BLACK MARKET KARMA – FRIENDS IN NOISE
A SPILL EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE
On the trail of one of the better full-length albums released in the latter half of 2022 β Aped Flair & Hijacked Ideas LP by Black Market KarmaΒ , which we shared with our readers, we are pleased to now present the new collaborative effort from this London-source psychedelic pop project. Their eleventh full-length albumΒ Friends In Noise is an international collaboration rooted in friendship and spontaneity with the respective recordings captured over nine years. Out Friday via London boutique labelΒ Flower Power Records, here Black Market Karma collaborates with a number of like-minded artists, including Tess Parks, The Underground Youth, Les Big Byrd / Β Joakim Ahlund, The Confederate DeadΒ andΒ Ruari Meehan.
Each of these songs is a delight, immediately pleasing the ears with catchy caresses of Beltonβs guitar, warmly inviting the listener to soak in a magnetically psychedelic gaze. Their fun lively energy is positively contagious, the enthralment of this hypnotic jangle heightened by the smorgasbord of vocals offered by each respective guest on this Black Market Karma album.
Revolving around songwriter Stanley Belton, Black Market Karma offers a colourful carousel of jingle jangle and distorted wobble with flavours of psychedelia, fuzzed out tones and thumping grooves. With a thick and colourful sound channelled through vintage equipment, their music is rooted in 60’s guitar and pop music, other influences include folk, blues, lo-fi electronica, alt pop and soul.
“I didnβt really get the idea of an album in my head too much. Itβs something that gradually came together over the years through playing and becoming friends with so many good musicians. Collaborations naturally occur when youβre spending time with people who are musically minded, especially when we would hang at my studio.Β The songs started to build up over time and I thought man, these should all be gathered together on one release so here we are,” saysΒ Stanley Belton.
“The last pieces came via two good friends –Β Craig DyerΒ ofΒ The Underground YouthΒ andΒ Butchy DavyΒ ofΒ The Confederate Dead. Craig and I had wanted to makeΒ music together in the past but it never came to be – he lives in Berlin, but we managed to makeΒ ‘Wonky’Β happen. Lastly Butchy came to the BMK studio with an unfinished, instrumental demo and we worked on it together. The result wasΒ ‘Ageing Boy'”.
Earlier, Black Market Karma released the singlesΒ “The Sky Was All Diseased”Β with iconic vocalistΒ Tess ParksΒ andΒ “Aping Flair” withΒ Ruari Meehan (Tess Parks,Β Tess Parks & Anton NewcombeΒ andΒ BelakissΒ withΒ Ringo Starr’s granddaughterΒ Tatia Starkey).
As of January 13, the Friends In Noise album will be available everywhere digitally, includingΒ Apple Music,Β SpotifyΒ andΒ Bandcamp. It can beΒ orderedΒ on 180-gram coloured vinylΒ from the label, as well as their latestΒ .
two other things to look forward in relation to Black Market Karma β another new collaboration with Pete Kember (a.k.a. Sonic Boom)Β ofΒ Spacemen 3Β (out in spring 2023) and BMKβs upcoming tour with psychedelic rock legendsΒ . Tour dates are indicated below and tickets can be orderedΒ .
Also enjoy a few other fine audio-visual offerings from the band:
Black Market Karma
Friends In Noise
(Flower Power Records)
Release Date: January 13, 2023
TOUR DATESΒ
Jan 27th Β LISBON, Portugal – LAV
Jan 28th Β PORTO, Portugal – Hard Club
Jan 30th Β MADRID, Spain –Β Teatro Eslava
Jan 31st Β BARCELONA, Spain –Β Apolo
Feb 1st Β TOULOUSE, France –Β Le Bikini
Feb 2nd Β BORDEAUX, France –Β Rock School Barbey
Feb 4th Β GRENOBLE, France –Β La Belle Electrique
Feb 5th Β LAUSANNE, Switzerland –Β Les Docks
Feb 15thΒ COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Vega
Feb 17thΒ ANTWERP, Belgium – Trix
Feb 18thΒ NIJMEGEN, Netherlands – Doornroosje
Feb 19th Β AMSTERDAM, Netherlands –Β Paradiso
Mar 15th Β TOURS, France – No New Fest (without The Black Angels)
Get Tickets HERE.
ArtistΒ Links
Background Photo Credit: Lilly Creightmore
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