Bong Mountain – You’re Doin’ Great! (For The Record!)

Michigan‘s Bong Mountain have released You’re Doin’ Great! (For The Record!), their debut album, on Stonewalled Records. The album title is a reference to the fact that You’re Doin’ Great (For The Record!) is a vinyl collection of the band’s entire recorded output, including last years You’re Doing Great! EP. It might come as a shock to you that I suspect this record may have been produced under the influence of narcotics, I’m not sure if this suspicion is caused by the band’s name, or the fact the cover art features a cat and a unicorn high fiving each other with a Bong Mountain and a camper van billowing smoke from it’s windows in the background.

This is as gloriously a shambolic record as you’d expect from a band named Bong Mountain. The opening track, and potential winner of best song title of 2016, Pariah Carey opens in gloriously discordant and gruff style, if this was a more together slicker album then it would be a sparkling pop punk album, but as this is Bong Mountain it isn’t, and personally I think it’s all the better for the chaotic approach. Lyrically You’re Doin’ Great! (For The Record!) is an entertaining, rambling and original album, this coupled with the loose lo-fi musical approach eases you into a happy cocoon for just shy of half an hour.

You’re Doin’ Great! (For The Record!) is released today and this a gruff stoner lo-fi take on punk, and I must say it’s certainly not without it’s charm. This collection of Bong Mountain‘s recorded works is unlike anything else you’ll hear this year, and I can’t think of a better advert for visiting Bong Mountain in your near future, as they’re on tour you may well find that the Bong Mountain comes to you.

You can order the limited edition green (what other colour would they pick) vinyl of Bong Mountain‘s debut album here

The Facebook page of Bong Mountain (and I seriously recommend reading their bio) is here

Bong Mountain‘s Bandcamp can be found here