by Scott Hays of Black Rain
Black Rain – Three grumpy men from the North East of England. We are excited to share our debut album with the world. We’ve poured our hearts and souls into creating something that truly reflects who we are. We’ve always felt like we exist in a unique space – “Too Goth to be Punk. Too Punk to be Goth.” – a phrase from a review of one of our early gigs, and we felt it captured what we are about far more concisely than we have ever managed to.
We’ve come to embrace the idea that we don’t fit in to one particular musical pigeon hole and in fact it’s something we wear with pride. A sonic storm of raw energy, brooding atmosphere, and razor-sharp intensity. The music blends the cold, jagged edges of classic post-punk with a modern a unrelenting drive and dark overtures. You’ll find haunting melodies, pounding rhythms, and a relentless emotional pull that we hope you won’t be able to ignore.
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The debut album features 5 studio tracks and 4 raw live performances. This is post-punk in its darkest, most fierce and unfiltered form.
The initial idea was to put the 5 studio recordings out as an EP. We had agreed on the tracks we wanted to take into the studio, and the live recordings then came into play thanks to Phil Jackson at The Bunker in Sunderland. As well as producing the album, Phil recorded a gig we played there earlier in the year, and completely nailed the sound on the live recordings. We felt that adding them to the album allows us to showcase our live sound, which we’re really proud of, and a few more songs!
Our songs center on real life experiences and emotions, so there is certainly some commentary on the political goings on of the last few years as well as internal reflections on how what life has thrown at us and how things have turned out vs hopes and expectation. We live in a part of England that has many areas that are massively deprived having never recovered from the closure of heavy industries in the 1980s. The North East of England as a result has a cold bleak outlook which we have tried to embrace….All the cheery stuff!
The album is released on July 14th. You’ll be able to find it on all major streaming platforms. For those who crave something physical, we’ll also have limited edition vinyl LPs and cassettes available.
We’ve put everything into this album, and we can’t wait for you to hear it. These songs have been formed over the last year, and we hope that there stories resonate with you.
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