BLACK LIPS Apocalypse Love (2022 UK/EU limited edition 13-track LP pressed on Transparent Violet Vinyl the tenth studio album from the US flower-punk band which emanates from a dive bar jukebox in the backof 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. Picture sleeve with silver foil-titling on the back factory sealed) Track Listing: 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. 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 fac¸ade 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... Side 1: 1. No Rave 2. Love Has Won 3. Stolen Valor 4. Lost Angel 5. Whips Of Holly 6. Apocalypse Love 7. Operation Angela Side 2: 1. Crying On A Plane 2. Sharing My Cream 3. Among The Dunes 4. Tongue Tied 5. Antiaris Toxicaria 6. The Concubine