Blood Sucking Maniacs, the Allen family band, helmed by patriarch and matriarch Terry Allen and Jo Harvey Allen, spans five generations and 121 years, including (among others) their sons Bukka and Bale Allen; grandsons Kru, Sled, and Calder Allen; Panhandle Mystery Band mainstays Charlie Sexton, Lloyd Maines, and Richard Bowden, and frequent collaborator Will Sexton. The wild and wide-ranging songs collected on their eponymous album are miscellaneous and multiplex, comprising heartrending ballads and arch in-jokes on a spectrum from sublime to unabashedly sentimental. The unifying principle here is not so much blood harmony as blood entropy. Get sucked.(Deluxe gatefold double-LP edition includes insert booklet with lyrics and an essay by Terry's biographer Brendan Greaves. Deluxe gatefold single-CD edition features replica LP artwork and insert.)"The Allen family's life has been as much an inspiration for me as Terry's wonderful art and music." - David Byrne"Terry Allen is my hero." - Kurt Vile

Tracklist:

Heartbeat (Lucky Marlo Allen) / Barrelhouse (Pauline Allen) Lucky Marlo Allen, Sophie Allen, Pauline Allen
Blood Sucking Maniacs
Bloodlines
Peaches and Sap Jo Harvey Allen
A Pogo Is a Logo Bale Allen
Dirt Road Sled Allen
Down to the River Jo Harvey Allen
Kru Jam Kru Allen
Just Pray Calder Allen
Let It All in
Little Baby Boy Bale Allen
Mahalabalapurem-Poppa-Oo-Maumau
Blues (Pauline Allen) Pauline Allen
No Rush to Fly Calder Allen
Red Leg Boy
Santa Fe Sled Allen
Arroyo Nights Calder Allen
These Four Rocks / Shuck Some Corn (Jo Harvey Allen) Jo Harvey Allen, Bukka Allen
When Things Go Wrong Jo Harvey Allen
Kru Jam 2 Kru Allen
Where We Belong Bukka Allen
Family Tree / Heartbeat (Lucky Marlo Allen) Sophie Allen, Lucky Marlo Allen

UPC: 840526502271
Label: Paradise Bachelors
Release Date: 4.24.26
Format: CD

Blood Sucking Maniacs - Blood Sucking Maniacs (CD)