Speck Mountain
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Speck Mountain are an ambient-soul band possessed as much by the grit of southern soul as the spell of infinite drones. They flirt with the smiling demons of old-school indulgence, and the redemptive angels that stir in their wake. Briedrick and Balabanian, having only made two records, already have a strong sense of identity as a band, and they’re not shy about it.
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Ask them what they’ve learned so far in their short careers, and the answer comes quickly back: “Don’t compromise your vision and don’t let anyone tell you that the way you want to do things isn’t valid.”
Self-described “musical soul mates,” Briedrick and Balabanian write as a team, communicating in intuitive, womb-curled melody, exploded texture, and spiky rhythm. Balabanian, all of 5’ 4”, also keeps a full-sized Aretha loaded in her throat like some kind of ungodly spring reverb, but she’s careful not to abuse the capacity, only letting it uncoil fully when the moment is right. On the forthcoming, Some Sweet Relief, the songs have been filled out with piano, organ, sax, and vintage effects, the mixes booby-trapped all over with headphone-happy detail. Live, this new material projects a loose, narcotic swagger, taking off from atmospheric majesty into full-on hypnotic assault. Speck Mountain are so excited about it they won’t even be phased by the dreaded, “So, what’s your new record about?” question.
It doesn’t hurt that they have a good answer: “Desire and Fidelity.”
Signed to Carrot Top Records for the world, Briedrick and Balabanian continue to run the Burnt Brown Sounds label out of Chicago.
Green Light Go Publicity
Attn: Janelle Rogers
812 Flowerdale St.
Ferndale MI 48220
248-336-9696 (w)
jrogers[at]greenlightgopublicity.com
