Hypermagic Mountain by Lightning Bolt
Hypermagic Mountain, Lightning Bolt’s 4th album has been unavailable for nearly a decade since it’s 2005 release. Back as a double LP including a full drawing by Brian Chippendale as the D side Etching! The package includes a large scale 4-page book (previous pressings included a cd size book). Recorded at Machines with Magnets and Lightning Bolt’s home by Dave Auchenbach. Lightning Bolt play with abandon that is unmatched and remarkably undiluted and this album is just one more example of that raw power and sound.
They are often called one of the loudest rock outfits in existence, both on record and on (or famously, off) the stage. Brian Gibson creates sounds that are unexpected and remarkably varied with his virtuosic bass playing and his inventive approach to the instrument, centered around melody rather than rhythm. The dizzying fury of Brian Chippendale’s drums twist from primal patterns into disorienting break beats as his distorted, and echoing vocals weave more melody into the mayhem.
Tracklist
| 1. | 2 Morro Morro Land | 3:43 |
| 2. | Captain Caveman | 3:19 |
| 3. | Birdy | 3:07 |
| 4. | Riff Wraiths | 3:03 |
| 5. | Mega Ghost | 6:01 |
| 6. | Magic Mountain | 4:56 |
| 7. | Dead Cowboy | 7:58 |
| 8. | Bizarro Zarro Land | 4:47 |
| 9. | Mohawk Windmill | 9:39 |
| 10. | Bizarro Bike | 5:19 |
| 11. | Infinity Farm | 2:47 |
| 12. | No Rest For The Obsessed | 2:10 |
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This is the home of the official Lightning Bolt Practice of the Month club. Probably more like Practice of the Every 6 Months Club, but the plan is to post some of our best home recorded jams for your listening pleasure, or displeasure. And fuck it we'll put some of our regular records up here too.