The Almighty Defenders

The Almighty Defenders

The Almighty Defenders are a (presumably) one-off merging of the Black Lips with King Khan and Mark “BBQ” Sultan. Reportedly completed in just a week, it’s a righteous goof packed with undecipherable vocals, Three Stooges references, manic call-and-response choruses, and tongue-in-cheek testifying. Sounding like it was recorded in a cramped, sweaty basement on half-blown amps and cheap microphones, the music is a frenzied fusion of garage rock, vintage R&B, and off-kilter doo-wop performed as an ironic gospel-tent revival. Carefully crafted it’s not, but unhinged sloppiness seems to be the point. Taken in that spirit, the Almighty Defenders are a ton of foot-stomping fun. Amen to that.

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