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Following his beloved 2021 album, Two Saviors, Haunted Mountain marks Big Thief guitarist Buck Meekâs third solo album and first for his new label-home.
On Haunted Mountain, love often assumes a natural form â crystal ball dew-drops, green rivers and grasses, tears bottled. Sometimes it becomes artificial â mood rings, earrings, a pair of jeans, motorcycles and spacecraft. Sometimes cosmic â âI fell into a black hole with the hot flux of hazelâ (from 'Paradise').
Love is a consciousness here, interacting with the lovers, greeting them, watching them sometimes, becoming them sometimes. It extends beyond romance, examining the inexhaustible bond between mother and sun, and asks â is love a form of magic? âWhen you are in love, it inhabits your environment, animates the inanimate, charging everything around you with a sense of meaning,â he says, âand not just new love; also love of many years.â
Since Buckâs self-titled full-length album, his band has remained consistent â Adam Brisbin (guitar), Austin Vaughn (drums), and Mat Davidson (pedal steel, bass on Buck Meek and Two Saviors). In the year or so leading up to recording Haunted Mountain, they were joined by Ken Woodward (bass) as well as Meekâs brother, Dylan Meek, who joined them for the session on piano and synths.
Produced by the bandâs own Davidson, Haunted Mountain was recorded and mixed in two weeks by Adrian Olsen, who also performed the sound manipulation via modular synthesizer that can be heard throughout the album.
Available on limited green coloured vinyl.
Tracklist:
Mood Ring
Haunted Mountain
Paradise
Cyclades
Secret Side
Didnât Know You Then
Undae Dunes
Where Youâre Coming From
Lullabies
Lagrimas