Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Blood Lust (One of the best rock albums this year)

Last year i recommended the Ghost as the rock/metal album for people who don't always listen to metal and this year I am recommending

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h279/juicyfrt/cover.jpg

A psychedelic spacey doom album. Posters on forever doomed and last.fm and other sites are going apeshit for it. Originally out on cdr but now out on vinyl on Rise Above (sold out, and i didnt get a copy myself grrr)

But if you see a copy anywhere snag it. (fuck rise above for only doing 350 copies and making it instant collectable bullshit)

Played most of the album in the outloud.fm room and its went down very well even amongst those who dont normally care for rock/metal.

Anyway it's one of the albums of the year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ7UpD4AquU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjO5PuXJO48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWyj03OSvek

:D

Holy schmokes this is great stuff! Thanks uncle Ratfucker!

And a friend of mine turned me onto Ghost a couple weeks back. I don't know that I'd always listen to their albums beginning to end, but their live shows look incredible.

Glad you like it!

Oh man, this is so awesome. Anywhere to still find it? Even eBay turns up nothing. Ugh, collector scum shit.

cdr only oop. vinyl sold out on rise above before i could buy it as its 350 copies only

Some people on another messageboard were talking about this & I just failed to get in on the 1st pressing of the CDr, but was lucky enough to get in on the 2nd. Great stuff. Was happy to hear there was going to be vinyl, & then dismayed to see it was going to be Rise Above - cue stupid prices & size of pressing. Think I heard their 1st record is going to get reissued on vinyl too (although that could've been someone mistaking it for this one), please Satan don't make it RA again.

These samples sound great, going to have to try and track down the full album. I'm not sure how much say these guys had in how their stuff gets issued, but shit like what Rise Above does pisses me off to no end. I have no problem with limited edition collectible vinyl for the fetishists and collectors, but how about issuing a standard release to get your music heard? I mean, seems in situations like this that either the bands don't have any say, or they don't care about their music not being widely available, or they are happy to have people pirating their shit.

the album is easily found on blogs linking to file upload services. It's really good, and I would have happily paid for a CD/ legit download if I had had the option.

the album is easily found on blogs linking to file upload services.

Yeah, thats how I'm getting this one. I'm just saying, you'd think a band would want the wider exposure and also the $$ from a legit release. I don't get the limited vinyl ONLY thing. Like, makes so much more sense to do both.

oh totally. maybe trying to create a kvlt thing, but then if it's all over torrents anyway what's the point?

Yeah, I downloaded this pretty easily, but I'd much rather have shelled out $30 for a vinyl version, especially given that awesome cover art. Kinda weird when you WANT to give your money to a band / label, and they sorta make it impossible. Guess someone in the organization has a Swiss bank account somewhere.

Rise Above better do another repress. I dont want to shell out on a cdr no matter how awesome the package is, its still a cdr!

This album rocks btw

wish they were playing here TONIGHT

Blood Lust - http://www.ebay.com/itm/320761519312?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Vol 1 http://www.ebay.com/itm/320761524571?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649&autorefresh=true

Wow, this really is great.

did you check those ebay prices for both albums?

Seriously, who in god's name is the dude who can simultaneously afford to spend $400 on a CD-R while also being into these guys?!?!

insanity. no longer even interested beyond my download. total baseball card bullshit. lame.

well, like Mammy says, "wantin' ain't gettin'", no way anybody's going to buy those

uh those aren't buy it nows if that's what yr saying

Someone DID buy them! Two CD-Rs totalling over $700.

oh shit, I thought that was what they were asking- somebody actually bought them? That's fucked up

I mean the chances of either of those increasing in value from that price is effectively zero so you can only assume that someone was actually that desperate to own those CDRs

or they're shill bids for the basic purpose of getting people to post incredulous messages on the internet

good stuff, thanks

brilliant stuff.

"Kinda weird when you WANT to give your money to a band / label, and they sorta make it impossible."

this is what makes me avoid getting too into cool metal/hardcore. I have some broke ass friends in thrall to labels who do this.

Listening for the third time. Why does this record have to rule so hard? I was hoping I'd draw the conclusion that it was one-note and sorta not worth keeping on the want list in light of the collector scum bullshit, but dammit, "Ritual Knife" came on and I was all "fuck."

somebody actually bought them? That's fucked up

Exactly. The people purchasing these things are the real problem, imho, because it only encourages labels (and bands) to pull this shit again in the future.

Why does this record have to rule so hard?

OTM.

I have no idea why but I love it.

afaik its getting a 3rd cdr press

Kerr <3

and id hope the vinyl will get a repress. surely rip-off above will want to make some money

Ok. Why the fuck is this album so fucking hot?

rules

Is this still un-purchase-able?

aye but im pretty sure a 3rd press of cdr is on the way but no doubt that will sell out in an hour.

Ugh. Really annoyed with this forced obscurist shit. Want to support these guys.

why? they obviously don't need ppl's charity, this is p much literally the clearest case of illegal downloading being 'acceptable' I've ever seen

What do you mean by "charity"? Why is it wrong for me to want to legitimately pay for an album that I really enjoy and play the hell out of? Even if these guys do tour to my area, having a newborn at home means I won't be going to the show anytime soon, so this is a good way to throw some support at them. Yes, I've acquired the album for now, but I'd love to pay for a "real" physical version.

it's obviously not 'wrong' but they clearly don't give a shit whether you have a reasonable chance to buy one of their albums or not, so I'd just be inclined to say fuck 'em and burn off a CDR

This is the least satanic horror bloodsludge metal thing ever said, but the downloads I've heard weren't encoded at a very good bitrate.
Also, what jon said.

zoinks!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Uncle-Acid-Deadbeats-UTRA-DIE-HARD-LP-7inch-/380375234438?pt=UK_Records&hash=item5890217786

wow £500

Who the hell is BUYING this shit for almost EIGHT HUNDRED FUCKING DOLLARS??!

rich musicians probably

the 1%

those damn americans with their bibles, guns and uncle acid & the deadbeats lps

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/320073_10100149915719821_33015824_43744666_704733584_n.jpg

i have it on good authority that the vinyl pressing is really bad and "sounds like shit"

Yeah I've seen a bunch of complaints about it. Apparently no sleeve either, just a piece of card. As someone above said, sounds like their might be a 3rd CD(r?) pressing, which is good news for those that spent a 3 figure sum on eBay for one of the previous 2.

All this is beginning to take away from the fact it's a great record...sorry, CDr.

Damn, I hate their/there mixups, grrrr.

This is a really fun record, thanks for the tip.

yeah, i've really been enjoying this

what's the Ghost record from last year that the OP mentions?

Opus Eponymous, a really awesome record.

Amazon page.

incredible artwork..

will give it a spin, cheers

I liked the Ghost album well enough, what I heard of it, but their live performances are where it's at, mang.

Couple videos here. My daughter loved them. "Look at those great costumes, daddy!"

(She is seven.)

lol

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/UADB_shirt.jpg

he posts on dffd

That's a sick joke, right?

so how is their "Vol 1" record compared to this?

Re. Ghost...that Ghost album did nothing whatsoever for me, whereas I love the Uncle Acid CDr. Been a lot of references from one to the other, but beware.

Huh. That link didn't post in my last up there. Let's try this again.

http://www.hellfest.fr/artistes.php?id_art=356

Some Hellfest footage from this year, featuring Ghost.

It's not bad but I don't see how this is any different from about 9000 other rock albums released since 9-10 years ago.

Svart will reissue the CD starting Nov 16, free shipping. http://www.svartrecords.com/shoppe/725-uncle-acid-and-the-deadbeats-blood-lust-cd.html

billstevejim, if you can name just 10 of those 9000 albums that sound as good as this, I'll be really happy.

^^^ Yeah, me too.

As for the reissue, that didn't take very long, did it? I wonder if those suckers who paid ungodly sums are having a bit of the ol' buyer's remorse?

Nice! Thanks for the tip - just ordered one.

Re. Ghost...that Ghost album did nothing whatsoever for me, whereas I love the Uncle Acid CDr. Been a lot of references from one to the other, but beware.

My initial reaction is the opposite (love the Ghost, kind of meh on the Uncle Acid), but I agree that liking one doesn't necessarily carry over to the other.

didnt say it was. i just meant that non-metal fans who enjoyed the ghost as their one-off might like this album

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=OmVl9Mp5XOo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmVl9Mp5XOo

Thanks for the tip on this. This is wonderful. And I love it in spite of the way it subconsciously makes me think I'm listening to some weird John Lennon album I've never heard before.

Noel & Liam could only dream of writing an album this good

Yeah I keep thinking "damn this is like if the Beatles had 'gone there'"

if only the beatles had been inspired by hendrix and sabbath?

yeah that

this thing is great. we've been playing it in the car non-stop

Xpost, cable was out forever so I couldn't respond..

well the first one that immediately comes to mind is the self-titled Witch album.. sounds like the exact same band actually.. Also in my opinion The Sword's "Age Of Winters" sounds more exciting than this.

I apologize but I wouldn't be able to name ten of these records, because the majority of them don't really stand out for me as anything noteworthy, but I feel like I've heard this Uncle Acid record 100 times.. It's possible that I need to listen to it more.

"I'm Here To Kill You" is pretty fucking great though..

"Ritual Knife" too.

yeah bsj otm about strong similarities with the Witch album, though that album is missing those all-too-crucial John Lennon harmonies

Yeah the vocals on the Witch album were sorta the weak link I thought

awesome album! one of my faves of the year.

Their self-released debut, Vol. 1 (2010) is nearly as great as the latest one! The haunted harmonies are already in full force, check out "Witches Garden." Apparently only 20 copies of the first run, ha ha. I imagine it will be re-released by next year, but 'til then, treat yerselves now. Linked from my site, or epicdoommetal.blogspot.com.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_NVzxmkFaig

hopefully this will do well in the big ilm poll

Do they ever play shows? Why is this band so mysterious?

Is it possible that they're another band on the same label playing under a different name?

no

found a copy of this at home. it's rubbish

maybe that's a bit harsh, was super excited to hear it. especially after reading this thread a few months ago. just found it flacid. no juju. contrived. like, imagine this is to be a gomez side project or something.

gomez? i think you heard something other than uncle acid

Maybe there's another Gomez

One was enough

they're my go-to band to describe anything lacking in balls. i probably just need to listen with a different head on. or with different people in the room.

have heard this band purson practicing recently, think rise above are putting their record out, they're sounding amazing

Purson's singer was in Ipso Facto if anyone remembers them

lol indie from the Midlands if that helps

"I'm Here To Kill You" kinda sounds like an improvement on "Take Me Away" by Ween.

found a copy of this at home. it's rubbish
I didn't like it immediately, but Side B is the jam. or track 5-8

xp Yeah someone last night said something similar.. "I bet it's The Shins lmao"

Has anyone seen them live yet? Thinking of possibly booking them...

XXXXXP: Are you sure you weren't listening to Wu Lyf? They sound like Gomez.

do you mean has anyone seen Uncle Acid live? p sure they've not played outside the studio, or they did really really early and it sucked so they wanted to get it completely right or something - there's an interview online somewhere that addresses this

I wanted to buy this with my HMV Christmas voucher, but it was £21!! WTF?

This is all I can listen to this week. I love it. It's the effects they use on the guy's voice; like if John Lennon had decided to make a whole album of She's So Heavy and recorded it in a shed in the middle of the woods.

PS - emailed them about playing a show - they said they're putting a line-up together or something.

haha, just noticed at least two people made the john lennon comparison upthread.

Yeah it's totally great! I hope it does really well in the polls.

dog latin informed me they're from Cambridge - I really hope they play one of their first gigs in the back room of the Portland Arms.

billstevejim, if you can name just 10 of those 9000 albums that sound as good as this, I'll be really happy.

Big Elf - Money Machine
Dead Meadow - Shivering Kings
Danava - s/t

I like the Uncle Acid a lot, but I'm not sure it's something I want to listen to over and over. I feel like it's awesome, but there's some unquantifiable element missing for me. Probably the sort of thing that will be easily cured by having a real performing lineup...

Dead Meadow? lol

haha not in the same league as uncle acid. Neither are the other 2.

you're right. They're all better.

dead meadow was pretty cool

maybe uncle acid need a new booking agent

Yeah as much as I love the Uncle Acid album, the s/t Danava is definitely better and I'd argue that half of Dead Meadow's discography is better too.

I mean, I enjoy Uncle Acid and I really want to see them succeed, but I don't think they are quite there yet.

I think this is a question of legitimacy, or the illusion of legitimacy. Uncle Acid sounds like a real metal album, one that might have been made in 76 (or even 84). Those others do not. Whether the whole thing's just a ruse, and Uncle Acid is just bald nerdy guys from Aquarius Records jamming with bald nerdy guys from some long forgotten Cathedral lineup (I'm not entirely convinced it isn't something like this), it's at least convincing. The Uncle Acid album sounds like the kind of album that would have, like, backward messages and shit. Dead Meadow sounds like guys who own Bluetip and Rain Like The Sound Of Trains albums.

okay, this is pretty damn great. big, thick stoner rock sound, catchy songs, sabbath vocals. reminds me strongly of the witch debut from '06. similar reference points, stoner-patented circular riffing, reedy singing, paranoid fantasy lyrics. and yeah, dead meadow, maybe witchcraft at a substantially more reverentially revivalist remove. something makes me wanna say that it would appeal to fans of the black angels.

since the comparison was made, to my mind, this is nowhere near as catchy, surprising, endearing or memorable as ghost's opus eponymous (my hands-down favorite album of 2011), and when it comes to this particular sound, i think i still prefer the witch record (one of the best rock records of the last decade, so hardly a damning second place). downsides: the solos often bore me, and there's a pall of familiarity that sets in quickly after "i'll cut you down". upsides: SIDE 2! "i am here to kill you", "13 candles" and "ritual knife" are fucking great.

"authenticity" is for squares

basically, i like four songs here, the other four and kind of tedious and, yeah, might as well be dead meadow or something.

and = are

"rock records"

like = love

13 Candles is my jam

yeah, best song on the album

xp to contenderizer: I wonder if that's the secret behind the huge amount of buzz this album's getting round these parts: just about the time the novelty of the whole Sabbath Ono Band shtick wears off, BAM! Kill You/13 Candles/Ritual Knife (ie the best part of the album)...

Kill You/13 Candles/Ritual Knife (ie the best part of the album)

this is true

it makes me wish i owned the vinyl just so i could fall asleep to Side B every night

I already regret dropping this from my best of '11 ballot, as I really, really dig this.

On last.fm there's a meagre 55k plays which astounds me. Why isn't UA&tDB this decade's Queens of the Stone Age yet? Or will they be in a year or two but we're just in early? It's got all the potential to be huge I think, playing big summer festivals and all. Or do they wilfully shy away?

Oh, it's actually 100k+50k = 150k plays in different spelling of the band name. Point still stands though.

it's probably because their official releases are more or less nonexistent!

^^^^ This. Its been nearly impossible to track down their stuff up to this point, I'm hoping all this buzz will lead to a deal with a decent label that can handle distributing this stuff. I really, really want to support these guys but I keep missing out on the ultra-limited runs of CD-Rs.

I bought the CD for $12 (10 euros) from Svart.
It has been on steady rotation in my car since I got it a few months ago. Early November?

it is way early LBI; one of the things that makes me happy about Blood Lust making top 10 is that as far as token rock/metal albums go, it really is a super-hip choice. Outside of some timy doom/stoner blogs and boards, and ILX, their exposure is nil, and any blip they make in the larger culture (Quietus end of year wrap-up, a few stray votes in the P&J) can be traced back to this board...

Yeah, that's definitely true Drugs A. Do you agree they have the potential to be this decade's QOTSA? It really feels like they can put a festival audience under their spell like that band. Love ILM for bringing attention to this band. WE WERE FIRST! <3

DFFD was before ILM, and DFFD was unlikely to be the first.

love this, wish i'd heard it before i voted. would have been top 3 for me!

I tried to sign up for an account with DFFD; they never got back with me!

You aren't kvlt enough I guess.

you probably are better off!

i think i have a DFFD login from around whenever the SL board went down. haven't used it in years though.

any blip they make in the larger culture (Quietus end of year wrap-up, a few stray votes in the P&J) can be traced back to this board...

Classic Rock magazine put them on a covermount CD in 2010

As far as I'm aware that was on my recommendation... so ILX's pride remains intact!

people on what.cd were going nuts over this long before this thread was made

good for people on what.cd

as i said earlier other boards and blogs were going nuts before i created this thread in the hope i could bring it to the wider attention of ilx

You've been into Uncle A since 2010 Doran?

Hmmmm. I wouldn't like to bet money on it. Maybe, maybe not...

Now that I've written it down it suddenly seems implausible.

I'm just glad I'm into them now.

Regardless of who discovered them firstn my main point is that for a representative metal album, Blood Lust is just a really fresh & ahead-of-the-curve choice.

Pitchfork haven't even bothered to cover them.

Of course not. It's not on Southern Lord, or a Waka Flocka mixtape.

Been really liking this album lately. It's just the right combination of heavy & catchy at points.

got any copies in the shop?

cd that is, obv you want have the rise above lps

*wont

Sold out right now because I played it and people bought it without ever having even heard of it before! Back in next week though.

Always the best feeling that...

"I will now sell five copies of The Three EPs by The Beta Band..."

hah it's nuts when people do that. Didn't think it happened in this day and age. How much you selling it for?

It wasn't cheap; £12.99 if I remember rightly. Yeah, that kind of thing still happens about once a week or so.

do you guys take orders over the phone?

We certainly do. Post things out 6 days a week.

ahh cool. I must remember that. If you still have any of the cds at the end of the month I'll buy one

https://www.facebook.com/questions/348083305235466/?ref=notif¬if_t=question_answer

avowed uncle acid hater ez snappin voted for something else despite being in the wrong country to listen to 6music

yep.

hehe you must really dislike them

Not at all, actually. As I've said what seems like a million times, they're decent and I think they have a good shot going forward to be much more than decent. Just not there yet, based on this album.

And I voted for Death Grips who honestly excite me.

who won?

nyan cat

Uncle Acid speaks!
http://thequietus.com/articles/08378-uncle-acid-deadbeats-interview

good interview! i wish more people would combine neil young and doom.

i wish more people would reissue their scumbait vinyl

this is super good

No, this is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwy2JM3tYQI&ob=av3n

can't argue with that [add to favorites]

http://riseaboverecords.com/products/view/405/

sold out already??

nvm

"Ths edition will go sale Tuesday 26th June at 4pm UK time"

How much longer are they going to milk these limited runs? Tbh, kind of fed up with all the bullshit surrounding this band. Give people a proper chance to pay for your music, eh?

change the 405 in the link above to 404 for the ultralimited clear vinyl edition

that was farcical. bet i get an email saying im too late for clear. site was slow as shite

lol i ordered the clear version but my shipping region didn't process to the US correctly, which means the order will be canceled. i did get in an order for the black vinyl.

yeah im taking no chances and ordered a red/white too. if i somehow get the clear (i wont) i have a friend who wants it

got one!!

my clear order did go through but that means nothing til i hear from rise above. i totally expect to be told it was sold out. that always happens to me

went with "in mourning" black vinyl. order went through!

just bought a transparent blue. received a confirmation email from the payment website. totally psyched!

hooray, got one off the 404 site.
of all my browsers it was a close race, but an unexpected win for internet explorer

Got a black too - what a good record to play loud.

the first press had complaints over its quality

man people sure are desperate to give money to this awful record label

all versions are still available apart from the clear afaik

ok red/white sold out too

"There is a good chance that the clear has oversold but if this is the case we will print 100 of another exclusive colour and give people who may have ordered after it sold out the option to choose this or a refund. We will notify people directly about this in the next couple of days Thanks."

how strenuously does a band have to invite bootlegging before you guys stop feeling bad about it?

I don't feel bad about having downloaded their album, but if they ever decide to print a reasonable number of copies of this album with fair distribution that isn't targeted solely at collector scum, then I will more than happily fork over the money.

And, yes, AG, I see that I could have ordered a copy from Rise Above today. But, a) I don't think $34 to pay for international shipping is reasonable for this anyway and, b) my records and player are all in storage right now so it would be kinda useless for me.

I just don't understand this band's reluctance to get their music out there.

look at this dipshit

http://www.ebay.com/itm/uncle-acid-blood-lust-CLEAR-vinyl-lp-100-repress-sold-out-in-5-min-/290734904951?pt=UK_Records&hash=item43b1269677#ht_500wt_1378

That is exactly why I had this bullshit forced scarcity collector scum shit. Dude doesn't even have the record in his hands and is flipping it on eBay. Fuck that guy.

come on that is hilarious. you guys are so uptight about this!!

band makes its own releases the apple of discord. what could be more metal than that.

The Svart CD version offers a reasonably widely available and decently priced purchase option.

lol that ebay auction i linked above:

47 bids, over $700

fucking hell.

Still no word of a cancellation or anything so still dunno if i got clear or are getting a replacement colour.

You better find out before your ebay sale closes.

lol

ho ho ho

I paid less than $15 last year, free shipping for the CD. I guess you're talking about vinyl prices? Exchange rate may be higher now, but even at over $16, it's still free shipping. Order Jess and the Ancient Ones while you're at it, great album.
http://www.svartrecords.com/shoppe/cds-free-shipping-worldwide/725-uncle-acid-and-the-deadbeats-blood-lust-cd.html
http://www.svartrecords.com/shoppe/releases/1018-jess-and-the-ancient-ones-cd.html

I'm tempted to snag one of those discs. I'm the walking Anti-Vinyl anyways. Any vinyl that knows fear burns at my touch.

http://www.allthatisheavy.com/ has 3 colour versions, $36.99+ postage each

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL8312t4wOI

No talk of the upcoming show (in March 2013)? I've got my ticket.

lucky you!

i know right?

in stock in us here, at the moment anyway

http://alldayrecords.com/

show
http://thequietus.com/articles/09842-uncle-acid-the-deadbeats-rise-above-records-the-garage-london-show

and new recording

added another date for anyone that didn't get tickets. nice to see purson supporting! they ended up recording their album at our place, the last i heard of it was sounding damn good

Wow - the tickets are almost £20 each! That seems insanely steep to me.

Did anyone buy tix to that show at The Garage? It's not until March 22nd but probably sold out by now. So high demand = high prices. I'd gladly pay £20 seeing as I'd consider spending a lot more just to fly to London to see it. Also, look forward to the Purson album, The Circle And The Blue Door.
http://fastnbulbous.com/uncle-acid-the-deadbeats-sign-to-rise-above/

Yeah I got them. Tickets usually about 10-15 for The Garage, so yeah a bit pricey. Has just sold out anyway though & there's now a 2nd show the next day. Annoyingly with Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell in support, so kind of wish I'd waited, but then again will be seeing ASCS this weekend anyway.

I've got tickets. They added an extra date recently though.

Oh man, Uncle Acid and Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell would be a hell of a show, would love to see that tour through the States.

I saw yesterday thta they were saying over at Svart that they were down to the last dozen cds
http://www.svartrecords.com/shoppe/cds-free-shipping-worldwide/725-uncle-acid-and-the-deadbeats-blood-lust-cd.html
may be gone by now & I've seen high prices for the cd on Amazon too.

cd now sold out apparently, wonder if that's temporary? Just managed to get one before they went.

if there were complaints about the first vinyl pressing, i certainly don't hear it in the second (black, at least). nice and heavy. quality sleeve too.

I just discovered this band and holy shit!

yeah I still go back to this record. New one coming in March apparently!

This is an actual findable cd on Metal Blade now, if anyone out there is balking at the prospect of a $40 lp.

I got the CD over the holidays and have listened to it quite a bit. It's a cool mix of sounds, which is why they are getting so much deserved props.

Uncle Acid is good nighttime music.

New single
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds-Fg445tfw

Do we still need Manson samples in 2013?

Decent song though, by the way, in case anyone thinks I just fast-forwarded to 4:30.

Nicolás De Rosa What happened to the deadbeats?

14 minutes ago · Like · 5..

Uncle Acid and the deadbeats They're buried in my back yard.

13 minutes ago · Unlike · 28

It would be good if you could order the new stuff from places other than Rise Above, I'm still waiting for an order to be sent from the beginning of January!

this is cool! the production sounds more polished

Do we still need Manson samples in 2013?

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If you have to ask..

Niiiiiiiiiiiice!

i never imagined them looking like this:

http://modern-vinyl.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Uncle-Acid.jpg

http://modern-vinyl.com/2013/01/27/uncle-acid-the-deadbeats-releasing-7/

WHOA. Are you serious?

I found this record on orange vinyl for an exorbitant price in an average-at-best record store in my podunk, USA town and snapped it up. Been blasting it for weeks now; my five-month-old seems to dig it.

Awesome stuff.

Are you sure that's not a picture of Sparks? I'm certain that Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats would have long, stringy, unwashed hair.

don't ask me, i'm just the copy-paste guy..

if that is them the second album will bomb, lol

it's their third!

idk why no one here talks about Uncle Acid's first record, but it's as awesome as Blood Lust is.

something about the guitar makes me suspicious it's really them..

record collector psych band looks like record collectors OMG

well yeah it is but the 1st was cdr ltd to 100 only so im not sure it was an official album..

is this the kind of guitar a stoner rock band would use?

in a way, Blood Lust distribution was not really official as well..

psych record collectors dont wash and have long hair and beards. as do the bands. So watch out for the cries of "fake" and "hipsters" on every message board now (esp as pitchfork and nme might cover them now "theyre one of us!")

Looking like that didn't kill Liturgy's career.

psych record collectors dont wash and have long hair and beards. as do the bands.

― Vote in the ILM 70s poll please! (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:02 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what world do you live in?

that guitar looks like a E335? or similar? Those are great fucking guitars and they are semi-hollow which can be pretty cool for feedback and tone IMO

actually maybe a yamaha? yamaha made some nice guitars...bigsby on it or similar bar

but basically if their guitars sound good to you, then it's a good guitar to use for a stoner band

It's a Gretsch, yes?

lol @ anyone that gives a fuck what they look like or jumps off the train after seeing a picture of them

jon otm

how's life - i swear it says yamaha on the headstock? or i see a "Y" but yamaha always made guitars that emulated classic guitars, often just as good and more affordable

lol @ all this

nice shirt, bro \m/

if they arrive to pitchfork, their career would probably ruin regardless of how they look.

yeah it would be a real killer to get more exposure for a band

Uncle Acid - Guitars, Organ, Vocals
Kat - Bass
Red - Drums

so Kat is a boy?

more exposure sometimes mean more "commercial".
it's a common fear i think.

I can't really tell from the photo. To me it looks more like some kind of signature on the headstock.

that pic makes me like em more

this is so weird

"psych record collectors dont wash and have long hair and beards. as do the bands."

they may not have long hair and beards, but hey - you can't tell if they don't wash!
THERE'S HOPE!

call all destroyer otm

I don't give a shit what they look like, but it's still hilarious.

do these guys ever play live?

they do now:

http://acidcoven.com/index.html

pic will be confirmed lol!

isn't it kind of cooler that they are just dudes rather than playing 70s dress-up?

idg what you're all talking about, these guys look like they're straight out of an acid coven

weirdos who look perfectly normal are some of my favorite weirdos. kudos to them.

unstereotypical looking = unstereotypical music and vice versa

I think people are just shocked because Uncle Acid seem like the kind of band who would go all the way w/the heavy horror-psych exploitation refs, so it seems kinda incongruous that they don't go for the long-haired unwashed drug casualty look.

i gave Blood Lust to my brother (dude in his 40s who loves classic rock and garage/freakbeat stuff) and he was convinced they were famous people from some other band who were playing around. i didn't buy it but it was a funny enough theory that i'm a little sad it's def not true.

don't tell him - it would break his heart

Anyone who thinks people wont care how they look have never been on metal message boards

thank god

co-sign

bigger haircut freakout: metallica or miley cyrus?

the real question is when are these freaky long-haired psych-weirdo burnouts nerds coming to play in the U.S.? anyone heard anything about later this year?

will be funny when the real uncle acid pics come out and everyone was freaking out over fakes

that pic makes me like em more

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, February 27, 2013 1:15 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I guess we're "post-subculture" now huh? was kind of almost expecting this, as Cambridge isn't exactly known for its wyrdbyrds but I was kind of hoping we'd never get to see them and even live shows would obscure them and just project loads of dumb Brit horror films while they play shrouded in darkness. Who was that band 3 inches of Blood who played power metal but looked like Weezer?

Just GIS'd them I guess they don't really.
Ps fuck liturgy

mmm... so, it seems there's another option, that they look like this:

http://media.metalhammer.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/uncle-acid-and-the-deadbeat.gif

http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/uncle-acid-the-deadbeats-announce-new-album-mind-control/

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_4-SR8GTtf8/UEOrTKxQclI/AAAAAAAAFUQ/jDS2jnTPHnE/s1600/images%255B8%255D.jpg

Aw wow they should just release loads of fake press photos

that's awesome

anyway, Vol 1 is very underappriciated:
maybe because it's less metal/stoner and more garage w/keyboards.
but it's as awesome as BL, if not slightly better

they should? i think they do..

The cover of Mind Control looks strange

no KAT - no credibility (yet)

it looks like Matador signed them or something - fake?!

the cover i mean

So who's going to the London shows?

shows sold out btw

obviously they have a female member/vocalist in the band, so both pics are probably fake.yawn..

the singer isn't a man?!

mainly.
but sometimes there's a "she"

its okay guys i found the band's real picture:

http://www.thegridto.com/wp-content/uploads/Barenaked_Ladies-Gordon-Frontal.jpg

Vol. 1 has showed up in full on YouTube, if'n anyone's interested:

http://youtu.be/mXYe1KNPnwo

I remember people freaking out about Helmet looking like jocks in baseball caps.

I guess I kind of half expected they'd look full on costume-y, like the Swedish GHOST. (What are they called now again?)

GHOST B.C.

heres another one

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SPCbr_5eLAo/UFb22FyXP4I/AAAAAAAAAco/9ZN89H627mc/s1600/Stoned-Krang.jpg

wait thats Krang, carry on

thats latebloomer and dan bunnybrain

wait guys here's another pic of them

http://www.rudysarzo.com/images/bio/Whitesnake.jpg

vivian campbell > uncle acid

Rudy Sarzo era - nice

new photo leaked

http://www.tgs.nu/TGSsajtcopy/intervju/klas/GRONAS~1.JPG

just saw another leaked promo pic over at Stonerobixx:

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/23284419/Brokencyde+letstalk.jpg

Crab Lust

Oh holy shit... Guess what I got

crabs?

got some pics of them on their last U.S. tour. Hope they come back!

http://muzvideo.biz/uploads/posts/2009-08/1251461809_europe-cherokee.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5PjorMu_XVk/US6JCxbh2BI/AAAAAAAABFM/yqyc9bkya9E/s483/cherokee.png

I see this thread devolving into an 'avoid' zone

"devolving into"?

We'll start a new thread for the third album when it approaches.

http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2009/11/devo-henry_fonda_theater1-608x404.jpg

well played

strangely the blurb on the new record uses the phrase "devolving into"

emailed the contact on the drop acid coven website regarding whether some of the older tshirt styles were ever going to come back in stock. received a reply addressing me as "master".

no need to be modest.

What was the answer on the T shirts? I've already seen some people wearing the Garage live show T shirts in London.

Well, I had asked about a specific couple of shirts: the blood lust album cover, which isn't available in my size currently, and the Lucifer Sam shirt, which has some cats and bats and things. He said he'd reprint them next weekend. I'm going to keep an eye on the site and see whether that pans out.

another song from the new album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5i54XNWwmc

oh, it's a B-side, not a song from the new album.
but this one is from the new album for sure:
(Uncle Acid doing their Stairway To Heaven?!)

https://soundcloud.com/goldstarpr/follow-the-leader

tracklist:

1. Mt. Abraxas
2. Mind Crawler
3. Poison Apple
4. Desert Ceremony
5. Evil Love
6. Death Valley Blues
7. Follow the Leader
8. Valley of the Dolls
9. Devil’s Work

spacemen 3..

The new album is really good, by the way. No real change from the first record, which is no surprise.

hey! they look like duded with long hair!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8sCzBrjJuY

lol "nicehair02"

appropriate poster

when is this out?

April 15th

Dudes with long hair who sound great! Really want to see them live.

this is coming out in a couple days? can't really find much info on it.

looks like it got switched to May 14

i haven't heard the new one yet, but "blood lust" is one of the coolest things i've ever found on ilm. so enjoyable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsLfUbvZpKM

wow this album is shaping up to be hypnotic as fuck

Sadly,It seems blood lust was better.
The cleaner sound might be the problem.

sweeeet it's on spotify now
sounding good

It doesn't quite sparkle as much as Blood Lust, admittedly. The best songs are the trippier, more Beatles-inspired tracks on the second half whereas the rockinger first side seems more concerned with doing a rather mid-end take on stoner/doom while jettisoning the catchy licks of that earlier album.

re the recent blood lust cd issue : RED CD !!?

never seen that before.

i have a couple of black cds (trojan comp and justice), but never seen a red one.

looks ace ...

...the best songs are the trippier, more Beatles-inspired tracks on the second half whereas the rockinger first side seems more concerned with doing a rather mid-end take on stoner/doom...

^ this was my take on the 1st album, tbh. loved it, but felt that the first few songs were a warm-up, that it only really hit full stride halfway through with "i'm here to kill you".

listening to mind control for the first time, and lead track "mt. abraxas" is just about killing me. love the harmonies. would hardly call it mid-end stoner doom, though it definitely skews that way during the long trudgy bit towards the end. no problem with the cleaner sound.

"mind crawler", man huge beatles fingerprints here, heavy garage psych as much as doom. catchy as fuck. this is good.

yeah, i'm really digging this. figured it'd be a little more of a move into uncharted territory like that "down to the fire" bonus joint on blood lust, but hey they're good at what they do and there are more weird excursions into psych on here.

not quite enough catchy lead riffs for me (compare Mind Crawler to 13 Candles for example).

tbf, not much compares favorably to "13 candles"

Truth.

agree that there's less emphasis on hypnotic heaviness here. and when they do try to lean back and jusdt ride a riff (as at the end of "mt. abraxas"), it doesn't seem quite as magical. vocal melody/harmony, songwriting and psychedelic textures do most of the work. it's a trade-off i can accept, though yeah, i do miss the careening intensity of blood lust's finest moments.

then again, maybe i just need to get the hang of things. i was (stupidly) dissing the first half of blood lust a couple posts back, but that's more a leftover artifact of how the album first hit me than an expression of how i feel now. i love every song, every minute.

the drums on Evil Love are killing me.

might be the best song here. at least in this early stage.

Mind Control is more stoner/doom and (musch) less dirty garage rock:
so they lost some of their unique characteristics, and didn't replace them with new, exciting ideas.

in short, it's Blood Lust again, only with a more generic metal production and kinda weaker melodies.

it's nice enough, still.

p.s. Beatles?! where?

vocals, mostly

yeah, that's otm i guess.

i thought more of The Stooges on Mind Crawler, with that Wanna Be Your Dog drums.

in short, it's Blood Lust again, only with a more generic metal production and kinda weaker melodies.

the scuzzy garage punk sound wasn't my favorite thing about blood lust. it was cool, definitely helped build the vibe, but i'm not brokenhearted to see it go. "mind crawler" and "evil love" recall that approach and rock hard enough to satisfy me. i prefer the former, but the harmonized guitars on "evil love" are particularly nice. i also dig the dark, psychedelic dreaminess things slide into over the course of side two. "valley of the dolls" and "devil's work" are early favorites.

on first blush, this doesn't quite live up to the debut's promise, but i'll willing to give it (and them) some time and the benefit of the doubt.

wanna be yr dog piana too

yeah i meant the piano sorry

"devil's work" is the definite highlight for me. "follow the leader" is the most interesting shift in tone but i kinda don't like it that much?

i take it more as an ambient drone interlude than a proper song, and on that level it's p cool. certainly prefer it to the knife's moves in that direction on their new album.

i agree with nostromo. i'm definitely missing the skuzziness of blood lust.

it's true that the cleaner sound and deemphasis of heavy-duty riffage maybe threatens to turn them into black mountain or maybe a darkside cousin to tame impala

maybe

wait if there's no heavy duty riffage, what is there?!

So far I don't hear anything as powerful as "Ritual Knife" but there's still a lot of good stuff here.

some musicians in this band! seems like this album may be a bit better thought out.

They probably practiced the songs a lot more. There's definitely noticeable mistakes on "Blood Lust," possibly due to the foggy haze of weed smoke that was likely surrounding them during recording. (ie "13 Candles" the bass switching to different parts of the song at the wrong time.) Those are some of my favorite moments on the album.

http://thequietus.com/articles/12006-uncle-acid-the-deadbeats-mind-control-review

I really want to like this band but I feel like witch did this so much better 5 years ago. but I see a couple other people beat me to that observation last year.

My little bro is really into metal and he played me this guy's record and it was fucking great.

DL, that is a great review. Can I just say you are truly an amazing writer?

Will dip my toe in the new album this weekend.

i have to wait until its released ..
but agree re dogs review ..

its on Spotify

thx guys :-)

another thumbs up, really enjoyed reading that, dl

Does anyone know whether this will be released on regular vinyl rather than $31 colored vinyl?

the vinyl sold out before i knew about it but a regular vinyl version is coming

xp Witch is still badass, but I now like Uncle Acid better.

witch IS still badass, and i'm not sure which i prefer. that first witch album is a highpoint of the decade for me.

remind me again why do pitchfork ignore this band?!

lol, pitchfork hates this sort of thing

British?

i don't think there's another example of this kind of ignorance of succesful "indie" band

nah, they give music like this sevens and below if they bother to review it

I get the feeling that "british" is the whole reason this band is so hyped, right?

NME, Kerrang etc haven't covered them at all. No hype from them whatsoever.

"you want us to cover you? send us a copy of this esoteric label, dammit! we are spoiled"

NME did cover Mind Control though:

http://www.nme.com/reviews/various-artists/14322

well I dunno, I don't follow that stuff. I just mean here on ilm. I don't get why there's so much hype here about this band compared to other similar bands, other than the fact that this one is british. I can't keep track of who is from where though so that perception might be off.

i'm an american, and afaic, provenance isn't an issue. i don't ride harder for high on fire just cuz they're american. and uncle acid have a p distinctive angle on their genre.

yeah, the distinctive angle is the thing, not the british. i'm not british.

I guess I don't hear that. what's the distinctive angle?

non generic doom metal (unique vocals and dirtier, "proto punk"/garage sound)

hmm, I guess I don't hear that any more so than bands like witch, danava, or graveyard.

Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats = Nirvana
Graveyard = Soundgarden
Danava = Screaming Trees
Witch = Oasis

lol. oasis/nirvana seem backwards though.

VOL 1 is their best album guys.
admit it.

here's one reason why:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN-zvLWV_7E

the "distinctive angle" in this record, is the main reason why.

these motherfuckers don't give a fuck (nsfw btw)

http://acidcoven.com/garbagedump.html

i dunno they seem to have a pretty solid commitment to boobies

yeah, I'm not sure how such a carefully curated photo blog constitutes not giving a fuck

is shirtless dude w strat Matt Pike?

duhh I mean Les Paul...

yeah, I'm not sure how such a carefully curated photo blog constitutes not giving a fuck

― wk, Saturday, April 27, 2013 12:36 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, i was really drunk when i posted that. not sure what i was trying to communicate.

didn't realize they had been on NPR.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/04/23/178642347/uncle-acid-the-deadbeats-no-twisting-no-shouting

Damn, theyre touring europe with Sabbath. Is Ozzfest still a thing?

so, two of them are former Israelis.

this is a song from their previous israeli band which is AWESOME:

http://www.numberonemusic.com/rubinger/

one thing about 'mind control', it seems to come from somewhere more… distant than 'blood lust'

subliminal seduction operating at greater range than your ritual knife

Definitely darker and doomier than the 2nd album. Takes longer to sink in. Prefer it to the new Ghost album.

picked up 'mind control' today.

4 listens in .. and its beginning to click ..

dont hear too much of a difference with 'blood lust' other than the songs are not quite as immediate.

still, i love their lo-fi sludge heavy sound and i know a few more listens and i will succumb.

xpost :
re ghost - oooh .. i love the latest ghost album.
ok, it sags a little in the middle, but damn, the final few songs just take the whole thing to another level of enjoyment.

and yesterday i picked up sunn 0))) m&d for a £1 !!
so, was actually going to ask the ilm crew (hello kerr - was going to drop on your fb wall) where next given i love earth mk2, sunn 0))), uncle acid, and ghost.
i need guidance.
the key factor is lot of guitars, lack of screamy/gutteral coffin disturbing vocals.
suspect there is a whole world of metal based noise i would enjoy if only i had the knowledge.
for example : mastodon.
keep looking at their releases ..

I love Mind Control to bits. It's very brooding, for sure. And I came around to Blood Lust in a big way, it took about a year since its original release for it to really click with me.

but damn, the final few songs just take the whole thing to another level of enjoyment.

this is key, though i think it keeps ramping up all the way through. slow to start, solid in the middle, brilliant back half. "ghuleh" -- "monstrance clock" is where the album's at.

phew.

thought i was alone.

whenever i play this album i always sag and feel on the verge of giving up, and then get the massive payback later on ..

"ghuleh" -- "monstrance clock" is where the album's at.

absolutely .. not heard anything ever as impressive and wonderful as these ..

guess we should x-fer this love over to the ghost thread ?

Mind Control really is great. It definitely was nowhere near as immediate as Blood Lust but once it sinks in its definitely as good.

Ghost album finally sunk in too funnily enough.

two of my fave albums last year ..

Despite loathing this band's name, I picked up Mind Control. It's pretty cool. I want to hear Tame Impala remix these guys, for some reason.

Haha yeah. It feels like the middle was a bit of a slog but there were still some decent tunes on this

(That 'haha yeah' directed at Hawkwindz)

Cannot believe there was a band with "Uncle Acid" in the name before this one (with Rusty Day of Cactus and The Amboy Dukes, no less):

In 1982, Day was working on an album with Uncle Acid & The Permanent Damage Band, as well as dealing cocaine. Day owed money to Ron Sanders, one of the guitar players in his band, after a minor cocaine deal. Monte "Mondo" Thomas, Day's lead guitarist and close friend, explained Sanders as: "...a madman, he was a millionaire and a real bad cocaine fiend." Rusty, at this time, lived in an old piece of property on 173 Parsons Road, Longwood, Florida, along with his 11-year-old son Russell Edward Davisdon Jr (a.k.a. "Jocko"), and his Rhodesian Ridgeback (a breed of dog), named Sir Pluto The Nightstalker of Stalkmore (or "Pluto" for short). On that fateful day of June 3, 1982, Mondo Thomas had agreed to drive a friend out of town, and was therefore not present when someone broke into the house, forced Rusty & Jocko on their knees, & opened fire with a gun, killing them both, as well as their poor dog Pluto. Garth McRae, a guest (who was also Rusty's neighbor, manager, and part-time drug dealer), hid in a closet and sat down in a crouched position, but he was shot too (through the hand & into the face). A lot of people believe that Ron Sanders was the man responsible for this massacre. But, according to K. J. Knight, it was probably not Ron Sanders, but that he still could have been behind the shooting either way. Steve Gaines's widow, Theresa Gaines, claims that she was coming over to visit Rusty and say hello, but instead discovered the bodies of the murder. Ron Sanders shot himself six weeks later, after police had surrounded his house due to entirely different charges than the triple murder weeks before.

Rusty's body was shipped to Garden City, Michigan, where he was cremated and his ashes were interred in a local cemetery.

Which is, now that I Google it, common knowledge. Sorry!

just listening to this for the first time. its really good. i particularly love "death valley blues". its like white album-era beatles gone stoner metal.

Exactly! Not enough folks, from the metal side anyway, picked up on that.

79º, good day for mind control

speaking of shaky info from Bandsintown (as someone was on some other thread), an October 8 Uncle Acid show in Portland, Oregon just popped up in me inbox.

hmmmmmm

They announced a US tour.

indeed ... i missed it!

i thought i had me a scoop ... turns out i was 24 hrs behind

Well, they aren't coming my way, so you can scoop me on the experience.

i wish i liked Mind Control more ... i didn't dislike it but it didn't get me all riled up like Blood Lust did

I would say it still doesn't rile me up like Blood Lust, but it took a bit to grow on me - I love it now, as a totally different experience than Blood Lust.

But thanks for the heads up, I've been so buried in work that I completely missed the announcement. Glad I know BEFORE tickets go on sale.

Got my ticket, super excited for this show!

There was a track that really reminded me of them on that last Heavy Nuggets volume that came on the front of last month's Led Zep cover Mojo. Had a similar combination of glam stomp and heavyness.
But I can't think which it was offhand, helpful ain't I?

Would say that it was worth getting a copy of that cd if you like Uncle Acid anyway. Just in acase that fact had passed you by. & the new edition is out so you're probably going to find it harder to find last month's with taht cd on from now on.

I do have that disc, first time I've picked up Mojo in ages simply because the tracklist looked so good. I don't remember a specific Uncle Acid sounding track, but I've only played it once. I do remember really digging most of it though.

This one?

http://www.mojocovercds.com/cd/2758

That's the very one.

The track I was thinking of was the Rog & Pip Why Can't You Do What I want. There's something in the descending way the title gets sung and the glam stomping that really reminds me of Uncle Acid.
Don't think I've heard of the group before, which is not something I usually find.

Anyway, great compi as I said.

I think the Rog & Pip stuff was just issued on Rise Above, might've been 45 only or unreleased or something.

http://www.riseaboverecords.com/artists/relicsartists/rog-pip/
yeah here's the rundown on the lp reissue or compilation or whatever that is from the Rise Above site. I guess the Mojo that cd came with had some bumpf on the bands on it but I have the zine & cd in 2 different places so hadn't looked at what it says in the mag which is still siting in my shoulder bag. Looking at it, there isn't much. Says unearthed an lp's worth of material which I'd assume meant compilation rather than reissue.
& that Rog & Pip had been in the Sorrows who I think I had one heavyish freakbeat track by on a vinyl compilation years ago.

They're back, massive tour of Europe announced for Oct/Nov, presumably to be accompanied by new product in due course:

http://acidcoven.com/tour.html

http://www.metalinsider.net/touring/uncle-acid-and-the-deadbeats-announce-new-album-tour

in september

Two SF shows this time (Slim's was sold out quick for single show last September).

but is it uncle acid or uncle acid and the deadbeats

COULD IT BE THAT I'M EVIL

damn amazon didnt deliver it today. Anybody heart it yet?

but is it uncle acid or uncle acid and the deadbeats

This is actually a thing. The local publicity for their show in my town next month started out by saying the full name but then changed to the short version for some reason.

mind control pt 2

Blood Lust Pt 3. Feeling some diminishing returns here.

uncle acid and the deadbeats is such a better name

I'm liking it a lot so far. first song has great harmonies

Amazon's probably mad that they lost the weekend cushion for new releases once they were all moved to Fridays.

love the riff on the second track

This is actually a thing. The local publicity for their show in my town next month started out by saying the full name but then changed to the short version for some reason.

― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Friday, September 4, 2015 10:59 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The Deadbeats are based in New Paltz, NY, and have been one of the hardest working bands in the NorthEast
since their inception in 1993. Their Grateful Dead/Phish inspired shows are a celebration of improvisational,
jamming rock & roll and they can be found on the road, performing consistently 5-6 nights a week up and down
the East Coast. As a result, they have amassed a large - and loyal following of fans who appreciate the open
ended, participatory nature of their performances. Working without a net, their set lists, arrangements, and
jams are all left open to the inspiration of the particular moment, drawing in the crowd as active participants in
the creative process rather than just spectators. It is a unique experience and it has been this commitment to
these musical and philosophical ideals that has set The Deadbeats apart. And now with the release of their
first cd of original material, The Deadbeats continue to develope their own style and identity. Their songs have
been reviewed as some of the strongest to emerge from the ãjam bandä community and have received radio
airplay all over the country, as well as on the web. Along with a virtually inexhaustible repertoire of cover
tunes, The Deadbeats are actually able to please most of the people most of the time. Their mailing list now
numbers close to 10,000 fans and a very close relationship is maintained with mailings, a hotline #, and web
page, all of which can be accessed as follows: -

http://www.deadbeats.com/wdenises.jpg

I presume that has something to do with it. I dunno. Probably a FEW other bands named Deadbeats.

"Waiting for Blood" sounds great to me, excellent riffage and soloing.

In my review I said it's most similar to Vol 1, which I like better than Mind Control for sure. They really need to reissue that.

i cooled a lot on this band after hearing mind control. such a shame. a very tepid album. blood lust is their best by far, but not heard this new one yet.

I like Mind Control more than Blood Lust or this new one. I kind of want to hear them turn into a doom metal ELO.

like dog latin I too have cooled a lot re this band, so have held off buying the new one.
I will try bloody lust/mind control again over the weekend to see if I feel the need again.
the problem is, that my sonic needs are very different at the moment.
that said, maybe I should just buy this for when the mood changes

question : does anyone else buy stuff that they know they wont totally appreciate at the time of release, but realise at some point they probably will, or, is that just me ?

(thread idea - perhaps ?)

Not a bad thread idea. I do that all the time, especially if an album's $1 or something.

(What are your sonic needs at the moment? I don't want to derail or anything, just curious.)

it depends on the time of day for him in a couple of hours it will be ELO then Tangerine Dream

(What are your sonic needs at the moment? I don't want to derail or anything, just curious.)
― We Boo... The Cross (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 10 September 2015 19:02 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it depends on the time of day for him in a couple of hours it will be ELO then Tangerine Dream
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 10 September 2015 20:34 (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the loveable cosmic sloppy f*cker is correct.

that said, I am in a KOMPAKT/On-U mood at the moment and have been for a few weeks, hence why ghost/uncle acid are not hitting the playlist.

that said, after some pressure from the loveable sloppy cosmic f*cker, I have hit the 'buy now' button and so have no option now but to succumb ..

this album is a bit of a grower innit? Not instant like Blood Lust , a better Mind Control I think

https://i.imgur.com/JpCq35y.jpg

loving the menace.

Yay, Vol 1 finally reissued! Still lo-fi, but the remaster sounds just fine to my ears, no worse than Blood Lust!

So, what were the equivalent picks of subsequent years in the spirit of this thread? Perhaps:

2012
Goat - World Music: A mix of Afrobeat, psych and Kosmische/space rock via Sweden that sounded fresh at the time and had people transfixed with their masked mysteriousness.
Troubled Horse - Step Inside: Not a popular pick, but nearly everyone I turned on to this loved it. Another Swedish band with members crossing over from Witchcraft/Graveyard, but with a little country twang in there too.

2013
Savages - Silence Yourself: Does this UK post-punk band count? I dunno, but it jumps out as the new thing that people dug. I haven't listened to it in a while but the songs held up live.
Hidden Masters – Of This & Other Worlds: I am obsessed with this band beyond reason. Not everyone seems to get it, but man, if XTC's Dukes of Stratosphear project were as nimble as Cream plus some on-the-dime time changes worthy of King Crimson? Worship worthy, but unfortunately they broke up soon after.

2014
Pallbearer – Foundations Of Burden: I can't really think of one that was as widely liked as the previous years, but people not normally into doom seemed to get into Pallbearer.
Truckfighters – Universe: Swedish road warriors are known to cross the North American continent as much as twice a year when many European bands have never set foot here. It's starting to pay off as their shows gradually get more and more fans coming via word of mouth, and their solid recordings documenting their fuzzy evolution.

2015
Elder – Lore: Seemed to win over a lot of new fans to the doom side. Technically their mix of heavy stoner psych and prog has very little elements of doom left, but people seem to like that term. And sludge, neither of which fit Elder, but babysteps.
Magic Circle – Journey Blind: I thought this would have been huge but it was kind of ignored. Glorious, beautiful rock 'n' doom. A perfect album. I was at Three Floyds brewery last year and was excited to hear them play the entire first album in the restaurant. I don't think anyone other than the staff knew what it was, but I saw some head noddin'.

2016
Khemmis – Hunted: Got the attention I thought labelmates Magic Circle should have gotten. A great progression from their debut just a year before, they deserve the attention.
Syd Arthur – Apricity: While their second album, Sound Mirror (2014) drew some attention, I thought this album, which was even more accessible, a gorgeously produced mix of Canterbury prog and psych with some beautiful tunes, would be much bigger.

2011
Graveyard - Hisingen Blues: I didn't see a ton of hype online, but their shows were always at capacity, so word of mouth was working.

2010
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker. Even more impressive than Ghost's and Uncle Acid's cult ascension was Tame Impala. I don't think there was any big business push, it was pretty organic -- I saw them go from a 400 capacity club that year to headlining huge festivals the next.

It would be really awful if you were able to put together a playlist of some of this stuff :) It was my bread and butter for a while there (Trouble, Obsessed, St. Vitus) but sort of fallen away from - would love a primer, if such a thing were possible.

savages don't really fit in with the others imo

I have a couple playlists I made a few years back:

21st Century Doom
https://open.spotify.com/user/1212496385/playlist/0DJlyMgARb9BDMQ5XQjx8W

Best of '10s
https://open.spotify.com/user/1212496385/playlist/2dW3Y0UWLWc6PXuzPtx5Hc

Other options for bubbling under cult fave rock/metal release from 2013: SubRosa, Avatarium, Fuzz, Windhand, Anciients, Blood Ceremony, Purson, Chris Forsyth, Jex Thoth, Goatess. I also very much liked Spirits of the Dead and Wolf People, but their type of nocturnal psych prog doesn't seem to have wide appeal.

http://loudwire.com/uncle-acid-and-the-deadbeats-new-song-stranger-tonight/

new song. new album.

less metal more psych+glam rock. yessss.

New album's good. More rock and less doom suits this band very nicely.

another tune from the new album.i like it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz9aqHp6mXQ&feature=youtu.be

liking the new one a lot

I think this new one is my favorite by them. Fantastic cover art too!

I think it's their best since Blood Lust & Vol 1 for sure.

I heard the band line up changed massively.
THought i was hearing a lotof glam in the sound early on so more of that would be welcome. Or is that a return to the earlier sound after them having become more metally, think I've not heard a couple.

it's pretty solid

I've been getting more mileage out of this one than...maybe any of their other albums, actually

It took a while, but side two has grown on me in an enormous way. What a terrific album.

The new one is such a curveball, but is also fantastic.

Yes, I was surprised how much I enjoyed it!

The live show for the new one is outstanding, touring the US next month which is your only chance to see it now the European dates are gone. Don't miss it if it's anywhere close.

45 minutes of grindhouse and giallo trailers interspersed with drive-thru ads then a playthrough of the album. Band bolstered by a synth and a sax player.

Thanks! Been curious to hear how it came across live, I've got tickets for next week.

Do they soundtrack the trailers too?

No, they're just in their drive-in quality glory. There's 2 inserted adverts for the show you're about to see, using a variety of press quotes including the dreadful one from Classic Rock.

Featured a trailer for Case of the Scorpion's Tail that I hadn't seen before, which was completely homaged by one of the film sequences during the show.

Cool, thanks, was just curious about the overall structure of the show. Looking forward to it!

Due to three overlapping and out of my control events last night, I had to miss this and I am absolutely furious.

I saw the Montréal show a few days ago, and it blew me away. Shattered expectations, a clinic in multimedia conceptual progressive rock. The expanded band was outstanding, brought a ton of power and nuance to the album's tracks. I hadn't seen Uncle Acid in 12 years, and wow have they become a terrific live band. Great merch, too, I love how translated librettos are available.

DO NOT miss this tour!

Salt in the wound dude, salt in the wound! I'm glad it was good though!

I missed it in Chicago too - there's a well-recorded January 27th performance from Muziekgebouw, Kleine Zaal, Eindhoven, Netherlands on d1mead0zen now - probably the same set list and sounds great.