“Black Midi are the most progressive guitar band in London right now” – Loud And Quiet
“one of the country’s most exciting new bands. An indefinable group, pushing guitar music into strange, hypnotic territory.” – CRACK Magazine
“the best new band in the UK that no one knows anything about” – NME
Credit: Dan Kendall
Enigmatic London four-piece Black Midi have today announced their signing to iconic indie label Rough Trade and shared their new EP Speedway. The Speedway EP was produced by Dan Carey and is accompanied by visuals from bassist Cameron Picton. The release is otherwise only available as a limited physical 12” at the band’s shows and features remixes from Proc Fiskal, Kwake Bass and Blanck Mass.
Watch the visual for ‘Speedway’ below
Having formed just over a year ago, Black Midi have quickly cemented their reputation as the hottest new underground band in the country, following a string of sold-out live dates – including Electrowerkz and Bloc in London – and surprise shows punctuated by constantly shifting set-lists and blistering musicianship. Until the release of their debut single ‘bmbmbm’ on Carey’s label, Speedy Wunderground, the band only existed in live form, making their name initially at Brixton’s Windmill venue and recording a frenetic session for Queen Kong’s NTS Radio show. Most recently Black Midi recorded a live session with KEXP at Iceland Airwaves, uploaded by the legendary U.S. public radio station this week – watch the video below:
Taut, inventive and sitting at the apex of electronic and hardcore, the aforementioned ‘bmbmbm’ sold out its 300 copies instantly and had to be taken to repress within the first week.?? While Black Midi’s minimal online and press presence, coupled with their uncompromising youth, has caused the music world to gravitate towards them and their indefinable sound; impossible to put your finger on, but equally impossible to ignore.
Black Midi are Geordie Greep (vocals/guitar), Cameron Picton (bass/vocals), Matt Kelvin (guitar) and Morgan Simpson (drums).
