The Blackout are releasing their latest album ‘Start The Party’ on January 21st full of energy just in time to kick out the winter blues! The days may be getting shorter and the weather may be getting colder, but the album see’s the band getting into a party and positive spirit. “Music can be a great form of escapism and we tried to fully encapsulate that with this record,” says vocalist Gavin Butler. “There’s a lot of bands out there at the moment that do deal with this depression and the shit state of this world, but that’s just not us. We wanted to write about enjoying yourself and not worrying about things. Take a half hour out of your life, switch off and hear something fun!”
It’s fun alright, with the iTunes special edition including covers such as ‘Boom! Shake The Room’, ‘Super Freak’ and ‘Sorry For Party Rocking’. The other packages include the deluxe physical copy which features an exclusive DVD tracking, recording, writing, live performances at Leeds and Reading plus at home in Merthyr. The Play.com pre-order is a signed album whilst HMV pre-order includes 4 holiday postcards from the band.
“This album captures our real personality,” says Sean. “That laryiness, the yobbish, laddish, loud, shouting happy gang that’s all about doing what we want and having a good time. We’re like the Beastie Boys meets Andrew W.K. meets Dirty Sanchez.”
The lead single from the album which happens to be titled ‘Start The Party’ can be downloaded for free at their official website here. There will also be a ‘Start The Party’ remix EP which will include 4 remixes by Paranoiz, Common Wealth, Proxies and Boy In A Band and will be available on iTunes today.
2012 October dates:
Oct 20 Cardiff SWN Festival – The Globe
Oct 23 Leeds Cockpit
Oct 24 Bournemouth The Old Firestation
Oct 25 Oxford O2 Academy 2
Oct 29 London The Underworld
Headline January 2013 dates
Jan 20 Glasgow King Tuts*
Jan 21 Newcastle o2 Academy 2
Jan 22 Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
Jan 23 Birmingham HMV Institute
Jan 25 London Electric Ballroom
Jan 26 Manchester HMV Ritz
*Two shows will be played, one at 4pm and one at 8pm. All shows 14+
Tickets available from 0844 811 0051
