Danny Lee Blackwell‘s Night Beats released their self-titled debut album back in 2011 and 2024 sees a long-overdue vinyl reissue hit the racks courtesy of UK label Fuzz Club. An acid-drenched modern Garage-Rock classic in the Texan thirteenth-floor tradition, the band’s R&B-inspired Western Psychedelic sound on this 12-track set is a reckoning, a shoot-out at dawn, the ear-splitting peel-out that leaves nothing but a cloud of red dust in its wake. Following early releases in the shape of the “H-Bomb” 45 and a split 10″ with UFO Club (a collaborative project between Blackwell and The Black Angels’ Christian Bland), the “Night Beats” LP was the first full-length introduction to the band and propelled them to the forefront of burgeoning contemporary psych scene in a blaze of scuzzy Rock’n’Roll release. Heavy touring immediately ensued and hasn’t let up in the years that followed, and the definitive Night Beats hit “Puppet On A String” has since clocked up millions of streams and become the soundtrack to an underground, fuzz-worshipping generation.
Levitation Edition Pressing:
We’ve designed a very special Pink + Orange Sunburst version of this LP (Lim. 200)
Digital Download Card Included
Pre-Order “Night Beats” HERE
Tracklist:
01. Puppet On A String
02. Ain’t Dumbo
03. Dial 666
04. The Other Side
05. Useless Game
06. Dewayne’s Drone
07. Hallucinojenny
08. Ain’t A Ghost
09. Meet Mr. Fork
10. War Games
11. High Noon Blues
12. Little War In The Midwest
Lineup:
Danny Lee Blackwell / Guitar & Vocals
Tarek Wegner / Bass Guitar & Vocals
James Traeger / Drums & Vocals