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January 19, 2005
I got a secret that I need to tell
Pink Mountaintops - Can You Do That Dance?
Phwoar. That is the sound of what happens when this song is played: someone at a party puts on a pair of extra-long long johns, pulls the waistband up to his/her shoulders, and gyrates on your coffee table, spilling drinks everywhere and declaring sternly that no one in the history of the world has ever been as drunk as they are. It could be true. Anyway, 'Can You Do That Dance?' is simple fuzzed-out guitar, creepily sexy drums, blunt interrogatives, and gorgeous back-up vocals.
Stephen McBean, the weird-bearded mastermind of Black Mountain (whose debut LP was just given a stellar review on P-frok last week), is the main artistic and songwriting force for Pink Mountaintops, whose summertime LP release was somewhat ignored. the PMs are sort of a corollary group to Black Mountain, it seems, since a lot of the players on both LPs are the same damn people (a lot like the Constellation Records/GY!BE axis of performers). So if you're interested, stop on by the fantastic Jagjaguwar label and pick up a copy.
Posted by matt at January 19, 2005 09:33 PM