Hailing from Seattle, Night Beats return with their third offering of American psychedelic garage rock, Who Sold My Generation, their first release with Heavenly Records. If you’re looking for your new favourite band, you’ve found them.
Their dynamite sound steams from their inspired, insanely catchy second record released in 2013, and a continuation of that buzz is evident in this new album. Front man Danny Lee Blackwell, whose guitar produces sounds you won’t commonly hear on records this year underlies the potential the band has to win over an entire new UK fan base of people eager to loosely rebel in their musical choices in 2016.
Who Sold My Generation, starts with a spoken word almost poetic introduction, and nearly tripping your senses just a small amount before the driving beat kicks in. Whilst sometimes you wonder how mystic the lyrics really are, their dynamite sound creates an electric feel throughout the record. The distorted guitar sound and killer riffs that feature throughout brings this psychedelic garage band to life, however have no doubts they have the beats to match. Thundering through 12 songs of equal billing that breaks your expectations of Blackwell’s trippy guitar sounds and foot stomping rhythm, you’ve defiantly found a gem in this record.
You can almost imagine a lot of these songs as the soundtrack to the epic car chase through the floodlit streets of downtown Seattle, or if your imagination can’t quite picture that it would be equally suitable for your next wet Tuesday morning commute, never fear.
The album, Who Sold My Generation, is released on Friday 29th January on Heavenly Records.
9/11
Stand out tracks: Celebration #1, No Cops, Sunday Mourning, Last Train To Jordan.
By Joe @thejoeeley
