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)’s 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 album’s 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 today’s political world. As humanity cheerfully circles the plughole, Dystopian visions and present-day horrors have become more-or-less interchangeable, making 'Wasteland'’s ghoulish surrealism a lot more pertinent and disturbing in the process.
Black vinyl pressing
Tracklisting
Side A:
1. I See Through You
2. Shockwave City
3. No Return
4. Blood Runner
Side B:
1. Stranger Tonight
2. Wasteland
3. Bedouin
4. Exodus
