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Black Mirrors Post “Funky Queen” Lyric Video; Debut EP out March 3

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Last month, Napalm Records announced that it had picked up Belgian outfit Black Mirrors for the release of their debut EP, Funky Queen. Now, that’s a badass title, to be sure. Any angle you want to approach it from, Funky Queen works. But it’s no minor thing for a band who doesn’t have a release out to get picked up by a label like Napalm. That’s a significant endorsement of promise. I said at the time that I was curious what the band could actually do in the studio, since it seemed likely the imprint knew something that had not yet been revealed to us as listeners — except perhaps those fortunate enough to have seen them at Desertfest Belgium last fall — about Black Mirrors‘ potential.

With the lyric video below for the title-track to Funky Queen, we start to get an answer in terms of where Black Mirrors are coming from. The elephant in the room in terms of influence is probably Blues Pills — and will be for a good number of other acts before they’re done, to be sure; that stuff isn’t going anywhere anytime soon — but Black Mirrors bring a more modern, almost commercial clarity to the production aspect, and what really puts “Funky Queen” over the top is the track’s hook. Delivered by vocalist Marcella di Troia, it’s immediate, and likely won’t take more than one listen to embed itself in your frontal lobe for a while. As an initial impression, it finds Black Mirrors straightforward and making no bones about their intentions: they’ve come to rock as many ears, turn as many heads as possible.

The tour they’re about to embark on alongside Horisont after the March 3 release of Funky Queen certainly won’t hurt their cause, and I wouldn’t be surprised if their name starts popping up around summer festivals as well, but already they’ve got a couple headlining dates that take them into April. Expect more of those too, for sure.

The band offered some comment on the track and EP via the PR wire. Find it under the player below.

And enjoy:

Black Mirrors, “Funky Queen” lyric video

Debut ‘Funky Queen’ coming March 3rd 2017 on Napalm Records!

The band explains:
“We are proud and happy to introduce you to our new EP! We worked on it with a lot of passion and love and we can’t wait to share it with the world and to hear people’s reactions. Making and releasing this EP fills us with great joy and hopefully more people will love our songs as much as we do! Initially the song “Funky Queen” – from a musical point of view – was far more complicated than how it is today. There were many different parts that have been revised to eventually come to the current version. We composed the final version on a folk guitar which helped us getting more into the essence and feeling of the song. Funky Queen is about any kind of addiction as in drugs, alcohol or even love. The Queen confronts everyone with one’s own demons.”

BLACK MIRRORS live:
w/ Horisont
16/03/2017 DE – Hamburg / Logo
17/03/2017 DE – Siegen / Vortex
18/03/2017 DE – Düsseldorf / Pitcher
19/03/2017 NL – Helmond / Cacaofabriek
20/03/2017 NL – Nijmegen / Merleyn
21/03/2017 BE – Liège / La Zone
23/03/2017 DE – Munich / Backstage
24/03/2017 IT – Fontaneto D’Agogna / Phenomenon
25/03/2017 CH – Pratteln / Z7
26/03/2017 AT – Vienna / Das Bach
27/03/2017 AT – Salzburg / Rockhouse
28/03/2017 DE – Mörlenbach-Weiher / Live Music Hall
29/03/2017 DE – Lichtenfels / Paunchy Cats
30/03/2017 DE – Berlin / Privatclub
31/03/2017 DK – Randers / Von Hatten
01/04/2017 DK – Copenhagen / Huset

BLACK MIRRORS Headline Shows:
02.03.2017 BE – Brussels / Botanique
07.03.2017 TU – Ankara / ODTÜ
06.04.2017 BE – Antwerp / Trix

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