Black Rainbows to Release Hawkdope on March 14
With a name like Hawkdope, it’s gotta be stoned. The forthcoming fourth full-length from Italian three-piece Black Rainbows is set to be released on March 14 through Heavy Psych Sounds. As the follow-up to 2012’s Supermothafuzzalicious!! (review here), the more varied Holy Moon EP (discussed here), and 2014’s four-way split with Naam, White Hills and The Flying Eyes (review here), it finds the trio in an interesting moment in their progression.
On Holy Moon, Black Rainbows delved further than ever before into the sphere of heavy psychedelia — guitarist/vocalist Gabriele Fiori chose the name of his label wisely when he chose Heavy Psych Sounds — and as Fiori is also issuing the debut from his side-project Killer Boogie this month, I’m intrigued to hear if Black Rainbows is pushed more into space rock, as the “Hawk” portion of the new album’s title might lead one to believe, or if they dip back to the more straightforward fuzz of their 2008 debut, Twilight in the Desert, and its 2010 follow-up, Carmina Diabolo.
Guess I’ll let you know when I hear it. Actually, I’d be most surprised if Black Rainbows settled for one side or another, as their ambition all along seems to have been to meld heavy rock, space and psych into something raucous of their own making. Their album announcement follows:
Heavy Psych Sounds Records presents ***BLACK RAINBOWS***
New album Hawkdope is a perfect mix of MONSTER MAGNET – HAWKWIND – FU MANCHU; a psychedelic, lysergic storm of heavy space-rock containing nine brand new tracks. Artwork by Solomacello
Out 14th March 2015 worldwide for Heavy Psych Sounds Records. Distribuited by Cargo Germany/Goodfellas/Clear Spot/All That’s Heavy and many more…
Released in Golden/LTD Violet/Ultra LTD Yellow Splatter Multicolour Vinyl/Cd/Digital
The band will hit the road in Europe from 18th to 29th March and again from 28th April to to 6th May, followed by a mini UK tour at the beginning of June.
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