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Japandroids: Celebration Rock

On June 5, 2012, “Polyvinyl” label released “Celebration Rock”, the second Japandroids studio album. It was recorded 2010 – 2011, at “The Hive Creative Labs” in Vancouver, and was produced by Brian King and David Prowse.

Personnel:

  • Brian King – lead vocals, guitar
  • David Prowse – drums, backing vocals
  • Jesse Gander – engineer, mixing
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • Reiner Asscheman – photography
  • Brian Banks – photography
  • Annika Berglund – photography 
  • Christian Bobak – photography 
  • Simone Cecchetti – photography
  • Andy Collins – photography 
  • Sam Cowling – photography
  • Geoff Hargadon – photography 
  • Andy Mueller – photography 
  • Tom Øverlie – photography
  • Leonardo Solis Varela – photography
  • Maryanne Ventrice – photography 
  • Charlotte Zoller – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian King and David Prowse, except where noted.

  1. The Nights of Wine and Roses
  2. Fire’s Highway
  3. Evil’s Sway
  4. For the Love of Ivy – Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Kid Congo Powers
  5. Adrenaline Nightshift
  6. Younger Us
  7. The House That Heaven Built
  8. Continuous Thunder

Black Mountain: In the Future

On January 21, 2008, “Jagjaguwar” label released “In the Future”, the second Black Mountain studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “The Factory Studios” and “The Hive Creative Labs” in Vancouver, “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Dave Sardy, Stephen McBean, Amber Webber, Jeremy Schmidt, Matthew Camirand and Joshua Wells.

Personnel:

  • Stephen McBean – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jeremy Schmidt – organ, synthesizer, Mellotron, artwork
  • Matthew Camirand – bass guitar
  • Joshua Wells – drums, percussion, piano, Mellotron
  • Amber Webber – vocals, percussion
  • Ryan Peters – backing vocals
  • Sean Hawryluk – backing vocals
  • The East Van Ladies’ Chorus – backing vocals
  • Dave Sardy – engineer, mixing
  • Sheldon Zaharko – engineer
  • Colin Stewart – engineer
  • John Congleton – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All music by Stephen McBean, Amber Webber, Jeremy Schmidt, Matthew Camirand and Joshua Wells, all lyrics by Stephen McBean, except where noted.

  1. Stormy High
  2. Angels
  3. Tyrants
  4. Wucan
  5. Stay Free
  6. Queens Will Play
  7. Evil Ways
  8. Wild Wind
  9. Bright Lights
  10. Night Walks – Amber Webber