Though they don’t do much to disguise their influences, this quartet from New Haven, Connecticut, kick up a deeply satisfying din by burrowing into their psychedelic comfort zone. On the recent eponymous album, their sixth full-length in total but first for Chicago’s ever-reliable Trouble in Mind imprint, Mountain Movers use five extended tracks to reflect different points of reference: “I Could Really See Things” suggests a more extroverted Spacemen 3, “Everyone Cares” embraces a loose, almost jazzy groove and a languid vocal sound recalling the Velvet Underground, and “Vision Television” conveys the shambling, distended thrust of Swell Maps.…
Though they don’t do much to disguise their influences, this quartet from New Haven, Connecticut, kick up a deeply satisfying din by burrowing into their psychedelic comfort zone. On the recent eponymous album, their sixth full-length in total but first for Chicago’s ever-reliable Trouble in Mind imprint, Mountain Movers use five extended tracks to reflect different points of reference: “I Could Really See Things” suggests a more extroverted Spacemen 3, “Everyone Cares” embraces a loose, almost jazzy groove and a languid vocal sound recalling the Velvet Underground, and “Vision Television” conveys the shambling, distended thrust of Swell Maps.…