The Black AngelsBest The Black Angels Albums Ranked
6.7
Avg Score
9
Opinions
6
Albums
4
Reviewers
Summary from 9 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated The Black Angels's catalog across 6 albums from 9 opinions, with an overall average of 6.7/10. The top-rated The Black Angels album is Wilderness of Mirrors (2022) with a 8.0/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Passover and Phosphene Dream. The discography on Wavelength spans 2006 to 2022.
Wilderness of Mirrors
“It’s been almost 20 years since The Black Angels ignited a psychedelic revival in the prolific Austin, Texas music scene. Drawing inspiration from The Velvet Underground, band members Alex Maas, Christian Bland, Stephanie Bailey and the galaxy of musicians orbiting around them built a steady circle of players and listeners that became wider and wider in time, eventually coalescing into the Reverbe”
Phosphene Dream
“Austin psych-rock band's third LP finds them peeling back the psychedelic murk and tempering their bad vibes with a hint of flower-power homage.”
Passover
“Texas-based psych-rockers follow fellow drone lovers the Velvet Underground and Spacemen 3 on this Light in the Attic release.”
Phosphene Dream
“The third album from this Austin quintet is a pysch-rock salvo that evokes a variety of freaky images: gnarly opium dens, paisley-clad go-go dancers, the acid-trip scene from Easy Rider. Phosphene Dream kicks off with a storm of tremolo guitars and zombie-croon vocals called "Bad Vibrations" and moves on to doomy cuts like the Velvet […]”
Clear Lake Forest
“The Black Angels’ most recent full-length suffered from a lack of murky, dreamy atmosphere, but the Austin psych crew's new EP attempts to make up for that misstep, with a loose conceptual bent and an increased depth in their own songwriting.”
Directions To See A Ghost
“Austin's Black Angels create a sprawling, psychedelic record dotted by gloomy invocations of warfare, betrayal, paranoia, and self-obsession.”
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