Product Description

'In The Future' is the second album from Canadian psych-rockers Black Mountain. A storming, raging album that brings tomind artists such as Can and the Secret Machines, this record is a must for fans of intelligent, forward-thinking rock music. Includes the tracks 'Wucan', 'Stay Free' and 'Queens Will Play'.

Track Listing

1. Stormy High
2. Angels
3. Tyrants
4. Wucan
5. Stay Free
6. Queens Will Play
7. Evil Ways
8. Wild Wind
9. Bright Lights
10. Night Walks

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2568 in Music
• Released on: 2008-01-21
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
It's a funny old title, for a band that hark so clearly back to the thatch-shaking glory days of `70s rock--but for all their aesthetic groundings in the music of the past, it's pleasing to report that on second album In the Future, Vancouver's Black Mountain most certainly sound like a band chasing no-one's dream but their own. Within, you'll find musky, masculine rock with something of the technical proficiency and seismic grooves of Led Zeppelin, grandiose swathes of vintage synthesiser, jaded rock lullabies, and in the shape of "Bright Lights", a 17 minute song in several movements that travels from snaking, raga-like like beginnings to a solo-strewn thrash by way of one lengthy mid-section of funereal organ and a couple of bouts of blazing, horizon-chasing rock boogie. Newcomers tempted in by the presence of "Stay Free", Black Mountain's desolate cactus-soul contribution to the Spiderman III soundtrack, might at first be alarmed by In the Future's instinct for exploring rock's more cosmic reaches. But two songs lead by sultry-voiced bassist Amber Webber, "Queens Will Play" and the closing, valedictory "Night Walks", offer melodic gems amongst the hairy, progressive jams--a reminder that up the Black Mountain, it pays to take the rough with the smooth. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews

Hypnotic and hard-rocking offering from leaders in a field of one
Not that you'd know it - what with this only being their second album - but Black Mountain main-man Stephen McBean has been around a long time. Then again, the tell-tale signs are all here: after all, you don't get to be this good at writing riffs overnight. And make no mistake, these are some of the best you'll hear all year - be they colossal, pedal-to-the-metal behemoths ('Stormy High') or delicate, exquisitely-crafted gems that lodge themselves in your brain and remain there for several days ('Wucan').

Every descriptive term used by previous reviewers - swirling, psychedelic, folky - is entirely apt, as are the references to the musical greats of the past. For those with a more modern taste, however... well, comparisons are little scarce. Not because Black Mountain sound old-fashioned, because they don't - and in fact, there is a distinct vivacity to these songs that makes a large proportion of the current crop of mainstream favourites sound extremely tired and dated. It's just that there isn't really anyone doing anything similar. That said, you may hear elements of My Morning Jacket, Queens of the Stone Age and the criminally underrated Oneida, so if they're among the artists on your current playlist, or you're one of the few listeners out there that doesn't get bored of a song after three minutes, this might just be your new favourite band.

Matt Pucci

Prog rock kept alive - with a bit of grinding riffology thrown in.
Some reviewers mention Led Zep, The Floyd and other bands in a class of their own when reviewing Black Mountain. Don't expect that but do expect some clear references to that early 70's feel. On the plus side its innovative, lively stuff with a clear intention to bleed riffs dry - great in parts and the 'girl can sing'. On the down side, they lack a Gilmour or other class guitar act that would turn this into a cut above anything on the market. Definately worth a listen though.

Good effort
This is the first band that i have heard in a very long while that fill me with the promise of early Zep (and i don't mean by copy). If they keep developing, this band could really be something special.