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.
― Angrrau Birds (seandalai), Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
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 MachineDead Meadow - Shivering KingsDanava - 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...
― Nate Carson, Friday, 20 January 2012 11:16 (twelve years ago) link
Dead Meadow? lol
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 20 January 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
haha not in the same league as uncle acid. Neither are the other 2.
― Your Host For The Top 25 Countdown for Metal Poll (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Friday, 20 January 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
you're right. They're all better.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 20 January 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
dead meadow was pretty cool
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 January 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
maybe uncle acid need a new booking agent
― Your Host For The Top 25 Countdown for Metal Poll (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Friday, 20 January 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 20 January 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 20 January 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Friday, 20 January 2012 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
basically, i like four songs here, the other four and kind of tedious and, yeah, might as well be dead meadow or something.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Friday, 20 January 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
and = are
"rock records"
like = love
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Friday, 20 January 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
13 Candles is my jam
― I want your nose, your shoes and your unicycle (dog latin), Friday, 20 January 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, best song on the album
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Friday, 20 January 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
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)...
― uncle acid and the absquatulators (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 21 January 2012 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
Kill You/13 Candles/Ritual Knife (ie the best part of the album)
this is true
― billstevejim, Saturday, 21 January 2012 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
it makes me wish i owned the vinyl just so i could fall asleep to Side B every night
― billstevejim, Saturday, 21 January 2012 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
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?
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 3 February 2012 13:45 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, it's actually 100k+50k = 150k plays in different spelling of the band name. Point still stands though.
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 3 February 2012 13:46 (twelve years ago) link
it's probably because their official releases are more or less nonexistent!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 3 February 2012 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
^^^^ 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.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 February 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
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?
― La Lechera, Friday, 3 February 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
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...
― Today is Cocaine's Birthday! (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 3 February 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 3 February 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
DFFD was before ILM, and DFFD was unlikely to be the first.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 3 February 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
love this, wish i'd heard it before i voted. would have been top 3 for me!
― omar little, Friday, 3 February 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
I tried to sign up for an account with DFFD; they never got back with me!
― Today is Cocaine's Birthday! (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
You aren't kvlt enough I guess.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
you probably are better off!
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 3 February 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
i think i have a DFFD login from around whenever the SL board went down. haven't used it in years though.
― adolf jingle balls (contenderizer), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
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
― bs and 'Why Do You Listen To Frog?' (DJ Mencap), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
As far as I'm aware that was on my recommendation... so ILX's pride remains intact!
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
people on what.cd were going nuts over this long before this thread was made
― bluelips, Friday, 3 February 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
good for people on what.cd
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 3 February 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 3 February 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
You've been into Uncle A since 2010 Doran?
― Today is Cocaine's Birthday! (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 3 February 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Friday, 3 February 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Today is Cocaine's Birthday! (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
Pitchfork haven't even bothered to cover them.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
Of course not. It's not on Southern Lord, or a Waka Flocka mixtape.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 3 February 2012 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
Been really liking this album lately. It's just the right combination of heavy & catchy at points.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
got any copies in the shop?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
Always the best feeling that...
"I will now sell five copies of The Three EPs by The Beta Band..."
― brain (krakow), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
hah it's nuts when people do that. Didn't think it happened in this day and age. How much you selling it for?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
It wasn't cheap; £12.99 if I remember rightly. Yeah, that kind of thing still happens about once a week or so.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 4 February 2012 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
do you guys take orders over the phone?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 4 February 2012 00:04 (twelve years ago) link