Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats

Band: Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats
Label: Rise Above Records
Title: Mind Control

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Band:Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats
Title:Mind Control
Reviewed By:Andrew Carver
Date Published:28/05/2013

Label:Rise Above Records
Format:CD
Release Year:2013
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Decked out in hippy hair and fringed jackets, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats have their musical sights set somewhere where Woodstock's brown acid meets 1972's burgeoning heavy metal scene.

'Mt. Abraxas' trudges from the same lizard-brain as Black Mountain and Comets on Fire, a fuzzy opus that sounds like it was recorded in a barn with one microphone.

The dirty riffs on tracks like 'Mind Control' and 'Evil Love' worship at the altars of both by Blue Cheer and Blue Oyster Cult, while tracks like 'Poison Apple' come off like a down-on-their-heels Queens of the Stone Age.

For those who like their plod a bit more narcoleptic there is 'Desert Ceremony', while 'Death Valley Blues' sounds like something the late-era Beatles might have cooked up on a particularly toned Sunday afternoon, with some extra distortion on top. 'Follow The Leader' provides some cult-friendly drone and 'Valley Of The Dolls' slows down to ogle some Fu Manchu cover girls.

Spooky vocals throughout keep 'Mind Control' on a steady course both thematically and sonically, with 'Devil's Work' capping the album with an ideal statement of purpose - keeping music nasty should always sound this good.

Track Listing:

01) Mt. Abraxas
02) Mind Crawler
03) Poison Apple
04) Desert Ceremony
05) Evil Love
06) Death Valley Blues
07) Follow the Leader
08) Valley of the Dolls
09) Devil's Work

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