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

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

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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.