The Black Angels

The Black Angels - Passover

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TRACK LISTING

1.  Young Man Dead                                 5.:32

2.  The First Vietnam War                      3:50

3.  The Sniper at the Gates of Heaven  4:16

4.  The Prodigal Son                                 4:23

5.  Black Grease                                        4:37

6.  Manipulation                                        5:49

7.  Empire                                                  5:35

8.  Better Off Alone                                  3:03

9.  Bloodhounds on My Trail                   3:58

10. Call to Arms                                       18:06 EDITORIAL REVIEWS Amazon.com Every now and again a band capable of not just capturing the spirit of a bygone era but portraying it with uncanny authenticity and accuracy arrives, and in an era where music lovers seem increasingly ravenous for psychedelic-inflected rock, Austin's the Black Angels are precisely that act. Following on the heels of their recent Turn On, Tune In, Drone Out EP, the quintet transports listeners to a land of napalm-bright LSD flashbacks with an elegantly unholy sound that proves both eerie and ethereal. "Young Men Dead" and "The Sniper at the Gates of Heaven" walk the line between celebratory dance and grief-filled dirge. These tracks unnerve the conscious mind with unsettling drones and vocals that seem to have emerged from some parallel universe where the struggle, strife, promise, and even the seedy underbelly of the Love Generation lives on in each primal drum beat and louder-than-loud bent note from a guitar that could not have been built anywhere on Earth, but has been drenched with the sweat and blood of a generation on the verge of either victory or collapse. If there is an act in American popular music with a future brighter and vaster than the cosmos, the Black Angels are it. --Jedd Beaudoin SPIN "'Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out'... bluesy pools of garage-scum shame mongering." BUST "...perfect for quiet Saturday nights at home on the couch with a fifth of whiskey." Sydney Morning Herald "This is an advance warning: you will want to claim early ownership of the Black Angels." CMJ Monthly "This band is purely American... getting musical and visual inspiration from the drone and dread of late 60s psychedelica..." Tripwire "...Passover is one hell of a record." SONGS TO LISTEN TO:    Young Man Dead    Run for the hills, pick up your feet and lets go. We did our jobs, pick up speed now lets move. The trees cant grow without the sun in their eyes. And we can't live if we're too afraid to die. The First Vietnam War  Sixty thousand men died While you were here You came into our homes And you took our kids And you ask for more now For this new war The Sniper at the Gates of Heaven Where do you go when heaven calls you What do you do, who do you turn to Black Grease You're alright You come to me in times You make me realize I'm not the kindest guy