Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares

by Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares / Various

Overview

So sings a band called Acid on a song called "Acid," which arrives about halfway through Numero's 2017 compilation Wayfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares. A cousin to the dark, heavy Darkscorch Canticles, Acid Nightmares isn't as foreboding as much as it's fried. Sure, there are plenty of fuzz guitars and plodding drummers among the 18 unknowns on this collection of post-hippie burnouts from the '70s, but the overall effect is much lighter. This is partly because these bands still value a swinging groove -- they may not be able to execute it, but they value it -- which helps give the music a bit of air, air that's filled with ragged harmonies and churning organs in addition to the omnipresent fuzz. Nearly every song here concerns drugs, so this can often play like a trip gone bad -- which is precisely what the title promises! Naturally, the promise of such heavy bummers is the appeal of Acid Nightmares, and thankfully, it delivers. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	03/03/2023
Label:	Imports
UPC:	0825764206846

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Goliath   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Whistlers Mother   Primary Artist
Sunn Cycle   Primary Artist
Gift   Primary Artist
Mass Temper   Primary Artist
Bulbous Creation   Primary Artist
Brass Alley   Primary Artist
The Purple Sun   Primary Artist
The Acid   Primary Artist
The Ritual   Primary Artist
TNS   Primary Artist
Novaks Kapelle   Primary Artist
Acid   Primary Artist
Gollum   Primary Artist
Sardonicus   Primary Artist
Supa Chief   Primary Artist
The Shy Guys   Primary Artist
The Crossblood Experiment   Primary Artist
Xarhanga   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Blake Rhein   Reissue Producer,Research,Liner Notes
Ken Shipley   Reissue Producer
Rob Sevier   Research,Liner Notes,Reissue Producer
Jeff Lipton   Mastering
Douglas Mcgowan   Liner Notes
Benjamin Marra   Cover Illustration
Ryan Boyle   Liner Notes
Jon Kirby   Liner Notes
Maria Rice   Mastering