Sad Paradise, by Black Doldrums

Sad Paradise

by Black Doldrums

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Spaceman Si This isn't psych to hypnotise you and close your eyes on a journey into space, this is psych to have your eyes wide open and feel the power coursing through you as you dive into the heart of the galaxy. Glorious, special, and intense! Favorite track: It's A Dandy Massacre.

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	1.	There Is No Eye 07:41
	2.	Trident 04:18
	3.	People's Temple 07:15
	4.	It's A Dandy Massacre 09:18

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London’s duo Black Doldrums are renowned for delivering multiple layers of echo-drenched guitar and heavy relentless drums, creating their transient and euphoric dark shoegaze and continuing to astonish audiences.

Having announced the signing of a record deal with Club AC30, effects-laden singer-guitarist Kevin Gibbard, anchored by the powerful precision of drummer Sophia Lacroix, released their 4 track EP end of 2018, co-produced by engineer James Aparicio whose credits include Spiritualized, Nick Cave and Depeche Mode.

‘Sad Paradise’, taken from the poem Allen Ginsberg gifted to Jack Kerouac "The Denver Doldrums", is an expansive, completely collaborative piece of work. Gibbard tells us “With just the two of us, it's a close relationship with its challenges. We don't have a lot of people we can rely on and for creativity this can be both productive and destructive as well as rewarding due to the fact we both have something in common to work against. It's us against them. Lyrically, I like to keep things simple and base each song around a theme as appose to a specific subject. More a feeling than a story. In terms of composition, each song ends up being a journey as we like to experiment and push it as far as we can with just the two of us. Our whole approach is that a song should write itself.”

Recalling the early ragged glory of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club or the Black Angels, Black Doldrums are instantly recognised for their malevolent drums and sonic ferocious riffs. The band is influenced by much of the proto-psych of the 60s, icy post-punk of the 80’s and the Brit-rock swagger of the 90’s and their gothic aesthetic, charmed from Syd Barrett’s ‘Madcap’ era.

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released November 30, 2018

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Black Doldrums London, UK

Kevin Gibbard and Sophie Landers produce a dark psych, contemporary form of gothic post-punk under the name Black Doldrums.

“A MIX OF GOTHIC-ROCK & SHOEGAZE SOUNDS
TO DIE FOR”

ROLLING STONE

“A FIERCE COMBINATION OF POST-PUNK, REVERB, DRONE
AND MELODY”

UNCUT

“AWE -INSPIRING… BLACK DOLDRUMS CREATE TRANSIENT &
EUPHORIC DARK POST-PUNK.”

LOUDER THAN WAR ... more

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Nov 1

Whitby Pavilion

Whitby, UK
Nov 1

Moth Club

London, UK
Nov 9

Cavern Club

Exeter, UK

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