Black Midi Announce Debut Album Schlagenheim
Photos by Anthrox Studio
London-based post-punk band Black Midi have announced the June 21 release of their debut full-length album through Rough Trade Records, the independent label known for signing indie and punk artists including The Strokes, The Smiths and Arcade Fire.
The band, known for singles like “BmBmBm,” “Speedway” and “Crow’s Perch,” also announced their fall North American tour that will run from Nov. 7 in Detroit to Nov. 24 in Seattle. The group will be touring Europe and Japan from May 5 to Oct. 10. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 17, at 10 a.m., and a full list of tour dates can be found below.
The band’s debut album, titled Schlagenheim, includes nine tracks at a total run time of 43:10. In an unusual move, song titles won’t be revealed until the release date.
Black Midi—Georgie Greep on vocals and guitar, Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin on vocals and guitar, Cameron Picton on vocals and bass, and Morgan Simpson on drums—recorded their new tracks with Speedy Wunderground producer Dan Carey, laying down eight of the nine tracks in just five days.
“The process was one of refining and rebuilding tracks around the initial structures,” a press release explains. “Five hour jams would sometimes yield a riff that then became a few bars of a song. As anyone who’s been lucky enough to catch Black Midi live over recent months will testify, black midi’s songs are slippery creatures.”
Rough Trade promises an experimental album, veering away from the tighter regulations of Black Midi’s early work. And in a few years time, the band’s music will be unrecognizable from this album, the band says.
“It’s a bit bold, but you’ve got to set yourself challenges,” Greep said in a statement. “There’s no point doing the same thing over and over again.”
The members of Black Midi, all 19 and 20 years old, met at the Brit School for Performing Arts and Technology, where they laid the groundwork for their musical development. The members would teach music, play sessions for friends and busk on the streets of London, playing Jimi Hendrix covers and their own music.
Find Black Midi’s tour dates and Schlagenheim artwork by David Rudnick below. You can preorder the album here.
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