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BLACK LIPS

APOCALYPSE LOVE (FIRE RECORDS)

BLACK LIPS - APOCALYPSE LOVE 151362
format:
1 LP
release:
14.10.2022
label:
FIRE RECORDS
item ID:
151362
barcode:
0809236166616
Ltd Deluxe edition Violet Vinyl, Silver foiled sleeve, Lyric insert + DL card. Classic Black vinyl, Lyric insert + DL card.

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 //
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. NO RAVE
  • 1.2. LOVE HAS WON
  • 1.3. STOLEN VALOR
  • 1.4. LOST ANGEL
  • 1.5. WHIPS OF HOLLY
  • 1.6. APOCALYPSE LOVE
  • 1.7. OPERATION ANGELA
  • 1.8. CRYING ON A PLANE
  • 1.9. SHARING MY CREAM
  • 1.10. AMONG THE DUNES
  • 1.11. TONGUE TIED
  • 1.12. ANTIARIS TOXICARIA
  • 1.13. THE CONCUBINE