Stash, out now, is the absolutely energy-drenched second album from BCMC. Bill MacKay and Cooper Crain’s sophomore stint together cements their status as a guitar n’ keys power duo for the ages, a borderless pursuit of cosmic music in every strain: folk, rock and jazz, psych, prog, DIY, experimental, programmatic, impressionistic, liturgic, electric…!

BCMC carve minimal dialogues into epic horizons on single “Kaleidosmoke,” a jangling nest of Brit-rock guitars — strands of Floyd, DeepPurple and Iron Butterfly — structured with the prowess-slash-patina of a Terry Riley composition. Catching heat with trans-dimensional blues solos and some major Doors feels, the piece culminates in a slow blowin’ glass slide run, nearly hitting the eight-minute mark in what feels like a mesmeric eternity. “Kaleidosmoke” is pure rebottled essence, the way psychedelic used to be: a pour of hazy, incense saturated technicolor wine-cum-ink.

BCMC’s debut album, 2023’s Foreign Smokes, was a spontaneous statement built on improvisation. Stash’s compositions are more structured: towering obelisks formed from a groove-based understanding, with years of shows and tours adding to their combined power. The different textural feel ofStash is down to wondering about, then dialing details in the sound, getting good signal in a few good spaces with a few new (old) machines in the chain. Stash was recorded onto 8-track tape by Cooper and Greg Norman at Electrical Audio and Sweat Loge Studio, then mixed at Sweat Loge Studio by Cooper and Bill to 2-track tape. In the mix, not a digital module was stirring: Stashis straight AAA, student! Drop the needle down into Stash anywhere; you’ll find one sonic widescreen right after another, in free-flowing time.