The indie rock crew known as The
Black Market Club have released their groundbreaking, powerhouse EP
record, “Faults & Fractures.” The extended-play release is
comprised of 7 new, original titles for a total running time of
approximately 30 minutes, making for a comprehensive debut record
that suffices very well for a round and profound introduction to one
of San Antonio's most exciting bands from the underground rock scene
today. The sheer, tremendous vigor of The Black Market Club's
freshman EP is astonishing, its tones intelligently violent, its
themes palpably, viciously human.
The sound of
“Faults & Fractures” is anchored to the progressive, youthful
tones of the post-hardcore (not to say emotional hardcore) movement
of the late nineties and early 2000s. The Black Market Club
themselves fit very well in a list of bands they name as main
artistic influences, such as Circa Survive, Thrice, Bon Iver, and
Explosions in the Sky. They punctuate their songs with hardcore-style
breakdowns and a just a touch of heartfelt screaming from the soul.
Their drums often have jazz-inspired rhythms and time signatures that
mainstream rock would never allow, making for a level of complexity
that the Black Market guitarists are more than capable of
challenging. Their instrumental tone is epic, towering, passionate,
and somehow masculine and beautiful at the same time.
Adding a face and
character to narrate this gorgeous noise is singer and front man
Blake Cook. Cook's voice has a tremulous quality that is
fantastically like Richie Birkenhead of Into Another. He is by all
means able to show off, but tactfully does not do so because there is
no need. The timbre of his whispery, Chet Baker-ish style is
perfectly suited to the patient pummeling kind of hard rock his band
plays behind him. His moments of falsetto and surprisingly precise
trills are balanced by bursts of aggression that bespeak a staggering
inner strength that he keeps reined in, pent-up inside until his band
mates bring the crescendo. Then Cook roars. The Black Market Club
comes down all together like the calamitous thunder of a great stone
rain, like the falling of the Tower of Babylon.
Together with
Cook, the members of The Black Market Club boast an extensive
background in music, 8-10 years apiece, which is made all the more
remarkable by the fact that the Club is made of fairly young
gentlemen. Additionally, their present line-up was just completed
this time last year, making this mix a brand-new chemistry with a
blindingly bright future indeed.
“Faults & Fractures” by The
Black Market Club is available online worldwide beginning July 2013.
-S. McCauley
Staff Press Release Writer
MondoTunes
The EP “Faults &
Fractures” is distributed globally by MondoTunes
(www.MondoTunes.com)
and is available at iTunes for convenient purchase and download
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ARTIST CONTACT INFO:
website -
http://www.theblackmarketclub.com
www.facebook.com/theblackmarketclub
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