***THE LEGENDARY SHACK SHACKERS’ Southern gothic epic has its latest chapter. With Swampblood the band takes the muddled influence of its new home in Western Kentucky, pours it through the funnel of eerie South Louisiana bayou culture, and shakes it up 'til it explodes with the thick swamp blues of Slim Harpo. The album features a heavy but accessible chug like the sound of a pirogue's plodding diesel outboard moving past the fire-breathing refineries of Port Sulfur. Though treading new ground, Swampblood holds true to the Shackshakers' signature aesthetic, resting on the dark fringes of American culture, more interested in the sinister nuances behind a frequently Rockwellian facade. Musically, straight swamp blues swirls with rockabilly, minor key polkas, and industrial rock all draped over Bo Diddly's primal thumping heartbeat