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  • Summary: This is the second Pink Mountaintops album for Vancouver, Canada's Stephen McBean.

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
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  1. Pitchfork
    81
    [The songs] are linked by, of all things, an evangelical urgency: McBean self-consciously blends Satan-fearing Louvin Brothers sentiments with the Velvet Underground's narco-messianism and heavy doses of the 1970s California Jesus Movement's rhetoric/vibe.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    McBean... decided to have a go at everything. Luckily, he appears to be a natural. [4 Mar 2006, p.31]
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  3. Under The Radar
    50
    It certainly isn't breaking any new ground, but the combination of influences does come together in a way that isn't altogether uninteresting. [#13, p.94]
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  1. KevinD
    9
    Like an appetizer for the main course that will be the second Black Mountain disk, Axis of Evol tastes great, but doesn't fill you up. A fun mix of acoustic spirituals, and fuzzy programmed beats, the album feels like getting stoned and playing music on your father's four-track on a boring sunday.… Expand
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