Stream and share Blackout’s new, self-titled album in full exclusively via Brooklyn Vegan – http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/03/listen_to_black.html
The Sludgelord
Head on over to Brooklyn Vegan now to hear the brand new album from Brooklyn’s self-proclaimed “pillars of rock and roll righteousness”.
Blackout was initially formed by guitar player/vocalist Christian Gordy and drummer Taryn Waldman at Gordy’s July 4th cookout in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York back in 2011. Waldman, a former Hooter’s waitress turned big time commercial film editor and Gordy; a one-legged bartender/artist/BBQ enthusiast were (by their own admission) something of an oddball couple for NY’s rigid metal scene. Yet with no direction and zero discussion both connected instantly and instinctively began banging out massive caveman jams against a patriotic backdrop of food, alcohol and the stars and stripes.
In the months that followed the pair recruited close friend Justin Sherrell on bass duties, and as things began to get louder and considerably heavier in November 2012 the trio entered Vacation Island Studio with engineer and producer Rob Laakso (Diamond Nights, Swirlies, Kurt Vile) to record their debut releaseWe Are Here. Choosing to self-release the album on vinyl in early 2013 it garnered plenty of acclaim from some of the hottest blogs du jour and was praised for its Melvins-esque ferocity and pounding Sleep-like groves. “Blackout get it right, hammering jam after jam, pound after pound. The smoky swirls buzz with electric accusations and shock-therapy repressions.” (Heavy Planet)
Blackout by Blackout will be released worldwide on RidingEasy Records on 31 March 2015 and the band will be throwing an official album release party at Union Pool, Brooklyn on Saturday April 11th – https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/801807.
Purchase on iTunes – http://geni.us/blackout
Bandcamp – blackout666.bandcamp.com
Facebook – facebook.com/BlackoutNYC
Instagram – instagram.com/blackoutband
No Comments