“Mississippi Queen” is Sonic Youth/Pussy Galore beat-assassin Bob Bert’s unprecedented NO-guitars, drum-tastic reinvention of Mountain’s hard rock classic. It’s the first single from his first proper solo album, Beach Bongo Bloodbath.
“Mississippi Queen” is Sonic Youth/Pussy Galore beat-assassin Bob Bert’s unprecedented NO-guitars, drum-tastic reinvention of Mountain’s hard rock classic. It’s the first single from his first proper solo album, Beach Bongo Bloodbath.
There’s a certain kind of record that doesn’t announce itself, it just settles in, tells its stories, and sticks around longer than you expected. Nowhere, NW, the debut from Hunter Morris and his band Mountain of Youth, is that kind of record: laidback, lived-in American rock that feels like it was made somewhere between a river bank and a back porch, by someone with nothing to prove and plenty to say.
There’s a certain kind of record that doesn’t announce itself, it just settles in, tells its stories, and sticks around longer than you expected. Nowhere, NW, the debut from Hunter Morris and his band Mountain of Youth, is that kind of record: laidback, lived-in American rock that feels like it was made somewhere between a river bank and a back porch, by someone with nothing to prove and plenty to say.
“At that time, I was living in Pico-Union, which is home to the notorious MS13 gang. I would hear gunshots, but luckily, no violence was directed at me. I eventually befriended some neighbors, and it turned out ok. I used the experience to write and had some characters as reformed criminals working to make amends,” shared Maurer. “The debut single and those writings feature tough protagonists, but they eventually find their way,” he said.
“At that time, I was living in Pico-Union, which is home to the notorious MS13 gang. I would hear gunshots, but luckily, no violence was directed at me. I eventually befriended some neighbors, and it turned out ok. I used the experience to write and had some characters as reformed criminals working to make amends,” shared Maurer. “The debut single and those writings feature tough protagonists, but they eventually find their way,” he said.
