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Night Beats

Myth of a Man

Heavenly

Jan 31, 2019 Web Exclusive By Jordan J. Michael Bookmark and Share


Danny Lee Blackwell’s guilty conscience is in rebellion against his former Night Beats bandmates. The deconstruction seemingly began in late 2014 when original bassist, Tarek Wegner, left the band. Then in September 2016 following the psychedelic success of their third album, Who Sold My Generation, prime drummer James Traeger started dropping out of touring responsibilities. The culminating repercussion: a new LP made by Blackwell with Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys) with a different sound that totally alienates anyone who followed Night Beats for its blistering psych freak outs.

Those acid-fried roots (The 13th Floor Elevators, The Black Angels) are 95-percent gone, replaced by too much space and too much polish as Blackwell tries to be a soul singer. Sorry to ruin it, but he fails. It’s very difficult to appreciate Myth of a Man; it’s so leftfield of what Night Beats had going. At this point, Blackwell should really go under a solo moniker; Myth of a Man does not deserve to be called a Night Beats album. (www.thenightbeats.us)

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