Magic Mountain (Audio CD)

Immediately liked a few songs the first time I listened to it. Runaway, Remember Me, Me and Mary Jane, and even Hollywood in Kentucky will all probably find their way to my iPod when I pull this out of my cd player.By way of reference I am really digging VolBeat, Black Label, and Three Days Grace right now .. even still playing Theory and Hinder's last albums .. so take it for what its worth.As BSC reference, some of my favorite songs would be Like I Roll, In My Blood, Fade Away, Things My Father Said, Soul Creek, Blind Man, Peace is Free, You, Lonely Train and When the Weight Comes Down .. so a few songs off the new record will mesh right in there.If i had to have a complaint it would be how many of the songs are about dope. I dont smoke pot, so after one or two it begins to seem like they dont do anything but sit around on the couch at the practice house and pass the weed around. lol Peach Pipe, Mary Jane, Magic Mountain, and Blow my Mind are all...Read more

Imagine grabbing a slice of pizza at the family-owned restaurant you've loved for years, and after a few bites realizing they must have changed the recipe. It still has the same general taste, a remnant of what originally made it special, but you can also tell that something's different. Either they left something out, added something new, or maybe both, but this is definitely not the same great stuff you've come to expect from this establishment.That's how I feel about this album.I was probably a lot more critical of this album than I am of others I've purchased, but I know it's because I desperately want BSC to retain the excellence they displayed with their earlier albums. Their instrumental talent is still well-placed for the most part--though they seem to be straying further from the rhythmically complex derring-do of songs like "Lonely Train"-- but the true letdown here is the lyrics. We've gone from tales of mystery and Southern voodoo like...Read more