Tackling the relatable gloom of the ‘Doom Scroll’ for their latest internet addiction-fueled single ‘Repost’, Blackpool-based alternative metal 4-piece band Black Eddy are just hoping that you will be pressing ‘Repeat’ instead by confronting madness with joy on their emotionally-charged releases.
‘Repost’ is a brilliant scene-setter for the rest of their upcoming new album release – ‘Home Of The Mad and The Shameless’ – which is being pitched as an ambitious concept album that is part exercise in self and social satire, all hard alt-rock enjoyment and raw emotional vulnerability. Running for 6 tracks and totaling over 30 minutes in length, Black Eddy are daring to hold nothing back in their cathartic and explosive expression through the diverse scope of the exciting record.
A subversion of typical mental health tropes is the fuel of the eclectic release, which stems from real-life experiences of deep mental health struggles with schizophrenia, addiction and amnesia contributed by each member of the quartet. With a smile, Black Eddy reflect on these issues in the only way that they know how. They explain, “With Repost, we wanted to soundtrack the doom-scroll. It’s no secret that millions around the world struggle with internet and phone addiction (ourselves included). Like all the songs on the album, we wanted to tackle a real issue that we’re going through by making as much noise and having as much fun with it as we can“, in a press statement, proving these issues are nowhere more evident on the LP than on the single ‘Repost’.
Humorous fare that quickly becomes recommended listening for any keen fans of The Dandy Warhols, Black Sabbath, Living Colour or The Dead Kennedy’s – ‘Repost’ is a sardonically comical and no-nonsense track that was clearly influenced by System Of A Down and Sports Team. Wearing its heart on its sleeve, we get treated to a crowd-pleasing opening riff and all-thrash punk pacing as the band demolish the new-age pop culture of the internet world with spite and relief. The abrasive lyrics seem laughably meme-driven and reference the swarms of people who immediately take to the comments section to vent their frustrations and troll others, before a cooling outro revels in the criticism of youthful viral video culture, finished off by a floating piano riff, as the wheels of connection truly fly off to the tune of chants that savagely challenge how we perceive increasingly heated free speech debates, while charmingly surrendering to it with a rally cry to storm Area 51 which is out of this world, in both the literal and metaphorical meaning.
With their growing reputation as one of Blackpool’s busiest bands on the area’s legendary live rock scene and rave reviews for their energetic blend of playful dark humor, examinations of fringe, and their concise flow between various elements of Post-Grunge, Alt-Rock and Soft-Metal musically – Black Eddy are the perfect cult hero material who are set to take over the main stage.
Words by Jacob Braybrooke
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