake Forest, the AngelsÆ haunted harmonies dig
through lazy pop scorchers, as heard on album opener ôSunday
Evening,ö as MaasÆ adolescent melodies proffer the inquiry,
ôWhat if I told you everything you know isnÆt even really
true?/ What if I told you nothing matters in the end?ö Buoyed
by guitarist Christian BlandÆs blues-y drones and snappy,
jangled strums, the tuneÆs initial snailÆs pace is ramped up
for the chorus and reverbed-out in the verse, vaunting a
trippy tempo shift that exacerbates the bandÆs wall-of-sound
aesthetics even further.
ôTired Eyes,ö Clear Lake ForestÆs second track, diddles in a
driving drum beat and interestingly shoegaze-y repetition,
MaasÆ vocals marching in tandem to some cathartic chord
changes and lots of wah-pedal hysteria. Deeper down the
rabbit hole, strange shades of the bandÆs 2013 LP Indigo
Meadow rear their creepy heads on ôThe Occurrence,ö a vague,
organ-heavy tune that sounds like a trance-inducing folk song
on about three cups of ayahuasca.
ôThe Executioner,ö in turn, follows the horror-film framework
with an easy lead guitar mimicking some broken record-type
ambiance while Maas bellows, ôDo what you should, honey/Be a
good girl, darling/ÆCause youÆll meet the executioner one
day.ö
Clear Lake Forest is a quick listen at just seven songs, but
The Black Angels have the wherewithal to pack in enough
volleying moods that you feel like someone has sprinkled DMT
into your smokes. You knowùif youÆre into that sort of thing.
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