With 'Cruising," Black Lips pen an ode to life on the road
Black Lips' song for Adult Swim garage comp unveiled
On Willie Nelson's 80th birthday, the Black Lips had their own anthem about life on the road, "Cruising," unveiled by Rolling Stone. The song will be part of Adult Swim's Garage Swim compilation, available May 6 as a free download, along with tracks by several of the Black Lips' Southern garage contemporaries, including Bass Drum of Death and JEFF the Brotherhood.
"Cruising" is not quite "Raw Meat," the gold standard for the band's post Good Bad Not Evil output, but in the spirit of the compilation, it's a solid lo-fi gargage tune, and a definite improvement over the group's previous Adult Swim offering.