Credits:Black MountainDescription:BlackMountainrisesfromwithintheVancouver-basedfiefdomofStephenMcBean,thehazy-tonedsingerandmeanderingsongwriterwhoalsoheadsupPinkMountaintops.Bothgroupslanguishinafogofpsychedeliaandsexualrelease.Butwhilethelatteroptsforartyavantfolk,BlackMountainlivesuptoitsnamewithaheavierfoundation.Theself-titleddebutonJagjaguwar(itseight-songcountandsubduedcoverartareadarkmirrortoPinkMountaintops)bustsopenhalf-liddedVelvetUndergroundfetishismswithsquallsofBlueCheerguitar,andfurtherchannelstheheadysoundsofthelate'60swithamoodilydwellingorgan.McBeansharesvocaldutieswithAmberWebberthroughout,butshebecomesanespeciallyimportantfactoronthetwosomethatclosesBlackMountain,sinceherstonedandelegiacvocalsmakethemsomethingmorethansimplyidlingjams."HeartofSnow,"forexample,flutterslikeawarpedandancientrecordingof"SpaceOddity"asWebberdrawsoutthesyllablesinlineslike"Heartofsnow/Letgoletgo/Butyoursadwings/Won'tflyyouhome";