IV

by Black Mountain

IV cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 April 2016
  • Label: Jagjaguwar
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 56:14
  • Community rating: 3.5/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Jeremy Schmidt, Warren Hill, Joshua Wells, Arjan Miranda, Amber Webber, Stephen McBean

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Returning from a lengthy six-year hiatus, the Vancouver collective leans heavily into the analog synthesizer textures of 1970s progressive and space rock. The album masterfully intertwines Stephen McBean's heavy, Black Sabbath-inspired guitar riffs with Amber Webber's commanding vocal presence. It acts as a sweeping, highly atmospheric love letter to vintage heavy psychedelia and sci-fi aesthetics.

Genres

Descriptors: space, monumental, motorik, expansive, progressive

Tracklist

  1. Mothers of the Sun (8:34)
  2. Florian Saucer Attack (3:23)
  3. Defector (4:02)
  4. You Can Dream (5:32)
  5. Constellations (4:01)
  6. Line Them All Up (3:54)
  7. Cemetery Breeding (4:10)
  8. (Over and Over) The Chain (8:47)
  9. Crucify Me (4:44)
  10. Space to Bakersfield (9:04)

Credits

  • Black Mountain - primary artist
  • Stephen McBean - percussion, synthesizer, guitar, keyboard, handclaps, background vocals vocal, lead vocals vocal
  • Arjan Miranda - guitar, bass guitar, ebow, bass pedals, bass synthesizer
  • Jeremy Schmidt - percussion, synthesizer, mellotron, Hammond organ, vocoder, bass synthesizer
  • Amber Webber - handclaps, lead vocals vocal
  • Joshua Wells - percussion, drums (drum set), synthesizer, piano, Rhodes piano, handclaps, bass synthesizer, Wurlitzer electric piano, background vocals vocal
  • Warren Hill - background vocals guest vocal

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