Big Black Cloud’s festering strain of psych-garage punk regularly inspires comparisons to avant vets Pere Ubu and noise-blues unit Cows. On July 2, the Portland trio — composed of guitarist/vocalist Nick Capello, bassist/vocalist Soo Koelbli, and drummer Travis Wainwright — will unleash their second album, Black Friday, an 11-track freakout that record label Eolian Empire describes as a “two-year labor of loathe.” Last month, Big Black Cloud shared the LP’s opening track, the darkly churning “Cities of the Red Night” (via Brooklyn Vegan), and now the feedback-lacerated crew has made the whole full-length available for streaming below. Tour dates, followed by Black Friday in all its tense, taut, seething, screaming fury, below.
Big Black Cloud 2013 tour dates:
July 2 – Portland, OR @ The Know
July 3 – Seattle, WA @ The Comet
July 5 – Missoula, MT @ The Ole Beck
July 6 – Boise, ID @ Sammie’s
July 7 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge
July 8 – Denver, CO @ Lost Lake
July 10 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Cottage House
July 11 – San Diego, CA @ Til Two Club
July 12 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell
July 13 – San Francisco, CA @ The Knockout
July 14 – Oakland, CA @ The Night Light
July 15 – Davis, CA @ Davis Bike Collective
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