Description
You can probably feel it already. Amid the shimmering haze of dusk. In the marrow of your bones. The darkness is getting darker. Malevolent
forces are on the prowl. The wasteland is beckoning. Uncle Acid is on his way home. A disorientating journey through Kevin Starrs (AKA Uncle
Acid) wonkiest dreams, Wasteland glides majestically from punchy and direct psych-rock anthems like I See Through You and Shockwave City
to the viscous, somnambulant ooze of the eight-minute No Return and the twinkly-eyed bad trip of the albums mesmerising title track. Recorded
at the legendary Sunset Sound studio in Los Angeles, Wasteland boasts the kind on irresistibly raw and exuberant sound that only the greatest
bands can generate. Yet more confirmation that Uncle Acid exist in their own musical universe, Wasteland is also a powerful cautionary tale: one
rooted in the alien landscapes of Starrs imagination, but with a very clear connection to the deranged chaos of todays political world. As humanity
cheerfully circles the plughole, Dystopian visions and present-day horrors have become more-or-less interchangeable, making Wastelands
ghoulish surrealism a lot more pertinent and disturbing in the process. While most musicians seem content to chase their own (or other peoples
tails), Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats remain proud and resolute individualists and Wasteland is simply their most powerful and memorable spurge of
creativity to date. Masterfully echoing the magical atmospheres of heavy musics turbulent past while sounding entirely unlike anything else
available to human ears, this is what happens when the shadows come to life and suffocating darkness, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats style, is the
only show in town.
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