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Black International single ‘Animal Without Backbone’ out now!
“… a sharply poetic mixture of visceral music and vivd lyrics.” - Clash
Black International have returned with their latest single Animal Without Backbone; a fierce, visceral track in keeping with the band's forthcoming album A Lesson In Repression. 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.
Animal Without Backbone is also available to buy on the Black International Bandcamp 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, all of which are captured perfectly on the recently released video and free download track 'A Fence To Keep People Out'. 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.
Animal Without Backbone is available to buy now via Bandcamp. A Lesson In Repression is released via Good Grief Records on 30th October 2015.