Schlagenheim

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AlbumJun 21 / 20199 songs, 43m 15s
Math Rock Noise Rock Experimental Rock
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8.2 / 10

The London guitar band’s debut is twitchy, hair-raising, always on the move. They harken back to a more esoteric era of indie with a magnetic and dazzling style.

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Much-hyped London band bend genre and convention in every conceivable direction on debut LP

On their frenetic debut album 'Schlagenheim', it's clear to see Black Midi are making music like no other band in the world.

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Hyped UK band takes bracing noise in fascinating new directions.

London quartet Black Midi gained maximum buzz with a minimal presence in the press or online.

8 / 10

What are black midi? Post-punk, noise rock, funk? Another over-hyped UK buzz band? A mirror for our collective anxiety?   They are all thi...

Few bands have so successfully conquered the cacophonous realms of math rock and post punk as the enigmatic black midi.

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black midi’s reputation goes before them. A stunning, seismic live force, their intensely improvisatory approach and supreme technical musicianship

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Black MIDI is an esoteric genre of music where composers attempt to overload their computers using as many notes as possible, regardless if the end result...

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'Schlagenheim' by black midi, album review by Adam Williams. The London, England band's debut for Rough Trade, comes out on June 21st

This hyped quartet of Brit School graduates deliver some powerful kicks between the clattering, self-satisfied rackets

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Album Reviews: Black Midi - Schlagenheim

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