Sounding like a jet engine in a closed warehouse, Portland’s Big Black Cloud is hitting us hard today with two new tracks from their forthcoming EP, Lessons in Fuck You 2.
First up is the EP’s sixth track, “Exotic.” The track is streaming over at End Hits, where they’re calling the album, “a great collection of looser off-hand bits and instrumental excursions, all loud and mad and splattery, in the finest Big Black Cloud tradition.”
Next up from Lessons in Fuck You 2 is the closer, “Open Eye/Yadnus Kcalb.” You can check this one out over at Cvlt Nation, where they are stating, “these outergalactic space punks are bringing the noise to the vacuum of your mind!”
Personally, I prefer “Open Eye/Yadnus Kcalb,” which has a Sonic Youth feel to it. However, the press release tells me that the noise is a collision of Dead Kennedys, Circus Lupus, Cows, Alice Donut, and Nation of Ulysses. Have a listen and decide for yourself.
Lessons In Fuck You 2 has an August 5th street date. Preorders for the cassette are available at goods.eolianempire.com and the digital version at digital.eolianempire.com.
If you’re in the California area this month, you can catch Big Black Cloud live. See below for the dates.
Big Black Cloud Show Dates:
8/02/2014 High Water Mark – Portland, OR – Record Release show w/ Towers
8/07/2014 3rd Space – Davis, CA
8/08/2014 Telegraph Beach – Oakland, CA
8/09/2014 Industrial Estate – Pasadena, CA
8/10/2014 Tower Bar – San Diego, CA
8/11/2014 Pehrspace – Los Angeles, CA
8/12/2014 The Continental Room – Fullerton, CA
8/13/2014 The Knockout – San Francisco, CA
8/15/2014 The Mall – Stockton, CA
Rock Hard \m/