Apocalypse Love (Vinyl) - By:Black Lips - Model Number: FIRELP666

Description

The Black Lips return with their 10th studio effort ˜Apocalypse Love™, scorched with their trademark menace, it cryogenically mutates all recognised musical bases; it spins yarns about vintage Soviet synths, Benzedrine stupors, coup de™ tats, stolen valor and certified destruction, all set against a black setting sun. Since the turn of the decade the band have transformed from austere country pioneers, into a set of Lynchian surrealists, hellbent on recalibrating the history of rock ˜n™ roll. Singer and saxophonist Zumi Rosow muses, It™s a weird dance record, one that reflects the moment that the world™s in right now¦ ˜Apocalypse Love™ is an album that emanates from a dive bar jukebox in the back of your mind; with a playlist that bends between tub thumping doom-glam,
Plastic Ono singalongs, cocktail-shaken space age pop, Morricone reverberations and lo-fi outsider acoustic-punk, with mariachi horns, theremins, drum machines and harmonies filtering through the infectious melodies. Stand-out number ˜Among The Dunes™ is an amorphous platform-heeled anthem, a signature sax-fuelled stomper filled with trippy swagger. While opener ˜No Rave™ proffers a hypnotic locked groove, with Cole Alexander™s trademark snarl delivered over a sulphurous wall of distorted hedonism, a dystopian anthem for an apocalyptic manifesto. Meanwhile, the twisted exotica of ˜Whips Of Holly™ with its silver screen façade is like the soundtrack to a classic Theda Bara vamp-fest. As the band venture into their third decade, ˜Apocalypse Love™ is proof that The Black Lips show no
sign of slowing down¦ A wonderful new chapter¦ The world may be on fire, but at least we have Black Lips. The Line Of Best Fit // Simply masters in their field NME //

Label
Fire Records

Tracks & Genre

SOUTHBOUND