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Mountain Battles
Rock · 2008 · 13 tracks · 36m

Mountain Battles

The Breeders

Stripped-back, analog rock that feels like a private conversation. Sparse arrangements and haunting harmonies recorded with a raw, unvarnished intimacy.

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It sounds like the Deal sisters recorded a bunch of beautiful, eerie secrets in a haunted basement.

A quiet, unsettling beauty that feels like a private transmission from a remote location.

Mountain Battles · vs · The Breeders
Cabin In Woods+4.0σ

Cabin In Woods saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 36m
01
Overglazed
2:15
02
Bang On
2:00
03
Night of Joy
3:26
04
We’re Gonna Rise
3:53
05
German Studies
2:16
06
Spark
2:39
07
Istanbul
2:58
08
Walk It Off
2:46
09
Regalame esta noche
2:52
10
Here No More
2:39
11
No Way
2:33
12
It’s the Love
2:28
13
Mountain Battles
3:54
Moments Worth Waiting For
The hypnotic, repetitive guitar chime of Overglazed that feels like a machine slowly waking up.
The sudden, jarring handclaps and skeletal rhythm that drive the brief explosion of Bang On.
A startlingly intimate Spanish-language cover of Regalame esta noche that sounds like it was recorded in a kitchen.
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