Uncle Acid and the deadbeats - Blood Lust (2011)

I'm not sure of many things in life, but one is that this album will be in many many lists of the best LP of the years amongst a lot of doomsters. And surely mine. It's rather incredible to listen to a newly released album thinking it's an instant classic that will last and travels throughout time. But Uncle Acid and his too acolytes (a girl and a boy) have succeeded in recording an album that, released in 1970, would be considered now as an immortal cult one. Of course, one can question the interest to record in 2011 an album that could have been done 40 years ago. But if this question comes in my mind for 99% of those who sacrifice novelty to this kind of nostalgia, it's not the case here for at least 2 reasons. First because the songs are all first choice and justify their necessity in being so wonderfully melodic and instrumentalized. Second because the Black Sabbath influence (and sometimes it's not far from imitation) is sublimized by a pop crossover that sounds as Mitch Easter (from Let's Active) had composed and sung the songs. I never had thought that a mix between Black Sabbath and Let's Active would have given such a great music. Of course, there's also something of Budgie in it, a band who had previously tried a mix between the Sabbath doomy approach of hard rock with something more lightweight. But in some songs, the Stooges and even Kyuss (on "I'll Cut You Down") are rather obvious influences. All I can say it's that if you have an LP to buy this month, it's surely this one. Try it and then go buy it. They are from UK and it's great to see this country is not totally drowned in second-hand pop à la Coldplay. Enjoy it here.