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It’s always hard to see McBean through all that hair, and it’s tough to hear him in Black Mountain over all that axe-ripping, but on Outside Love he puts himself a little further out there, giving us a new picture of him as not just a riff-master, but also a solid songwriter.
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This is a solid collection of pop-tunes, but not for connoisseurs.
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Q MagazineOutside Love presents a collection of dramatic, heart-on-sleeve love songs. [Jun 2009, p.130]
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UncutThe suspicion remains, though that heavy cosmic rock is probably the best vehicle for his apocalyptic romances. [Jun 2009, p.99]
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Though McBean, who also leads Vancouver spliff-rockers Black Mountain, invites a slew of guests with diverse musical associations (Jackie-O Motherfucker, Thee Silver Mt. Zion, Whiskeytown), the album still yawns with homogeneous campfire acoustics.
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Essentially, the band only seems to have bit off a little more than could be chewed, and Outside Love feels like a slight misstep.