Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats – Shapes of Midnight
Killer Candy Records – 2026
Rock, Garage, Psych, Occult, Doom
Rated: ***
I remember when they came out with Vol 1. in 2010 and Blood Lust a year later. Both stunning releases that felt like they were recorded in a crypt, lit by candles, while hooded figures were drawing pentagrams on the floor with blood. Mesmerizing and hallucinatory and they made you envision pure lust for the sinful properties of man. You know, that vintage spilling of blood…
And then three albums followed that all extrapolated that sound, all losing a bit of that early grit and grime but retaining that touch of the occult and blasphemous. Night Creeper got some of that back and did everything else a bit better. And then we arrived at the year 2024 and the Nell' Ora Blu project was released. One some level we could appreciate their ode to the seventies horror movies tradition of the seventies. Especially live. On record, the vinyl barely returned to the player.
And now Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats are back! And in true Uncle Acid fashion, wearing masks and draping themselves in all the blood they could find. Turning another corner though, and taking their occult sounding garage, psych and doom into a very catchy and hook abundant territory. The heavy drawn chords, the insidious riffs and melodic vocals make Shapes Of Midnight a party that will last till dawn. Blood Lust as a delicious cocktail…
(Written by JK)
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Number 12 on the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2011
Number 15 on the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2013
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Number 2 on the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2015
Number 9 on the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2018
