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Although I’ve been following the rather Seattle psych garage outfit Night Beats for some years now, nothing prepared me for the pure, face-melting awesomeness of Who Sold My Generation . No, I was not expecting this album to blow me away, but that’s exactly what it did do.
I’m sure Night Beats needs little introduction, and sometimes it’s best to not describe things, but to just be blown away by them, even so, for the uninitiated, Night Beats is a band whose vibes revolves around core members Lee Blackwell and James Traeger, and their music varies between stripped down raw fuzz-fueled garage dirges melting with the flowing and exotic nature of 60’s psychedelic music.
The rock trio has put out a good number of releases in their time through a myriad of record labels ( Trouble In Mind , The Reverberation Appreciation Society, Resurrection Records , and now Heavenly ) and all that time they’ve more or less stuck to the crusty garage psych arena, and you know, the problem with that scene is that it is so easy to get lost in the shuffle. Fortunately, Night Beats decided to switch things up a bit with their works and have kicked things into a whole new gear. The music is intoxicating, the garage tension is interminable, the psych-grooves are a swarm, and there is a ton of shamanic atmosphere on their lysergic-burning fuzz jams.
Granted, there is probably nothing on this records that you haven’t heard in one form or another before, but if you’re focused on that I think you’re missing the point entirely. Night Beats is a celebration of psych rock music in its purest form, and deliver that homage as loudly, as catchy, and in the most fun manner they can. I dig.
I am helpless to follow, but I hope be yapping again soon…

Night Beats ‎– Street (Atomic)
Label:Not On Label ‎
Format:Vinyl, 7″, EP, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country:US
Released:2007
Tracklist

01. Night Beats – H-Bomb 03:11
02. Night Beats – Stampede 02:39
03. Night Beats – They Came in Through the Window 02:34

Night Beats ‎– H-Bomb EP
Label:Trouble In Mind ‎– TIM014
Format:Vinyl, 7″, EP, 33 ⅓ RPM, Repress, Colored
Country:US
Released:2010
Pressed By – A&R Records 
Mastered By – Stan Getz II
Written-By – L. Blackwell
Un-numbered second press of this 7-inch is on mixed vinyl, is housed in the Trouble In Mind factory sleeve & includes a download code.
Tracklist
1 H-Bomb 3:11
2 Shadows In The Night 2:32
3 They Came In Through The Window 2:34
4 Stampede 2:39

The UFO Club / Night Beats ‎– Split
Label:The Reverberation Appreciation Society ‎
Format:Vinyl, 10″, Limited Edition
Country:US
Released:2011

Tracklist
1 –The UFO Club Waiting
2 –The UFO Club Chapel In My Mind
3 –The UFO Club Wolfman
4 –The UFO Club Be My Baby
5 –Night Beats Hex
6 –Night Beats A Night With Nefertiti
7 –Night Beats Drowning In The Nile
8 –Night Beats 18 Glowing Phantom

Night Beats / TRMRS ‎– Messiah / Good Time Blues
Label:Volcom Ent. Vinyl Club ‎, Resurrection Records
Format:Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Limited Edition, Numbered
Country:US
Released:16 May 2012
Limited to 1,000 Hand Numbered Copies. Includes Full Digital Download
Tracklist
1 –Night Beats Messiah 3:31
2 –TRMRS Good Time Blues 5:00

Night Beats ‎– No Cops b/w Vultures
Label:Heavenly Recordings ‎
Format:Vinyl, 7″
Country:US
Released:2016
Tracklist
1 No Cops
2 Vultures

Night Beats ‎– Night Beats
Label:Trouble In Mind 
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Colored
Country:US
Released:21 Jun 2011
Mastered At – Chicago Mastering Service
Pressed By – United Record Pressing
Bass Guitar, Vocals – Tarek Wegner
Drums, Vocals – James Traeger
Guitar, Vocals – Danny Lee Blackwell
Mastered By – Jeff Southard
Mastered By [Vinyl] – Jason Ward
Photography By – Austin Shipman
Recorded By – Kyle Brunette
The first pressing of 500 is on 150gm, randomly mixed vinyl & includes a printed black/white photo insert and an mp3 download coupon.
Tracklist
1 Puppet On A String
2 Ain’t Dumbo
3 Dial 666
4 The Other Side
5 Useless Game
6 Dewayne’s Drone
7 Hallucinojenny
8 Ain’t A Ghost
9 Meet Mr. Fork
10 War Games
11 High Noon Blues
12 Little War In The Midwest

Night Beats ‎– Sonic Bloom
Label:The Reverberation Appreciation Society 
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, 180g White Vinyl, deluxe packaging
Country:US
Released:24 Sep 2013

Copyright  – The Reverberation Appreciation Society
Phonographic Copyright – The Reverberation Appreciation Society
Mastered By – Jeff Southard, Night Beats
Photography By – Jake Clifford
Producer – Jeff Southard, Night Beats
Recorded By – Kyle Brunette
Written-By – Night Beats
500 Copies
Includes numbered insert, sticker, and digital delivery of the album in 320 KBPS MP3 format on the release date.

All songs written by Night Beats. Recorded in Tacoma, Washington. Special thanks to Kenneth Aramki and Mike Ni on “At the Gates,” Spencer Kelly on “Love Ain’t Strange,” and “New World,” Stefan Rubicz on “Real Change,” Caleb Jones on “7 Poison Wonders.”
Tracklist
1 Love Ain’t Strange (Everything Else Is) 3:25
2 Sonic Bloom 4:48
3 Playing Dead 4:12
4 Outta Mind 2:37
5 Real Change 4:40
6 Satisfy Your Mind 2:57
7 Catch A Ride To Sonic Bloom 5:01
8 The 7 Poison Wonders 5:01
9 As You Want 2:06
10 The Hidden Circle 3:31
11 Rat King 2:13
12 At The Gates 2:51
13 The New World 7:42

Night Beats ‎– Who Sold My Generation
Label:Heavenly
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:UK & Europe
Released:29 Jan 2016
Phonographic Copyright  – Heavenly Recordings
Copyright – Heavenly Recordings
Alto Saxophone [Additional Instruments] – Michael Ni
Baritone Saxophone [Additional Instruments] – Mike Armstrong (9)
Bass, Backing Vocals, Producer – Robert Levon Been
Drums – James Traeger
Layout – Ryan Anthony Menge
Management – Ryan Anthony Menge (Rebel Union Entertainment)
Mastered By – Mikey Young
Photography By – Moni Haworth
Producer, Mixed By – Nic Jodoin
Written-By, Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Piano, Percussion, Producer – Danny Lee Blackwell*
LP comes with digital download code
Tracklist
1 Celebration #1
2 Power Child
3 Right / Wrong
4 No Cops
5 Porque Mañana
6 Sunday Mourning
7 Shangri Lah
8 Burn To Breathe
9 Bad Love
10 Last Train To Jordan
11 Turn The Lights
12 Egypt Berry