Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares

by Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares

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:	09/22/2017
Label:	Numero
UPC:	0825764106818
Rank:	43841

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Acid Nightmare  -  Xarhanga
2. Hypodermic Needle  -  Novaks Kapelle
3. Dark Dawn  -  Whistlers Mother
4. Pink Pills  -  Brass Alley
5. Drugs  -  Gift
6. Red Brained Woman  - Supa Chief
7. Times Up  -  TNS
8. Acid  -  Acid
9. Evaporated Brain  -  Sardonicus
10. Grave Digger  -  Mass Temper

Disc 2

11. Dead Drunk Screaming  -  Goliath
12. Hooked  -  Bulbous Creation
13. Speed Freak  -  Ritual
14. Prayer of Despair  -  Gollum
15. Orange Sunshine  -  Crossblood Experiment
16. Dooms Day  -  Purple Sun
17. Black Lightning Light  -  Shy Guys
18. Acid Raga  -  Sunn Cycle

Album Credits

Performance Credits

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

Technical Credits

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