Black Mountain, the vanguard of the Black Mountain Army, an artistic collective from Vancouver, BC, create, play and record a sound that is a testament to the fact that answers are rarely simple, the world is complex and enigmatic, and a song laced with a sprinkling of craziness could be the tune that whisks us all back to the mountain of origin, where we can find peace and liberation. Their self-titled album, like a spacecraft crafted from Lego and broadcasting code to earth with strings, probes untrodden regions while still being held to the classics of rock n’ roll. You can recognize the influences: Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd of the Animals epoch, Blue Cheer, Led Zeppelin and Can. The leading composer, Stephen McBeans voice is a stylized fusion of Neil Young, Mick Jaggers vibes, with maybe a touch of James Brown dosed with syrup. When Amber Webber joins Stephen, the pairings are