Description
2022, 12″ LP, Rough Trade. Black vinyl edition.
The rise of Black Midi has been hard to keep up with over the past few years. Their first release was no less than a link up with Can’s Damo Suzuki in 2018, and their Schlagenheim debut LP followed promptly afterwards and won them unanimous praise the world over. Since then, they’ve blazed a trail out in front with an angular confection of art punk that’s catchy and obtuse in equal measure. After 2021’s Cavalcade, they’re back with Hellfire, a third album which builds on the melodic growth of their last while notching up the intensity. Lead single ‘Welcome To Hell’ comes snarling out in a cacophony of funky, discordant bombast – the sound of a band relishing their success as a springboard for bigger, wilder ideas. – Juno
