Works faster than caffeine
7 October 2022
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The Texan psych rockers THE BLACK ANGELS are back.
New LP WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS is their first in 5 years,
following one of their best Death Song in 2017.
One of the standout strokes is single EMPIRES FALLING.
A speedy stonker of a track visualized with an arresting clip.
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Watch/listen…
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LEVITATION FESTIVAL
Austin, Texas
27/30 October 2022
4 TUTV picks
(one for each day)
– PROTOMARTYR
(Thu 27 October)
– VIAGRA BOYS –
(Fri 28 October)
– SHAME –
!Sat 29 October)
– THE BLACK ANGELS –
(Sun 30 October)
Clips that have a lasting impact on Turn Up The Volume’s eyes and ears…
‘I’d Kill For Her’ by THE BLACK ANGELS
Standout psych banger from their
2017 LP ‘Death Song‘. Tremendous
collage clip of old b/w footage…
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Only the greats can fill a jukebox with memorable moments…
24 March 2018
Texan psychedelic turbine THE BLACK ANGELS are one of Turn Up The Volume‘s favorite mind-expanding sound explorers (last year’s ‘Death Song‘ LP is their masterpiece so far). Since 2004 these far-out angels are actually making soundtracks to be played in hell…
Astounding grooves and transcendent vibes that glow in the darkness. Spine-chilling trips exploring the dark side of humankind and the obscure complexity of people’s inflammable emotions. They operate in a sonic galaxy of their own on a quest for pure sanity. After five mesmerizing albums, this psychotropic unit created enough monumental compositions, towering orchestrations and staggering jams to fill a Wurlitzer. Dim the light, put on your headphones and travel to another universe. Here are Turn Up The Volume‘s 15 picks…
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The songs were selected from the following albums (and one EP): Passover (2005) / Directions To See A Ghost (2008) / Phosphene Dream (2010) / Indigo Meadow (2013) / Clear Lake Forest (EP – 2014) / Death Song (2017)
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Texan psychedelic collective THE BLACK ANGELS released this year – to my ears – their best album so far. DEATH SONG (named after a song on The Velvet Underground’s 1967 debut LP). is a gloomy work dealing with today’s bleak times wrapped in an ardent and invigorating soundtrack. Here’s one of the highlights performed intimately in the tiny
Paste Studios in New York City earlier this year. Pretty cool…
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Fresh sonic impulses for body and soul…
After Currency and I’d Kill For Her, two monumental crackers, Texan psych gang THE BLACK ANGELS share a third track from their upcoming, fifth, longplayer DEATH SONG,
out 21 April via their new label Partisan Records. HALF BELIEVING is a slow one and is moodier in sound & atmospherics than the two other songs but as gripping and powerful in spirit. Seems like the band is on its way to a masterpiece album. Here’s the scary clip for Half Believing…
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Texan psychedelic collective THE BLACK ANGELS will launch their fifth album DEATH SONG on 21 April via their new label Partisan Records. In a statement on the label’s website the band gives more info on the new record: “Written and recorded in large part during the recent election cycle, the music on Death Song serves as part protest, part emotional catharsis in a climate dominated by division, anxiety and unease.” After sharing first roller coaster single Currency a few weeks ago, here’s a second track. I’D KILL FOR HER is a haunting song about love leading to violence, pushed by a hypnotizing, recurring riff
and injected with a sticky chorus. Here’s the accompanying, remarkable video clip…
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‘Death Song’ album out 21 April…
Vibes that thrills us in a way we want to scream out loud…
‘Currency’ – New single by THE BLACK ANGELS
The Texan psychedelic experts THE BLACK ANGELS just announced their fifth album DEATH SONG for a 21st April release via their new label Partisan Records. A statement on the label’s website gives more info on the new record: “Written and recorded in large part during the recent election cycle, the music on Death Song serves as part protest, part emotional catharsis in a climate dominated by division, anxiety and unease. Recorded between Seattle and Austin, ‘Death Song’ features production from Phil Ek (Father John Misty, Fleet Foxes, The Shins). The 11-track collection offers a sharply honed elaboration on their signature sound – menacing fuzz guitar and cutting wordplay, steeped in a murky hallucinatory dream. ”
And here’s the first single CURRENCY . A song that meditates on the governing role the monetary system plays in our lives. Sonically it’s a monumental rollercoaster with heavy, electrifying orchestration creating an adventurous, epic feel. A huge masterstroke…
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