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Black International album ‘A Lesson In Repression’ out now!


"...a textured beast, with a sound that ricochets through its own essence..." - The Skinny


“… a sharply poetic mixture of visceral music and vivd lyrics.” - Clash


For fans of: Shellac, The Fall, Sonic Youth

Black International's second album A Lesson In Repression is out now via Good Grief Records. The album is available to stream on Visions.de now and can be bought via the band's Bandcamp page.

The album has gained support from the likes of Exclaim! Magazine, The Skinny, Clash Magazine, Never Mind The Hype and BBC Radio Scotland. Their latest single 'Animal Without Backbone' is a fierce, visceral track in keeping with the tone of the album. The video for the track premiered on Clash who described it as 'intense, noir-shaded songwriting'.

You can watch the video for 'Animal Without Backbone' via the band's YouTube page now.


Stream and buy the track on the Black International Bandcamp page or from the embed below.


Black International's first release from the album A Lesson In Repression was free download track 'A Fence To Keep People Out'. The video that accompanies the song premiered on Exclaim! and is is available to watch on the band's YouTube page.

You can also download 'A Fence To Keep People Out' for free via the ABoF SoundCloud page.

In the run up to recording A Lesson In Repression band members Stewart Allan (vocals, guitar & keyboards) and Craig Peebles (drums & percussion), from Midlothian, Scotland, took over a former Victorian manse and temporarily transformed it into a working studio. This allowed the duo to live and breathe the creative processes of their sophomore album, improvising structures, words and arrangements. With the aid of sound engineer Andrew Bush (The Twilight Sad), they were successfully able to capture the raw, visceral energy of their live show in combination with more textural and stripped-back work, creating music with elements of contemporaries such as Shellac, The Fall and Sonic Youth, but also drawing from wider sources in electronica and post-rock.

A Lesson In Repression is Black International’s second album, following their debut In Debt. They’ve used it as a means to reset their creative boundaries, and open up new avenues for exploration. Live, they’ve graced the stages of Wickerman, Tramlines, GoNorth and Oxjam Festivals, have heard their music played on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio Scotland and have supported the likes of Speedy Ortiz and Die! Die! Die! The remainder of 2015 will involve the release of the forthcoming album, live performances throughout the UK and may even see them take over another unsuspecting space to record their next EP.

A Lesson In Repression is available to buy now via Bandcamp.

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Posted Mon, 02 Nov 2015 in Black International