It seems he’s perhaps mellowed out a bit since the sounds of his last LP Get Back, instilling more relaxed and cathartic melodies. He’s also proof that in these modern day, futuristic times we all reside in, you don’t need a bassist, drummer or backup vocalist…you can do everything yourself onstage with a little help from gnarly pedals, playback recordings and effects. We previously saw Pink Mountaintops in Aug 2017 and wrote about how great he is: “He’s a metal head, progressive rock guru who makes you stare up at him like he’s Jim Baker waving us over to his cult to give up our lives…but in a really good way. Highlight of Shadow’s set had a guest appearance by Pink Mountaintops’ Stephen McBean, who came on stage to play a hand shaker.Īshley Shadow’s next gig will be at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds on October 13th.įinally, Canada’s Pink Mountaintops closed out the show. Some of the songs I wrote were initially bummers, but when we went to record them, we lightened them up.” Despite a depressing title of the album, it’s actually a more upbeat record, as Ashley explained, “I wanted to make a more upbeat album, something you could play with some friends over. The new album featured the single “Don’t Slow Me Down”, which featured Bonnie “Prince” Billy (aka Will Oldham). Next up was Vancouver’s Ashley Shadow the band is touring in support of Only The End (Felte Records). Thankfully, the song did not feature any Smellovision, as the original film featured a gimmick called Odorama, where audience can smell what they see on the movie screen using scratch and sniff cards. They ended their 30-min set with a song called “Polyester”, dedicated and inspired by director John Waters (who directed the film Polyester). It officially doesn’t have a title, but Dr Beard was calling it “Cookie Goat”. They played tracks from their new album, From the Other Side of Time, but added a new track they were working on. Beard on vocals, Theremin on keys,Ĭody Lamb on guitars, Mark Miller on drums, and Saadman Maheer on bass. The Minneapolis-based psychedelic band described themselves as Dr. Vancouver’s Pink Mountaintops ended their North American tour with a stop at St Paul’s Turf Club, in support of his latest album Peacock Pools (ATO Records).Īdded to the bill a couple of weeks prior to the show was local act, Transcendental Strangers?.
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