Uncle Acid
and the Deadbeats are a blast
from the past, mixing Black Sabbath,
The Stooges and mid-career Alice Cooper, along with some truly
weird ‘this belongs on the Wicker Man soundtrack’ spooky synth work (check out
the unnerving ‘Yellow Moon’). The riffs
are mega, the era is bygone. The band
staunchly stick to retro equipment for recording (digital be damned), and the
results are wonderfully immediate: the record sounds like a live show
throughout. A bit like Wand’s Golem, this is going to
be an acquired taste: it’s weird and self-indulgent and not initially easy on
the ear. But there are hidden gems
aplenty, including the melancholic title track, the jerky, stomping ‘Inside’
and the slapped-with-kipper crunch of opener ‘Waiting for Blood’. Packed to the brim with ideas (even if some
of those ideas are 40 years old).
sample track: Waiting for Blood
sample track: Waiting for Blood
