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Directions to See a Ghost
Rock · 2008 · 11 tracks · 1h 10m

Directions to See a Ghost

The Black Angels

A sprawling, seventy-minute masterclass in dark neo-psychedelia. Heavy fuzz, tribal percussion, and haunting drones create a dense, desert-noir atmosphere.

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It's like a 70-minute fever dream in a desert where the guitars are made of smoke.

A relentless, hypnotic descent into dark, fuzzed-out desert noir.

Directions to See a Ghost · vs · The Black Angels
Intense+0.9σ

The vocals lean a touch further into intense than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 1h 10m
01
You on the Run
4:53
02
Doves
4:29
03
Science Killer
4:45
04
Mission District
5:12
05
18 Years
5:25
06
Deer-Ree-Shee
5:49
07
Never/Ever
8:34
08
Vikings
4:38
09
You in Color
5:52
10
The Return
4:31
11
Snake in the Grass
16:13
Moments Worth Waiting For
The relentless, motorik pulse of You on the Run that sets a paranoid, high-stakes pace for the entire record.
The sudden, crushing weight of the fuzz guitar entry on Science Killer that feels like a physical pressure.
The sprawling, sixteen-minute descent of Snake in the Grass where the song eventually dissolves into a meditative, eerie drone.
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