Rolling Stone Black Midi’s Avant-Rock Grows Gloriously Weirder on ‘Cavalcade’
The arty London do everything from bizarro-world Chili Peppers to folk serenity.
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“In all the world there’s no escape from this infernal din,” Geordie Greep fittingly intones on “John L,” his spoken-word ravings spilled over spiky Henry Cow-meets-Primus riffs and a bruising rhythm section that could battle Battles. London’s Black Midi satiated critics’ chaos cravings on their out-of-nowhere 2019 debut,
Schagenheim. But the avant-rockers’ follow-up is even more unnerving and gloriously surreal like gazing into hell through a kaleidoscope.
For fans who prefer their noise-rock outbursts without the screeching violins and prog technicality,