A new album is on the way from Mountains in the form a live CD, due on the 28th of September. The record was originally in CD-R format and was sold at their live shows. After selling out of all of the CD's on their tours, the band have decided to rerecord it for a proper release.
[09-09-2009] The First Unitarian Church Chapel is a cozy room attached to a larger church that seats only 50 people and provides a profound space for live music, standing in direct contrast to the idle chatter and beer sweat that fills most other venues. The dark walls are brightened by the flourishes of gold-leaf stenciling that wind around the grooves of the intricate woodwork, creating a soo...
I went to my local record shop to place a few orders the other day andmy friend who runs it asked if I had listened to this new record fromMountains. I said I was planning to review it, but I also blabbed outsome line about it being an amorphous music blob that would probablysit on the to-do pile a little longer.
After this crazy long and ragged week there’s nothing more that I want to do than relax all afternoon on the couch and do NOTHING. The perfect soundtrack for this zoning out happens to be a new release from Chicago’s drone duo Mountains and their new album Choral that came out last month on Thrilljockey. [...]No related posts.
After this crazy long and ragged week there’s nothing more that I want to do than relax all afternoon on the couch and do NOTHING. The perfect soundtrack for this zoning out happens to be a new release from Chicago’s drone duo Mountains and their new album Choral that came out last month on Thrilljockey. [...]No related posts.
One quality of first class drone is the ability to fill up the space it's being let out into, emanating from the speakers and flooding into every corner. Safe to say, Choral is some first class drone.
Mountains bring their warm pastoral drones to the city of London and bear aloft a roomful of bearded devotionals. Matt Poacher goes in armed with a rug and a razor...
[09-09-2009] The First Unitarian Church Chapel is a cozy room attached to a larger church that seats only 50 people and provides a profound space for live music, standing in direct contrast to the idle chatter and beer sweat that fills most other venues. The dark walls are brightened by the flourishes of gold-leaf stenciling that wind around the grooves of the intricate woodwork, creating a soo...
This limited edition LP captures the spirit of Mountains live performances, like pulling very slowly back from a warm orange colour until you realize you’ve been looking at the sun, and that your face has been melting.