Looks like things are heating up in the Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats camp. The band has announced their new live record Slaughter On First Avenue for July 28, and you can check out "Dead Eyes Of London" right now. Slaughter On First Avenue was recorded at two shows in 2019 and 2022 at the First Avenue venue in Minneapolis, MN.
"People have been asking for a live record, and sometimes it's nice to give people what they want," said frontman Kevin Starrs. "Especially if you follow it up with something they definitely don't want! Overall it's a very raw sounding recording, and that's just how it was on the night. There was no specific reason for choosing the first show, other than some guy just turned up and offered to record it, so we let him! It's a proper live record with all the mistakes kept in.
"The second show had a few different songs so it made sense to add those in. The first show was better, though. I remember the crowd was pretty wild that night. The second show was more subdued and a bit looser. That was just as gigs started happening again, so I think people were still a bit cautious. Either that or all the wild ones had died!"
As for a new Uncle Acid record, Starrs said it's coming sooner than you think: "Yes, There will be another record which will hopefully appear at some point without warning or explanation," Kevin Starrs avows. "It will be completely different to anything else we've done. You can think of it as a late night detour. Its appeal will be extremely limited but that's OK… 'When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it!'"
