Black Lips - Arabia MountainSixth full length album from the gurus of Atlantas flower punk movement, from the heady daze of 2011 finally back on vinyl and part of a series of Fire re issues celebrating 20 years of the legendary garage rock gurus from Atlanta, Georgia. Arabia Mountain was recorded between Brooklyn and Atlanta in 2010, and with the collaborative assistance of celebrated producer Mark Ronson, Lockett Pundt of Deerhunter, and a human skull with a microphone jammed

this long overdue reissue ably emphasizes the band’s musical excellence and their unique take on folk-rock

The songs on placeholder are about accountability and forgiveness

” - Stereogum

pacts forged in the blood of Southern Gothic swampåÊstomp and Depression-era devotionals‰ÛÓtales of lovers and

The Gentlemen - It's A Cry'n Shame

Catalogue number Encore 001

“a half hour or so that roils with anxiety

Melody Maker awarded the EP its "Single of the Week" award

toured with Hurray For The Riff Raff and played a string of sold out shows in London

‰Û÷Sound Check‰۪ and ‰Û÷Macka Splaff‰۪

Released in late-1983

around the same time I first found my way to poetry