Chances are you’ve already heard of Black Mountain. Their 2005 self-titled debut won BNM raves and the band ended up getting tabbed to open for Coldplay, proving once again that Chris Martin is a much better music critic than an actual musician (hey Chris, I’ve got some guest-blogging spots available on the Passion). If you haven’t heard of Black Mountain, get ready to hear a lot more about them soon, the rumor-mill has already started buzzing that their sophomore effort, In the Future, is fiercely great.
Anyhow, I interviewed the band’s bassist Matt Camirand and wrote a piece on them in the Arizona Republic. To be completely forthright it wasn’t the greatest interview I’ve ever had. The band was just coming off three straight press days of talking to every media outlet on earth and I’m reasonably certain that every question I asked had already been asked by someone else. Camirand seemed like a nice enough dude and all, but I’ve gotta’ say that I was a bit disappointed that he wouldn’t talk about the bands use of psychedelics in recording this album. C’mon dude, you guys recorded a 17 minute song this time around. You have a song called “Druganaut” on the debut. It isn’t exactly a secret. Like Ralph Wiggum, we know the score.
Black Mountain Feature in the Arizona Republic
Download:
MP3: Black Mountain-”Druganaut”
MP3: Black Mountain-”No Satisfaction”
1 comment
anon says:
December 3, 2007 at 1:57 pm (UTC -7)
Matt has never done acid in his entire life. true story.