Electric Mountain Scales Stoner Rock Heights With "Valley Giant" (Early Album Stream)
There’s something poetic about a band named Electric Mountain being signed to a label named Electric Valley Records, and that sense of rightness is only compounded by the fact that Electric Mountain’s new album is called Valley Giant. Enormous facets of nature, amplified and supercharged, combine here as if pre-ordained, all in the name of giving listeners a jolt of pure rock energy. Hailing from Mexico City, the band’s lively approach calls back to the early days of stoner rock, with raw, fuzzy tones and sun-bleached vocals let loose to wreak joyful havoc–there are no hints of post-metal or progressive tendencies here, just sick grooves. Valley Giant‘s free-flowing rock feels like a testament to sunny days, long drives, and the rightfully loud music that ought to accompany such circumstances. Whether or not these are your circumstances (personally, it’ll be raining all day here), throw on the album now with our early premiere and get in the summer mood anyway.
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This is a vibrant record, one full of life and subtle goings-on beneath the big crunchy guitar action. From bass rattle to guitar scrapes and ghost notes, there’s an undercurrent of life that breathes additional energy into their already exuberant jams. The closing track “A Thousand Miles High,” which also happens to be the longest on the record, takes both this element and the band’s mastery of rhythmic fixation to a high point: it’s simply eight minutes of one killer riff after another, all delivered with noisy glee that proves to be infectious and invigorating. Valley Giant is good music to take a trip to, in one sense or another.
The band comments:
The album is filled with distorted and fuzzy guitars, energetic drums, and a bass with an enveloping atmosphere with catchy lyrics that go from surreal landscapes, to desert trips, Viking invasions, love stories, and more, all guided by a melodic voice, while maintaining a heavy and groovy sound.
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Valley Giant releases May 27th via Electric Valley Records.
