Black Snak - Deep Cuts
There is a time and place for every album.
Hard rock/metal gets played in my car, where I can scream and play air drums to my hearts content.
Fun pop songs are playing when I’m goofing off at a pool party.
Hip-hop is blasting when I feel like pretending I’m a rapper.
But in what situation would someone listen to the newest release from Black Snak? After giving Deep Cuts a few spins, the answer is “anywhere.” Imagine if the Melvins, Kyuss, Big Business, and Sleep had an orgy baby, and that baby wrote some fun, groovy-ass songs, you’d name that baby Black Snak. Deep Cuts is the right combination of rock and sludge and groove and ambiance; the soundtrack to whatever you’re doing - while studying for your GED, while performing gastric bypass surgery, while getting ready to go to grandma’s house, while grinding the weed that you bought with the money grandma gave you. The list goes on and on…
Each song on Deep Cuts progressively compliments the previous song, giving the album depth and nuance. “I Was The Kill” and “Fear and Loathing in Orange County” are good enough to get the girls dancing. “Jai-Ya” and “Black:White” are rocking bangers that will get your nerdy musician friends excited. “Deep Cuts(I-IV)” is mostly instrumental, and a perfect song to make love to your fluid partner to (but beware, the song is almost 11 minutes long, so pace yourself). After the aforementioned sex sesh, go ahead and let “Mute” play during your refractory period
(In other words, don’t mute “Mute.”)
Overall, Deep Cuts is a fun rock record to play on any occasion. Need to drive your uptight aunt to the hospital but don’t want to put on the Christian radio station? Need to impress your guy friends without clearing the room of any and all females? Deep Cuts has got what you need.
(Also, I highly recommend visiting the Black Snak Youtube page for official videos for some of these songs)
“What would you do if I said these words to you? What would I be if you said these words to me?” - Black Snak “I Was The Kill”
