Hellfire is a Rock album by Black Midi, originally released in 2022. On Gatefold: 19 pressings tracked, owned by 26 collectors.
About
The most jarring part about listening to the London band black midi isn’t how much musical ground they cover—post-punk, progressive rock, breakneck jazz, cabaret—but the fact that they cover it all at once. A quasi-concept album that seems to have something to do with war (“Welcome to Hell,” “27 Questions”), or at least the violence men do more generally (“Sugar/Tzu,” “Dangerous Liaisons”), <i>Hellfire</i> isn’t an easy listen. But it’s funny (main character: Tristan Bongo), beautiful, at least in a garish, misanthropic way (the Neil Diamond bombast of “The Defence”), and so obviously playful in its intelligence that you just want to let it run over you. The first listen feels like being yelled at in a language you don’t understand. By the third, you’ll be yelling with them.
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Hellfire
- A2Sugar / Tzu
- A3Eat Men Eat
- A4Welcome To Hell
- A5Still
- A6Untitled
Side B
- B1Half Time
- B2The Race Is About To Begin
- B3Dangerous Liaisons
- B4The Defence
- B527 Questions
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- dense
- chaotic
- art school
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Cameron PictonBASS GUITAR , SOUND DESIGNER, VOCALS, SAMPLES, OTHER BASS GUITAR , HARMONICA , FLUTE BASS GUITAR , BASS , SYNTHESIZER , SYNTHESIZER , MARXOPHONE, XYLOPHONE, FLUTE, NOISES
- Geordie GreepGRAND PIANO , ACCORDION, BASS GUITAR , LAP STEEL GUITAR , WHISTLE , WHISTLE , WHISTLE , CLAP STICKS GRAND PIANO , ACCORDION, BASS GUITAR , WHISTLE , WHISTLE , WHISTLE , PERCUSSION GRAND PIANO , SYNTHESIZER
- Kaidi AkinnibiSAXOPHONE SOPRANO SAXOPHONE SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, BARITONE SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Morgan SimpsonDRUMS , DRUMS , PERCUSSION, SHAKER, TAMBOURINE, COWBELL, CABASA, GUIRO, WOOD BLOCK, CHIMES, DRUM , FINGER SNAPS, HANDCLAPS, BODY PERCUSSION , CYMBAL DRUMS , DRUMS , PERCUSSION, SHAKER, TAMBOURINE, COWBELL, CABASA, GUIRO, WOOD BLOCK, CHIMES, GOBLET DRUM , FINGER SNAPS, HANDCLAPS, OTHER , CYMBAL DRUMS , PERCUSSION, CYMBAL , SHAKER, TAMBOURINE, HANDCLAPS
- Seth EvansPIANO, KEYBOARDS GRAND PIANO GRAND PIANO , ORGAN
- BJ ColePEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- Blossom CaldaroneCELLO
- Finn CarterGRAND PIANO
- Ife OgunjobiTRUMPET
- Joe BristowTROMBONE
- Joe MacLarenBASS ELECTRIC UPRIGHT BASS
- Joscelin Dent-PooleyVIOLIN
- Marta SalogniSYNTHESIZER
- Max GouldingPERCUSSION, FINGER SNAPS, HANDCLAPS, BODY PERCUSSION PERCUSSION, FINGER SNAPS, HANDCLAPS, OTHER
- Mike Ro-PhonePERCUSSION
26 collectors on Gatefold own this · 19 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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