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- Summary: The first studio release in more than five years [not including the Year Zero soundtrack] for the Vancouver rock band was produced by Randall Dunn.
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- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Space Rock
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Positive: 16 out of 21
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Mixed: 5 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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Mar 31, 2016The band’s masterwork to date, IV delivers a listening experience as thrill-packed and invigorating as the loftiest comparisons you can throw at it.
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Mar 29, 2016Working with producer Randall Dunn again at the famed Avast! Studio in Seattle (fortifying that West Coast pedigree), Black Mountain have become more capable than ever of transmuting their kaleidoscopic visions into a volcanic unison.
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Mar 31, 2016At their best, Black Mountain approach '70s rock with a 21st century mindset, and that's the sort of sound and feel that make IV so effective.
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Mar 28, 2016The songs on IV are massive, cosmic things, beautiful in their own right, even if the synths can occasionally sound a little cheesy.
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Apr 4, 2016Though not their best record, IV is nevertheless an excellent addition to the group's staggeringly consistent discography.
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Mar 24, 2016IV takes a more measured pace around bleaker themes.
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Apr 12, 2016It blunts and softens its influences, whether heavy rock or soul or krautrock, and delivers them in a medium-temperature hippie haze.
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Apr 6, 2016
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Aug 15, 2016
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