{"id":17224,"date":"2011-07-10T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/?p=17224"},"modified":"2025-04-18T11:15:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T23:15:17","slug":"black-lick-black-lick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/bands\/2011\/07\/black-lick-black-lick","title":{"rendered":"Black Lick: Black Lick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone wondering about how to open an album would do well to listen to Wellington band\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/2024\/06\/black-lick\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"116\"><strong>Black Lick<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s eponymous debut. First track &#8220;Parasitic World&#8221; fair hurtles out of the speakers like a runaway train, a pitch-perfect blend of energy, ferocity and infectious melody. If the song has a flaw, it is only that it sets the bar so high the rest of the release has little chance of matching it &#8211; at least until the equally brilliant closer &#8220;Murder Suicide&#8221; bookends proceedings perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Matt, Punkas.com<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Released<\/strong><\/td><td>2011, July 10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Label<\/strong><\/td><td>self released<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Formats<\/strong><\/td><td>CD\/ DL<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Recorded<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Producer<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Engineer<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Cover art<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 786px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1847105316\/size=large\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=ffffff\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/blacklick.bandcamp.com\/album\/black-lick\">Black Lick by Black Lick<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone wondering about how to open an album would do well to listen to Wellington band\u00a0Black Lick&#8216;s eponymous debut. 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