The Black Lips' new album 200 Million Thousand is extremely fucking addicting. It's one of those albums where bands to try expand their sound a bit after they broke through to a bigger audience like with 2007's Good Bad Not Evil. Their new approach have the notoriously drunken, filthy Southerners getting a little more serious (like on heartfelt lead single "Starting Over") and a little more insane (like on the AWESOME hip hop song "The Drop I Hold"). The album's catchiest tune, "Short Fuse," is as good a song as they've ever released and features a prickly guitar lead and propulsive drums along with their usual cache of echo aural effects and a killer lead vocal.
When you first hear the album you may just get stuck on their singles but the hooks on songs like "Old Man," "Trapped In A Basement," and "Body Combat" will win you ever with a few spins. 200 Million Thousand, overall, is a more psychedelic album than their previous efforts, which is exactly what I wanted from this band. Their murky and dirty but so fuckin' likable that even if lo fidelity shits usually not your bag they'll still win you over. At the very least this albums gives them a few more weapons to add to their infamous live shows, which there will be a lot of in the near future as their touring A LOT in the coming months.
Grade: A-
Here are some samples, make sure you cop the album ASAP.
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Here's a stream of "The Drop I Hold"
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