Experimental/psychedelic rock outfit The Black Angels formed in Austin, Texas in 2004. They released their first self titled EP in 2005, and their debut album, Passover, in 2006. Consisting of Stephanie Bailey on drums & percussion(wooo, a girl on drums!), Christian Bland on guitar, drone machine/organ, Kyle Hunt on keyboards, percussion, bass, guitar, Alex Maas on vocals, and Nate Ryan on bass, guitar, The Black Angels take their name from a Velvet Underground song, and even their logo is a high contrast image of the Velvet Underground's vocalist. They showed up at Lollapalooza in 2007, and SxSW in 2006 and 2008, and their songs have been featured in TV shows and movies. They released the EP, Black Angel Exit, followed by the sophomore album, Directions to See a Ghost, in 2008. 2010 saw the release of their third album, Phosphene Dream, and 2011 brought the EP, Phosgene Nightmare. While phosphene is the process of seeing light without light actually entering the eye, phosgene is a chemical compound that was used as chemical weapon in World War II. Phosphene can be caused by rubbing closed eyes or taking pyschadelics, and it seems fiting that their influences on this album range from Jefferson Airplane to Animals to Pink Floyd.
Sounding like a mix of The Doors, and The Velvet Underground, with influences from Led Zeppelin, Jesus & Mary Chain, Verve, Joy Division, Syd Barrett, Bob Dylan, and 13th Floor Elevators it seems more like these are just recordings from the 70's released now. In fact the more I listen the more they remind me of a tribute band for The Doors.
http://youtu.be/qE8Ov-N8gE8
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