Midnight Scorchers


Midnight Scorchers is a studio album by Jamaican singer-songwriter Horace Andy. It was released on 16 September 2022 through On-U Sound Records. It received generally favorable reviews from critics.

Background

Midnight Scorchers is a dub version of Midnight Rocker. It contains reworked versions of songs from Midnight Rocker, as well as songs from the Midnight Rocker sessions that did not make it onto the album. It is produced by Adrian Sherwood. It features guest appearances from Daddy Freddy and Lone Ranger on vocals.

Critical reception

Nick Hasted of Uncut commented that Midnight Rocker "reaffirmed Horace Andy's regal reggae status earlier this year, irrespective of his latter-day Massive Attack fame." He added, "Its producer Adrian Sherwood now completes the picture with this sound-system-style refashioning, breaking tracks open, resetting them in eerie dubscapes, as with the title track's rough, warping synths, and adding session off-cuts." Simon McEwen of Mojo stated, "If April's slick Midnight Rocker album was a post-Studio One career high for reggae legend Horace Andy, then this dubbed-up companion LP even takes it up a notch."

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.