#37



The Black Angels
Death Song

Let's get back into this. I'd like to actually finish it.

So I've never really been into this band. I have strong opinions on this new "neo-psych" scene that has popped up with such bands as Tame Impala and Sunflower Bean. Boring bands. Boring bands with boring similar sounding songs. This isn't one of those albums. The bands earlier work may be lumped in with these bands I find boring but this album is not. The first track Currency has some serious bite to it. Lots of crunch fuzz that reminds me a lot of desert rock bands like early QOTSA or Kyuss.

The album goes through ups and downs as far as mood. You have some real meaningful song writing going on in here which is something that I don't really pick up a lot. The vocals on each track have this sort of longing distance to them as if the lead singer, Christian Bland, is singing from another plane. Sounds like David Eugene Edwards from 16 Horsepower too which only adds to my enjoyment. That American gothic sound is neato.

Lot of really great hooks on here too. Most tracks have an additional heaviness going on in the background. Sounds great in the car driving through the forest with the windows down. I've done it. I do those things. Clean guitar work and dirty bass. Love it.

Album even has a song that I'm sure they wrote for people to f*ck to. Grab as much (as you can). Yeah, that's a f*ck song alright.

Best track on the album though has to be Estimate. Slow droning percussion with really ghosty and addicting vocal hooks.

I would love to stay here in this town...

It's kind of seductive.

Yeah. That's catchy stuff right there. I'll link the track below because it's solid.

Awesome album that I need to revisit in the fall because this sound like something that would sound great with a cold breezy autumn backdrop.