�Howls From The Hills� continues Xemu�s reissue of Dead Meadow�s early records, with the second album from 2001. The 8 songs are psychedelic blues in all forms, from the narcotic space rock of �One And Old� (nearly 10 minutes of effects and distortion) to �The Breeze Always Blows�, a straight electric blues that would sit nicely next to the Black Keys� work. But Dead Meadow are always knocking you off balance: �Drifting Down Streams� starts the album with three minutes of ambient electronic and percussive noise before mutating into treacle-thick sludge rock, while the lyrics are by turns ominous and fantastic (as in strange: check the ruminative �if I was but a cow that you milked before dawn� on the sick and wheezy �Jusiamere Farm�). The reissue gives a good idea of where some of the credit for the resurgence of the whole psychedelic-rock scene should lie.
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Country:
US
Released:
2001
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Stoner Rock
Tracklist
A1 Drifting Down Streams
A2 Dusty Nothing
A3 Jusiamere Farm
A4 The White Worm
B1 The One I Don't Know
B2 Everything's Goin' On
B3 One And Old
B4 The Breeze Always Blows
GET Download HERE
to preview; http://www.last.fm/music/Dead+Meadow/Howls+From+the+Hills
Biography;
Dead Meadow's unique marriage of Sabbath riffs, dreamy layers of guitars fuzz bliss, and singer Jason Simon's high-pitched melodic croon have wond over both psychedelic pop/rock and stoner-rock fans alike. Although the band's members met while attending all-ages punk shows in and around Washington D.C.'s punk/indie scene, the trio's sound draws more of their sound from such classic rock legends as Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath. The trio formed in the fall of 1998 out the ashes of local indie rock bands The Impossible Five and Coulour by singer-guitarist Jason Simon, bassist Steve Kille, and drummer Mark Laughlin. The three members set out to fuse their love of early 70's hard rock and 60's psychedelia with their love of fantasy and horror writers J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft.
They released their six-song debut album in 1999 on Fugazi bassist Joe Lally's Tolotta Records and a joint vinyl release on D.C. indie label Planaria Records. Then in 2001 the band released its second and third albums, Howls from The Hills and Dead Meadow, on Tollotta Records. In a reasonably short period the D.C. trio received offers to tour with everyone from local D.C. hipsters The Make-Up to seedy psychedelic rockers Brian Jonestown Massacre; eventually, they landed the opening slot for high profile indie veterans Guided by Voices. The group was also invited to record live for long time cutting edge British radio personality John Peel for BBC Radio One. Got Live If You Want It! arrived in 2002; that year, the band lost Laughlin and found a new drummer in Stephen McCarty. The band moved to Matador for 2003's breakthrough Shivering King and Others. Cory Shane joined the band in time for 2005's Feathers. Their fifth studio album Old Growth followed in 2007. ~ Rick Kutner, All Music Guide
http://www.deadmeadow.com/
4/22/10
Howls From The Hills 2001
�Howls From The Hills� continues Xemu�s reissue of Dead Meadow�s early records, with the second album from 2001. The 8 songs are psychedelic blues in all forms, from the narcotic space rock of �One And Old� (nearly 10 minutes of effects and distortion) to �The Breeze Always Blows�, a straight electric blues that would sit nicely next to the Black Keys� work. But Dead Meadow are always knocking you off balance: �Drifting Down Streams� starts the album with three minutes of ambient electronic and percussive noise before mutating into treacle-thick sludge rock, while the lyrics are by turns ominous and fantastic (as in strange: check the ruminative �if I was but a cow that you milked before dawn� on the sick and wheezy �Jusiamere Farm�). The reissue gives a good idea of where some of the credit for the resurgence of the whole psychedelic-rock scene should lie.
review by;
Country:
US
Released:
2001
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Stoner Rock
Tracklist
A1 Drifting Down Streams
A2 Dusty Nothing
A3 Jusiamere Farm
A4 The White Worm
B1 The One I Don't Know
B2 Everything's Goin' On
B3 One And Old
B4 The Breeze Always Blows
GET Download HERE
to preview; http://www.last.fm/music/Dead+Meadow/Howls+From+the+Hills
Biography;
Dead Meadow's unique marriage of Sabbath riffs, dreamy layers of guitars fuzz bliss, and singer Jason Simon's high-pitched melodic croon have wond over both psychedelic pop/rock and stoner-rock fans alike. Although the band's members met while attending all-ages punk shows in and around Washington D.C.'s punk/indie scene, the trio's sound draws more of their sound from such classic rock legends as Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath. The trio formed in the fall of 1998 out the ashes of local indie rock bands The Impossible Five and Coulour by singer-guitarist Jason Simon, bassist Steve Kille, and drummer Mark Laughlin. The three members set out to fuse their love of early 70's hard rock and 60's psychedelia with their love of fantasy and horror writers J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft.
They released their six-song debut album in 1999 on Fugazi bassist Joe Lally's Tolotta Records and a joint vinyl release on D.C. indie label Planaria Records. Then in 2001 the band released its second and third albums, Howls from The Hills and Dead Meadow, on Tollotta Records. In a reasonably short period the D.C. trio received offers to tour with everyone from local D.C. hipsters The Make-Up to seedy psychedelic rockers Brian Jonestown Massacre; eventually, they landed the opening slot for high profile indie veterans Guided by Voices. The group was also invited to record live for long time cutting edge British radio personality John Peel for BBC Radio One. Got Live If You Want It! arrived in 2002; that year, the band lost Laughlin and found a new drummer in Stephen McCarty. The band moved to Matador for 2003's breakthrough Shivering King and Others. Cory Shane joined the band in time for 2005's Feathers. Their fifth studio album Old Growth followed in 2007. ~ Rick Kutner, All Music Guide
http://www.deadmeadow.com/
