Name: Directions To See A Ghost
Brand: The Black Angels

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375 Media

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Release date

2023-06-09

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34246

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826853003315

2008-05-16

34247

826853003322

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The Black Angels

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Light In The Attic

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Psychedelic

<p>Taking their name from the classic tune "The Black Angel's Death Song," The Black Angels are a heavy-duty psychedelic rock band hailing from Austin, Texas. Influenced by the likes of The Velvet Underground, 13th Floor Elevators, and early Rolling Stones, their music is characterized by a primitive beat and an echoing spirit of the past. With genres ranging from Psychedelic Rock to Neo-Psychedelia and Garage Rock, The Black Angels bring a unique sound to the music scene.</p>

<p>Name yourselves after one of the Velvet Underground's most aggressively amelodic songs and package your second album in an op art burnt orange and chartreuse freakout and you'd better be able to deliver the psych-drone goods. What's most impressive about the Black Angels' Directions to See a Ghost is that not only does the Austin-based sextet deliver like few bands have been able to manage since Spacemen 3 split - see the dark, doomy "Science Killer" and the epic 16-minute closer "Snake in the Grass" for details - but the group also leavens its heaviness with a functioning knowledge of pop hooks and how to deploy them: as a result, songs like "You in Color" and "You on the Run" not only buzz and howl in a manner suitable for nodding along, they're also unexpectedly catchy in a style reminiscent of Love or the Doors. The sitar-laced two-chord stomp of "Never/Ever" sits comfortably alongside the post-punky desperation of "Doves," testament to the variety of sounds and moods the Black Angels squeeze out of their chosen idiom. This is the sort of psychedelia that space rockers and Nuggets fans alike can come together over.</p>

Directions To See A Ghost

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Discover Directions To See A Ghost by The Black Angels on vinyl and CD from Light in the Attic. Dive into psych-drone goodness with pop hooks and diverse sounds.