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Avg: 4.0 (66 ratings)
- Date Released: June 25, 2008
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Noise Rock
- Label: Load Records / IODA
Lightning Bolt stretch out, stay noisy
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Clocking in at almost an hour, Hypermagic Mountain is double the length of Lightning Bolt’s self-titled debut album and four times as long as their early, 15-minute live sets. It’s a much darker album than their previous three LPs, using more ominous heavy metal riffs (see the first four tracks) and less jokey, chripy vocals. The sequencing is breathless, leaving no time at all between tracks and adding to the overall sensation of being in some kind of NASCAR video game (particularly on “Magic Mountain,” where the chromatic bass lines sound like continually shifting gears).
Two longer tracks show the world’s most inventive — and fun — bass/drum duo adding to their bag of tricks: “Mohawk Windmill” has bassist Brian Gibson playing ringing, sweeping chords straight out of Mission of Burma or Husker Du while on “Dead Cowboy” (which starts off like a Country stomp) he Echoplexes lickety-split bass riffs into the stratosphere. “Infinity Farm” provides a short break from the high energy antics, full of stark feedback and mewling vocals. The abrupt drop-out of the album closing “No Rest for the Obsessed” implies that the only way to stop Lightning Bolt’s centrifugal force is to simply cut it off cold.
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| 01. |  |
2morro Morro Land |
3:43 |
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| 02. | |
Captain Caveman |
3:19 |
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| 03. | |
Birdy |
3:06 |
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| 04. | |
Riff Wraiths |
3:03 |
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| 05. | |
Mega Ghost |
6:01 |
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| 06. | |
Magic Mountain |
4:55 |
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| 07. | |
Dead Cowboy |
7:58 |
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| 08. | |
Bizarro Zarro Land |
4:47 |
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| 09. | |
Mohawk Windmill |
9:38 |
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| 10. | |
Bizarro Bike |
5:18 |
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| 11. | |
Infinity Farm |
2:46 |
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| 12. | |
No Rest for the Obsessed |
2:10 |
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12 Total Tracks, 56:44 Total Length
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