Nine Black Alps
Manchester, England's Nine Black Alps features Sam Forrest (vocals/guitar), James Galley (drums/vocals), Martin Cohen (bass), and David Jones (guitar). The indie rock foursome came together in 2003, taking their name from a line in the Sylvia Plath poem "The Couriers." Two years later, Nine Black Alps inked a record deal with Island in the U.K. Their debut album, Everything Is, arrived that June. A U.S. record deal with Interscope and a self-titled EP followed in July. Tours with the Kaiser Chiefs, Hard-Fi, and Weezer as well as festival ...[more]
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VINYL FORMAT. DOUBLE 7-INCH. This is the US debut of Manchester England's Nine Black Alps. A Five Song EP of the first two singles featuring the debut single "Cosmopolitan," and the incendiary follow-up "Shot Down." This is where it all starts for what NME calls "the best new rock band in Britain."
2x7" $5.49
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Everything Is is a blustering cacophony of melody, guitar squalor, dramatic flair, propulsive drums, and shades of death and love in twelve astounding songs, Produced by Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Beck), Nine Black Alps sound sonically invincible on their first LP - songs like "Cosmopolitan," "Not Everyone" and Shot Down" feature such bright-burning, ferocious guitar assaults, that they nearly set the album ablaze.
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This is the US debut of Manchester England's Nine Black Alps. A Five Song EP of the first two singles featuring the debut single "Cosmopolitan," and the incendiary follow-up "Shot Down." This is where it all starts for what NME calls "the best new rock band in Britain."
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Glitter Gulch, a collection of B-sides and live tracks, is a U.K.-only limited release issued to thank fans for their support of the band. But for people who already own everything Nine Black Alps has put out, the EP will be a bit of a disappointment, especially since many of the songs came with prominent singles or were already included on the group's self-titled EP, and for those who are less familiar with their work, Glitter Gulch isn't exactly representative of what they can do. While both {&"O [ read more ]
CD $16.62