The Black Angels third album, and first release on Blue Horizon, is the highly anticipated Phosphene Dream, which is set to come out on September 14th. Phosphene Dream marks a giant leap forward for the band. Produced and mixed by Dave Sardy (Oasis, Wolfmother, Band of Horses, Black Mountain) over a period of six months in Los Angeles, the album shows off a bold new direction for The Black Angels both sonically and musically, a fresh take on the neo-Psychedelic movement theyve been at the forefront of for years. The Black Angels recently received their highest profile look when they were featured on the UNKLE song With You In My Head, which is played during the most pivotal scene in the hugely popular film, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. The song is also featured on the films recently released soundtrack. While past albums Passover and Directions to See a Ghost were recorded in the bands hometown of Austin, Texas, the process by which Phosphene Dream was created pulled the band out of their comfort zone and forced them to look at songwriting and recording in a way they never had before. Years of non-stop worldwide touring have turned The Black Angels into a tightly wound unit, and those years of work are all on showcase here. The band plans to celebrate the release with more years of touring, starting at the end of August where they will be playing the Reading and Leeds festivals in the UK, Rock en Seine in Paris, and the highly coveted Jim Jarmusch curated stage at All Tomorrows Parties in NYC. Seymour Stein, music business legend and founder of Sire Records commented, Great musicianship and performers, mesmerizing vocals, and songs that penetrate the subconscious. Thats the best way to describe Black Angels, our first signing to Blue Horizon records. In every way the band is perfect choice to re-launch to this iconic label. His partner, the legendary producer/songwriter Richard Gottehrer (Go Gos, Blondie, Marhsall Crenshaw, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, etc.) added, Everyone was so receptive when we announced we were bringing Blue Horizon back. We hope they share in our excitement for the great things we have in store in modernizing this label to serve as a source of music from emerging artists across genres. While Phosphene Dream has a lot of the signature doom and drone sound that made this band so refreshing and mind blowing in the underground Psychedelic Revival rock scene, we now see them embracing a new lighter, almost happier tone on some of the songs on the new album. This actually works very well. In fact, it kind of gives the band a sorely needed 60s garage rock energetic feel at times. Some people would complain that the band has sacrificed their political edge for a sappier almost dream like love poem; but I disagree. Their is still a political slant on the new album, its just not as in your face as their first album Passover was. Furthermore, dont forget that the band has touched on feelings of affection before, like Doves and Bloodhounds on my trail (which is actually a kind of anti-love song) vinylrecords.ca/black-angels-phosphene-dream-2010-psych-rock-booklet-p-17832.html
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:36:40 +0000
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