Pink Mountaintops' Wedding Album

Black Mountain mastermind Stephen McBean is set to drop a new record with his other colourful hillside project. Pink Mountaintops will release their third record, Outside Love, on Tuesday through Jagjaguar.

McBean says the album was inspired by a wedding that he and Thee Silver Mount Zion violinist Sophie Trudeau performed at last summer in Montreal. Still on a high from the gorgeous weather and wedding "love vibes," the pair reconvened in Vancouver and began fooling around with guitar and strings, developing some song ideas that McBean had lying around.

Bolstered by their quick progress, McBean invited friends over to help lay down the album's 10 tracks.

"It was written and recorded at the same time," he says. "We weren't planning on making a record."

"Vampire," a slow and meandering country jam, has been making its way around the internet for some time now. The track is fairly indicative of the album's sound, prominently featuring a big group singalong chorus and lyrics like "you can suck out the blood/but you can't kill the heart of my love," which McBean has likened to a Danielle Steel novel.

The album's collaborative nature is a departure from previous records. While 2004's self-titled debut and 2006's Axis Of Evol were effectively McBean solo albums, he employed a slew of his musical friends for Outside Love.

"It's nice," he says of the recording process. "Everyone has a different interpretation of the music."

That collaborative experience will continue as McBean hits the road in support of the album. In tow are a six-piece band that includes Trudeau and Black Mountaineer Matt Camirand.

See Pink Mountaintops here:

May 5 Haarlem, Netherlands @ Bevrijdingspop
May 6 Paris, France @ Mains D'Oeuvres
May 7 Brighton, England @ Freebutt
May 8 Minehead, England @ Buttlins Holiday Resort (All Tomorrow's Parties Festival)
May 11 London, England @ Borderline
May 12 Evreux, France @ L'Abordage
May 13 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
May 14 Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique
May 15 Groningen, Netherlands @ Vera
May 16 Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Doornroosje
May 17 Lausanne, Switzerland @ Le Romandie
May 18 Munich, Germany @ 59:1
May 19 Vienna, Austria @ Arena
May 20 Zagreb, Croatia @ Teatar & TD
May 21 Verona, Italy @ Interzona
May 22 Rome, Italy @ Init Club
May 23 Ravenna, Italy @ Hana Bi
June 2 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
June 3 Portland, ME @ Space
June 4 Cambridge, MT @ TT The Bear's Place
June 5 Brooklyn, NY @ The Bell House
June 6 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
June 8 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
June 9 Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room at the Crofoot
June 10 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
June 11 Bloomington, IN @ Russian Recording
June 13 Buffalo, NY @ Big Orbit's Soundlab
June 14 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern