Atlanta’s Black Lips are an extremely productive band. Since their debut record Black Lips! in 2003 they have released four more full length albums and are soon to make that five with Arabia Mountain.
Vice Records will release Arabia Mountain on June 7th. This new album marks a new direction in recording conditions for the quartet as it was the first time they hired someone else to produce, namely big name producer and Vice Magazine stalwart Mark Ronson. It will be interesting to hear how Ronson’s slick style meshes with Black Lips’ much grimier aesthetic.
Rolling Stone also reports that fellow Atlanta musician Lockett Pundt (of Deerhunter) makes an appearance, though they are not explicit as to which track he appears on.
Arabia Mountain:
01. Family Tree
02. Modern Art
03. Spidey’s Curse
04. Mad Dog
05. Mr. Driver
06. Bicentennial Man
07. Go Out And Get It
08. Raw Meat
09. Bone Marrow
10. The Lie
11. Time
12. Dumpster Dive
13. New Direction
14. Nock-A-Homa
15. Don’t Mess Up My Baby
16. You Keep On Running
We’ve already had a taste of the record in the form of track 7, “Go Out And Get It.” If you haven’t yet seen that then you can do so here:
