black midi have announced their third album, Hellfire. The band also dropped lead single “Welcome To Hell,” which is accompanied by a music video.
The visual was directed by Gustaf Holtenäs and tells the tale of a man battling his way through an infernal landscape, all for love. Additionally, the band shared that they will be embarking on a world tour this year.
The track features bombastic brass and half-frantic, half-heavenly percussion courtesy of Morgan Simpson.
Geordie Greep spoke about the track in a press release.
“Almost everyone depicted is a kind of scumbag,” he says. “Almost everything I write is from a true thing, something I experienced and exaggerated and wrote down. I don’t believe in hell, but all that old-world folly is great for songs. I’ve always loved movies and anything else with a depiction of hell. Dante’s Inferno. When Homer goes to hell in The Simpsons. There’s a robot hell in Futurama. Isaac Bashevis Singer, a Jewish writer who portrays a Satan interfering in people’s lives. There’s loads!”
Hellfire is out July 15. Look below for the video, tracklist and tour dates.
Hellfire tracklisting
1. “Hellfire”
2. “Sugar/Tzu”
3. “Eat Men Eat”
4. “Welcome to Hell”
5. “Still”
6. “The Race Is About to Begin”
7. “Dangerous Liaisons”
8. “The Defence”
9. “27 Questions”
black midi tour dates
05/10 – Grenoble, FR @ La Bobine
05/11 – Milan, IT @ Santeria
05/12 – Zurich, CH @ Mascotte
05/14 – Vienna, AT @ Flex
05/15 – Prague, CZ @ Meetfactory
05/16 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
05/18 – Lille, FR @ Aeronef
05/31 – Istanbul, TR @ Zorlu PSM Jazz Festival
06/02 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
06/09 – Porto, PT @ Primavera Sound
06/11 – Mannheim, DE @ Maifeld Derby
06/12 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret
06/17 – 06/19 – Vilnius, LT @ 8 Festival
06/22 – 06/26 – Somerset, UK @ Glastonbury
06/29 – 07/03 – Budapest, HU @ Kolorado Festival
06/30 – Bucharest, Romania @ Club Control
07/01 – 07/03 – Plovdiv, G @ Wrong Fest
07/07 – 07/09 – Trencin, SK @ Pohoda
07/13 – London, UK @ Summer Series at Somerset House
07/13 – 07/17 – Dour, BE @ Dour Festival
07/15 – Riga, LV @ Positivus Festival
07/21 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
07/23 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
07/24 – New York, NY @ Central Park SummerStage
07/29 – Puglia, IT @ Sud Est Indipendente
08/12 – Rees Haldern, DE @ Haldern Pop
08/17 – Essen, DE @ Ruhrtriennale
08/21 – Winterthur, CH @ Winterthurer Musikfestwochen
09/01 – 09/04 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/06 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live
09/07 – Richmond, VA @ The National
09/09 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
09/10 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
09/12 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
09/14 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
09/16 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
09/20 – Tucson, AZ @ Hotel Congress Plaza
09/22 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
09/23 – San Diego, CA @ Music Box
09/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern Theatre
09/27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield Theatre
09/28 – Sacramento, CA @ The Warfield Theatre
09/29 – Reno, NV @ Cargo Concert Hall
10/03 – Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
10/04 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
10/07 – Lawrence, KS @ The Granada
10/08 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
10/09 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
10/12 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
10/14 – Columbus, OH @ The Athenaeum Theatre
10/15 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
12/04 – Tokyo, JP @ O-East
12/05 – Osaka, JP @ Club Quattro
12/06 – Nagoya, JP @ The Bottom Line
Source: altpress.com