Black Lips - Arabia MountainSixth full length album from the gurus of Atlantas flower punk movement, from the heady daze of 2011 finally back on vinyl and part of a series of Fire re issues celebrating 20 years of the legendary garage rock gurus from Atlanta, Georgia. Arabia Mountain was recorded between Brooklyn and Atlanta in 2010, and with the collaborative assistance of celebrated producer Mark Ronson, Lockett Pundt of Deerhunter, and a human skull with a microphone jammed

They released three albums before disbanding in 1996

First time available on vinyl

vacant stares and barely concealed sadomasochism—and match it to a different configuration than the typical ’60s rock template

Leave the Capitol

In LA meanwhile

but in its music

the seamless brass arrangements and Jean Paul's impressive delivery make this LP a spectacular combination of hard psych and Latin soul/funk

augmented with replacement drummer Bob Bert‰۪s notable bashing on ‰ÛÏMaking the Nature Scene‰۝ and grotty no-fi live rendition of ‰ÛÏI Wanna Be Your Dog

and the beautiful stillness of first single ‘Something Like Love’ could almost be a musical salve to the heartache 19-year-old Andy poured into ‘Vapour Trail’ in 1990

“The pieces recall TheDurutti Column at their most spectral’’ WIRE

"Heritage Of A Black Man" by Sam Dees

John Lee Hooker