News

Track Review: Black Mountain "Tyrants"

11:02 a.m. · November 28, 2007 · by Jeff Klingman

download
The first song released from Black Mountain's second full-length, In the Future, sounds as defiantly out of step with current trends as the Vancouver band's last record. "Tyrants," is an 8 minute slice of epic classic rock that almost seems to start amid a drum rolling climax. A minute in it backs off, with beats slow and haunted like a spooky breather in a Physical Graffiti track. Acoustic folk strumming and then sustained vintage synth tones set the mood further as Sam McBeam and Amber Webber get to their towering, apocalyptic duet. Despite the superbly affecting grandeur of the slowdown, this is one of those tracks where you can just feel the rush to an explosion building in your gut. Sure enough, the riff and fill brigade soon comes storming in from the horizon. This stuff doesn't sound new exactly, but it's not supposed to. It's the sort of thing that's been melting the heads of 14 year old boys for about 30 years now. A superb tease for the record's January 22nd release.

Previous · Next