The Black Angels, 'Directions to See a Ghost' (Light in the Attic)

Trying to make the 432nd acid trip just as trippy as the first.

Named after the most abrasive track on the first Velvet Underground album, this druggy sextet from Austin, Texas, reach for spine-prickling, horror-inducing sonic deliverance. Like their 2006 debut, Passover, Ghost drowns in Spacemen 3–like drone, feedback, and reverb until the tunes congeal into a deliberately muddy, impenetrable trance. Whether going tribal ("Vikings") or settling on two chords ("Never/Ever"), the fuzzed-out guitars and pulsing organs create a retro-psychedelic sound that morphs slowly, like a lava lamp remolding forms, while the vocals eerily call in from a distant room.

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