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NEW LP, DESTROYER, OUT MAY 24 VIA DINE ALONE
PRE-ORDER DESTROYER HERE
PERFORMING IN TORONTO AT CMW MAY 9 & 11
PHOTO CREDIT: Olivia Jaffe // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
Black Mountain shares a new single “Licensed To Drive”, from their forthcoming album, Destroyer, due May 24 via Dine Alone. Following the “spacey, doomy slow creep” (Stereogum), “Boogie Lover” and lead single, “Future Shade”, “Licensed to Drive” is heavy and exhilarating, and would easily be the most dangerous ripper on a titular film’s soundtrack. In the words of the band’s Stephen McBean: “A riff in A flat and some Neu / Nugent / Newman Motorik hustle. Was the vacation better than the journey or did the drive etch itself into your soul? I’d like to thank the DMV for the inspiration.”
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Destroyer also features contributions from longtime band member Jeremy Schmidt, Rachel Fannan (Sleepy Sun), Arjan Miranda, Adam Bulgasem (Dommengang, Soft Kill), Kid Millions (Oneida) and John Congleton (St Vincent, Swans). Collectively, there’s a renewed vitality to Black Mountain on Destroyer — a seasoned, veteran of heady hard rock that’s found new, young muscles to flex and roads to explore.
LISTEN AND SHARE “BOOGIE LOVER” HERE
LISTEN AND SHARE “FUTURE SHADE” HERE
BLACK MOUNTAIN TOUR DATES
May 9 - Toronto @ Lee's Palace
May 11 - Toronto @ CMW
May 25 - Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
May 26 - Pioneertown, CA @ Stoned and Dusted
Aug 11 – Bagnes, CH @ Palp Festival
Aug 16 – Las Vegas, NV @ Psycho Las Vegas
Sep 12 - Vancouver, BC @Westward Music Festival
PRE-ORDER DESTROYER HERE
DESTROYER TRACKLIST
1. Future Shade
2. Horns Arising
3. Closer To The Edge
4. High Rise
5. Pretty Little Lazies
6. Boogie Lover
7. Licensed To Drive
8. FD 72