Weird Tales - Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son of a Bitchin' Blues

 

I have a pet peeve in doom metal and stoner rock... bands don't know about their roots! They don't explore the music of Muddy Waters, Skip James or Blind Willie Johnson, and it makes the music suffer unfortunately. Fortunately, Weird Tales are here to remedy that with their brand new LP, Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son Of A Bitchin' Blues. This latest offering is a masterful doom metal tribute to the old masters, featuring reimaginings of four classic blues tracks and guiding listeners into darker pastures. 

What I really dig about this record is the ability to get a front row seat to how doom metal is informed by the blues as Weird Tales directly lift concepts from blues and simply lower the tuning and turn up the distortion. The fierce playing and crushing riffs are a delight to sink your teeth into and really speak to the skill of the musicians involved. Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son Of A Bitchin' Blues is exciting because it successfully translates the music to a more modern heavy content and provides fans who maybe didn't know how to dig into this music appropriately a clear and unpretentious way to dig in and embrace the magic of the genre. 

It's a treat to really immerse yourself into what Weird Tales have done here. While some of the choices are not ones I might have made, I really appreciate the ambition and vision of a release that seeks to execute on this level. It's a unique offering and one that is full of surprises. For those of us who truly love both the blues and doom metal it is a weirdly appropriate offering that I think many fans are going to eagerly come back too. Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son Of A Bitchin' Blues may be just an EP with a brobdinagian name - but it's one that will live on in my heart. 

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