The Pink Mountaintops will release their Get Back LP on April 29th via Jagjaguwar, and in anticipation of the new album they’ve posted the track, “The Second Summer of Love“. Hot licks and attitude abound as Stephen McBean unleashes his inner-teenager, and running thru the streets of memory, he conjures a time in growing up when everything still felt so new and free! Asked to describe the upcoming record, McBean offers:
“Alleys, curbs, walls, and cigarette stained gig flyers. An island on the Pacific coast. Fake British towns. Slayer posters. The beauty of youth. It’s about listening to Driver’s Seat and ‘Guns of Brixton’ and hotboxing The Duster.”
Get Back features an all-star cast of musicians that includes players like J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr & Witch), Steve Kille (Dead Meadow), Daniel Allaire (Brian Jonestown Massacre, Cass McCombs & Darker My Love), Annie Hardy (Giant Drag), and Gregg Foreman (Cat Power & Delta 72), to name a few; and the record was mixed by Randal Dunn (SunnO))), Earth, Sun City Girls, Boris) at Avast! in Seattle, and finally mastered by the sonic veteran Howie Weinburg (Nirvana, Beastie Boys, Danzig, Ramones, Slayer) back in Southern California. McBean will take the Pink Mountaintops out for a spin, playing a series of live shows beginning later this month, and his performing band will include Gregg Foreman on guitar, Steve Kille on bass, and Will Scott on drums. Here are the dates…
4/30/14 @ Gas Monkey Bar & Grill – Dallas, TX
5/1/14 @ Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX
5/2/14-5/4/14 @ Austin Pysch Festival – Austin, TX
5/6/14 @ Low Spirits – Albuquerque, NM
5/7/14 @ Club Congress – Tucson, AZ
5/8/14 @ The Western – Scottsdale, AZ
5/19/14 @ The Crepe Place – Santa Cruz, CA
5/22/14 @ Harpo’s Upstairs Cabaret – Victoria, BC
5/23/14 @ The Fox – Vancouver, BC
5/25/14 @ Sasquatch Music Festival – George, WA
5/26/14 @ Bunk Bar – Portland, OR
5/28/14 @ The Chapel – San Francisco, CA
5/29/14 @ Casbah – San Diego, CA
5/30/14 @ The Echo – Los Angeles, CA
7/13/14 @ RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfed – Ottawa, ON
