black midi @ SXSW 2019 (Sam Huddleston / Live4ever)
black midi have announced their debut album Schlagenheim.
The band worked again with Speedy Wunderground producer Dan Carey during sessions for their first LP, which will be out via Rough Trade on June 21st.
The lack of convention which is already such a part of black midi is very much in evidence on Schlagenheim; its tracklist will only be revealed on the day of release, while eight of those nine tracks were laid down in just five days. They’re also promising that the black midi sound will be radically different from what we know now in a few years time, frontman Georgie Greep explains:
“It’s a bit bold, but you’ve got to set yourself challenges, there’s no point doing the same thing over and over again.”
black midi will be playing live somewhere in north east London tonight, and are due to play New York City in July.
Tour dates:
May
14 – London, UK, Secret Venue in NE London
25 – Totnes, UK, Sea Change
30 – Nimes, FR, This Is Not A Love Song Festival
31 – Dudingen, CH, Bad Bonn Kilbi
June
1 – Neustrelitz, DE, Immergut Festival
6 – Gothenberg, SE, Garden Festival
8-9 – Paris, FR, Villette Sonique
10 – Moers, DE, Moers Festival
15 – Bergen, NO, Bergenfest
18 – London, UK, EartH (Concert Hall)
20 – Bristol, UK, Fiddlers
21 – Liverpool, UK, Phase One
22 – Glasgow, UK, Mono
23 – Nottingham, UK, Contemporary Space
July
5 – Roskilde, DK, Roskilde Festival
5-7 – Moscow, RU, Bolь Festival
12 – Madrid, ES, Mad Cool Festival
14 – Nijmegen, NL, Valkhof Festival
18 – New York, NY, Bowery Ballroom
21 – Chicago, IL, Pitchfork Music Festival
22 – Minneapolis, MN, 7th Street Entry
23 – Madison, WI, The Terrace at University of Wisconsin
26 – Hyères, FR, Midi Festival
August
2-4 – Katowice, PL, Off Festival
4 – Waterford, IRE, All Together Now Festival
8 – Rees Haldern, DE, Haldern Pop
10 – Oslo, NO, Øya Festival
16 – Viana do Castelo, PT, Paredes de Coura
16-18 – Biddinghuizen, NL, Lowlands Festival
24 – Gueret, DR, Check In Festival
31 – Dorset, UK, End of the Road Festival
September
5 – Tokyo, JP, Unit
6 – Osaka, JP, Compass
7 – Kyoto, JP, Metro
19 – Paris, FR, La Boule Noire
October
7 – Berlin, DE, Lido
8 – Hamburg, DE, Kampnagel
9 – Cologne, DE, Bumann & Sohn
November
7 – Detroit, MI, Deluxx Fluxx
8 – Toronto, ON, Velvet Underground
9 – Montreal, QC, TBD
10 – Cambridge, MA, Sinclair
11 – Brooklyn, NY, Warsaw
12 – Philadelphia, PA, First Unitarian Church
13 – Washington, DC, U Street Music Hall
15 – Carrboro, NC, Cat’s Cradle (Back Room)
16 – Atlanta, GA, The Earl
17 – Nashville, TN, High Watt
19,20 – Los Angeles, CA, Zebulon
21 – San Francisco, CA, Rickshaw Stop
23 – Portland, OR, Doug Fir Lounge
24 – Seattle, WA, The Crocodile
