Following singles ‘John L’, ‘Slow’ & ‘Chondromalacia Patella‘, London band black midi have released their second album Cavalcade via Rough Trade / Remote Control Records. Cavalcade is a dynamic, hellacious, and inventive follow-up to 2019’s widely-praised Schlagenheim, “a labyrinth with hairpin-turn episodes and lyrics full of dourly corrosive observations” (New York Times, Best Albums of 2019). It scales beautiful new heights, pulling widely from a plethora of genres and influences, reaching ever upwards from an already lofty base of early achievements. black midi picture Cavalcade as a line...
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Today, black midi reveal a new single/video, ‘Chondromalacia Patella‘, from their forthcoming album, Cavalcade, out next Friday May 28 on Rough Trade / Remote Control Records, with an online Cavalcade listening party held on May 27. The third in a string of fervent singles, ‘Chondromalacia Patella’, is a song about convalescence, aptly named after a band member’s knee injury from running. It features abrasive noise rock chords and circular drumming, which ultimately climax in a sunburst of arpeggiated guitars skyscraping above and beyond power metal....
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black midi present a new single/video, ‘Slow‘, from their forthcoming album, Cavalcade, out May 28th on Rough Trade / Remote Control Records. In conjunction, the band completed a new KEXP interview and live performance. A full circle moment for black midi, their first KEXP performance (live from Iceland Airwaves in 2019) is how many first experienced the band. Following lead single ‘John L’, “a zoomed-out optical illusion, making you question what you’re witnessing at every turn,” (Pitchfork, “Best New Track”) ‘Slow’ is one of two Cavalcade songs fronted by bassist Cameron...
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London band black midi announce Cavalcade, their new album out May 28th on Rough Trade / Remote Control Records, and also offer its lead single/video, ‘John L.‘ Cavalcade is a dynamic, hellacious, and inventive follow-up to 2019’s widely-praised Schlagenheim, “a labyrinth with hairpin-turn episodes and lyrics full of dourly corrosive observations” (New York Times, Best Albums of 2019). It scales beautiful new heights, pulling widely from a plethora of genres and influences, reaching ever upwards from an already lofty base of early...
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