''Blood Lust'' is the second studio album by British band Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats. It was released in 2011 through Killer Candy Records, and later through

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Background and production

Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats member Kevin Starrs initially placed the songs on MySpace and

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where they developed a fanbase who requested an album. For their first album, Volume I, they created approximately 30 CD-R copies of the album and with the money made for those releases, the group put into recording ''Blood Lust'' with better recording equipment. The album was recorded in a friend of Starrs garage. Starrs mentioned that the band "really did fall apart when we made ''Blood Lust''." At the end of recording, the remaining members were the drummer and Starrs.

Release

Like ''Volume 1'', ''Blood Lust'' was initially released as a

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album with about 100 copies made. ''Blood Lust'' was re-released by

in 2011 on

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. Starrs stated that when Rise Above released the album, he regrouped new members for the band to continue work on future albums. The album was released by

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on 20 November 2012.

Critical reception

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critic Eduardo Rivadavia was positive in his assessment of the album, stating that "none of this is exactly groundbreaking ..but Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats make it work nonetheless on the strength of their convictions about this peculiar period and its music, ultimately proving yet again that great songs will always transcend the most recycled of building blocks."

Track listing

All songs written by K.R. Starrs.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2011 albums Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats albums Metal Blade Records albums Rise Above Records albums