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The lads and lass of Black Mountain might seem like friendly folk, and they are. That is, until they harness the powers of rock'n'roll and melt your face clean off.

The Canadian riffmeisters have busied themselves doing just that to onlookers all over the globe this fall, drumming up anticipation for Jagjaguwar's January 22 release of second album In the Future. And they're set to do it again to brave souls on the West Coast come February. We're told these gigs represent just an initial batch of 2008 dates for the band, so you can expect the puddle of facial goo to stretch on indefinitely as the itinerary is expanded.

In other Black Mountain news, Josh Wells and Matt Camirand side project Blood Meridian's Liquidate Paris dropped recently.

Black Mountain:

02-01 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile*
02-02 Portland, OR - The Doug Fir *
02-04 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
02-05 Los Angeles, CA - The Troubador *
02-07 San Diego, CA - Casbah *

* with Howlin' Rain