The Black Angels - Passover (2006)
Tracklist front / back album covers
The Black Angels - Passover
"Young Men Dead" – 5:32
"The First Vietnamese War" – 3:30
"Sniper at the Gates of Heaven" – 4:16
"The Prodigal Sun" – 4:23
"Black Grease" – 4:37
"Manipulation" – 5:49
"Empire" – 5:35
"Better Off Alone" – 3:03
"Bloodhounds on My Trail" – 3:58
"Call to Arms" – 18:06
The song "Call to Arms" ends at minute 10:42. After 3 minutes and 30 seconds of silence (10:42 - 14:12), begins a hidden song: it's a cover of Jimmy Cliff's "Vietnam" with modernized lyrics referring to the Iraq War
The Black Angels Band Members / Musicians
Nate Ryan - bass, guitar
Stephanie Bailey - drums, percussion
Christian Bland - guitar, bass, vocals
Alex Maas - vocals, bass
Jennifer Raines - drone machine
Recorded and mixed by Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recording Studio (except tracks 5 & 6 by Ross Ingram at Wire Recording & Shh! Recording)
Mastered by Dave Cooley at Bionic
Graphic Design by Christian Bland & Brian Jones
Printed by Thingmakers
Passover is the debut album from psychedelic rock band The Black Angels, released in 2006.
The Black Angels are an American psychedelic rock band from Austin, Texas. Formed in May 2004, they took their name from the Velvet Underground's "The Black Angel's Death Song." They have released five studio albums and one compilation album.
The Black Angels Band Members / Musicians
Stephanie Bailey – drums, percussion
Christian Bland – guitar, drone machine/organ
Alex Maas – vocals, bass, organ/drone machine
Jake Garcia – guitar
Ramiro Verdooren – keyboards, bass, guitar
Kyle Hunt – keyboards, percussion, bass, guitar
Nate Ryan – bass, guitar, occasional drums
Jennifer Raines – drone machine, keyboards, percussion
Todd Keller – guitar
The Black Angels Discography Full
2006 Passover
2008 Directions to See a Ghost
2010 Phosphene Dream
2013 Indigo Meadow
2017 Death Song
Compilations
Another Nice Pair (Light in the Attic Records, compilation of first two EPs, 2011)
EPs
The Black Angels (Light in the Attic Records, 2005)
Black Angel Exit (Light in the Attic Records, 2008)
Phosgene Nightmare (Blue Horizon, 2011)[16]
Clear Lake Forest (Blue Horizon, 2014)
Singles
"The First Vietnamese War" b/w "Nine Years" (released August 21, 2006)
"Better Off Alone" b/w "Yesterday Always Knows" (released May 28, 2007)
"Doves" b/w "Drone in G# Major" (released May 20, 2008)
"Telephone" (released August 3, 2010)
"Watch Out Boy" b/w "I'd Rather Be Lonely" (released April 21, 2012)
"Don't Play With Guns" (released January 22, 2013)
"Molly Moves My Generation" (released December 1, 2014)
"Waterloo Waltz" (released January 20, 2015)
"Currency" (released February 10, 2017)
