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    Posted: August 01 2019 at 21:31
Have you heard of the new band Black Midi? Their debut is crushing and totally innovative. Check it out if you haven't.

If you have heard them, how would you consider them in relation to prog? I think they're certainly progressive, but not in the classic (Yes, Genesis, etc.) sense, though their song "953" gives me major Schizoid vibes.

Here's a link: https://youtu.be/WsBhNRITtdk


Edited by Sacro_Porgo - August 01 2019 at 21:33
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Prog Geo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 22 2019 at 02:16
Good 1! I think i had listened to 1 track before. Well, math rock is a suitable label for them. Btw, I think u'll like this video: http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2reuQyLoZM
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Great album!!!
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Holy shoot, that was insane! Thanks for the video!
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Originally posted by Sacro_Porgo Sacro_Porgo wrote:

Their debut is...totally innovative

It is if you're not familiar with This Heat and Slint This band is basically one plus another (minus hooks)
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Originally posted by Prog-jester Prog-jester wrote:

Originally posted by Sacro_Porgo Sacro_Porgo wrote:

Their debut is...totally innovative

It is if you're not familiar with This Heat and Slint This band is basically one plus another (minus hooks)
Eh, maybe Tweez era Slint, but definitely not Spiderland, and I also don't think This Heat is a great comparison either, nor do I think any of these bands really have a whole lot of hooks in the traditional sense. I think they most sound like this specific Tera Melos live session:


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No idea what song, and not sure they've won the Hyundai Mercury Music Prize I am watching but wow!
That was actually quite impressive so looking forward to getting into the album!
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Apparently they have broken up according to Geordie and Cameron's Instagram. Damn shame.
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One of the best prog bands of the 2020s for sure. They broke up? Wah Sick(function(){function c(){var b=a.contentDocument||a.contentWindow.document;if(b){var d=b.createElement('script');d.innerHTML="window.__CF$cv$params={r:'8b1a30e01d0a67a3',t:'MTcyMzM5OTkxNS4wMDAwMDA='};var a=document.createElement('script');a.nonce='';a.src='/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(a);";b.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(d)}}if(document.body){var a=document.createElement('iframe');a.height=1;a.width=1;a.style.position='absolute';a.style.top=0;a.style.left=0;a.style.border='none';a.style.visibility='hidden';document.body.appendChild(a);if('loading'!==document.readyState)c();else if(window.addEventListener)document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',c);else{var e=document.onreadystatechange||function(){};document.onreadystatechange=function(b){e(b);'loading'!==document.readyState&&(document.onreadystatechange=e,c())}}}})();




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Black Midi will be future legends. They actually somehow reinvented rock or prog or something. Three flawless albums, and then call it quits. Probably too much talent and strong (+difficult, I've heard) personalities in one band to be able to keep it together.  
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That's a real shame, though there is talk on reddit of some sort of ruse to promote LP4. I doubt it though and there seems to be some decent direction in their solo projects.
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I followed the ersatz announcement of their breakup (which from what Geordie said on Instagram may just be an "indefinite hiatus"), the public nature of it seems to have blindsided Cameron and as a result he deleted his initial surprised reactions. The good news is that Cameron used the opportunity to announce the imminent sessions for a solo record with a "great band", so we should have something to look forward to.

And if - on the VERY off chance - this IS a ruse, we'll likely see something on the 20th of this month per Geordie, or else he'll maybe announce something of his own then. He's playing several NYC shows soon, I'll be seeing him at TV Eye.


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Well I can cross them off my 'future of prog' list that's for sure. Sorry but 3 albums is not much of a legacy to go on. They were just getting started..
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Well I can cross them off my 'future of prog' list that's for sure. Sorry but 3 albums is not much of a legacy to go on. They were just getting started..

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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Well I can cross them off my 'future of prog' list that's for sure. Sorry but 3 albums is not much of a legacy to go on. They were just getting started..
Maybe. It was enough for Stooges, Nirvana, Nick Drake, Portishead, Jimi Hendrix... countless band have have three albums or less that really "counts", but are still considered essential/important in the history of rock/popular music. Sometimes a band reputation and importance grow bigger with time because they ended before the started releasing sub-par albums.
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Black Midi will be future legends. They actually somehow reinvented rock or prog or something. 
Doubt it. I wouldn't describe Frank Sinatra rapping with musical passages that are complex only to be complex and don't fit with the song, as reinventing anything. Decent musicians, though.
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

I wouldn't describe Frank Sinatra rapping with musical passages that are complex only to be complex and don't fit with the song, as reinventing anything.
Me neither
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Black Midi will be future legends.
If that's true then their three releases will be reissued every few decades culminating in the 50th year special expanded edition with bonus tracks, right?
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Black Midi will be future legends.
If that's true then their three releases will be reissued every few decades culminating in the 50th year special expanded edition with bonus tracks, right?
I don't know if they have any bonus tracks to offer, but sure. Except I'm under no illusion that the world in 50 years will resemble our world very much, so then again maybe not. But that goes for the Close to the Edge 100th anniversary boxset as well. That it won't happen, I mean.
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^ I wonder how many people in the generation Z know about Yes, and how many know about Black Midi. LOL
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