Kerrang Faves The Blackout Prepare Debut Full-Length, Tour World

August 22, 2007, 03:16 PM

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THE BLACKOUT are six metallic troubadours from Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. They consist of Sean Smith (vocals), Gavin Butler (vocals), James Davies (guitar), Matthew Davies (guitar), Rhys Lewis (bass) and Gareth Lawrence (drums). The Beijing Cocktail is the first single to be taken from We Are The Dynamite!, THE BLACKOUT's debut full-length album due to explode a week after the single on October 1st.

THE BLACKOUT cruised onto the rock community’s radar a year ago with the fearsome statement of intent that was the cunningly titled six-track Fierce Panda mini-album The Blackout! The Blackout! The Blackout!. Yet they were scarcely naïve chancers back then: by the time Fierce Panda had picked up the A&R pace the band had played over 100 live shows; by the time they started working on We Are The Dynamite! they had already shared stages with their fellow newcomer peers of 2006, Gallows and Enter Shikari, as well as Fightstar, Lostprophets, Eighteen Visions, The Used and Kids In Glass Houses.

It is faintly remarkable then that in spite of all that pedigree “The Beijing Cocktail” is only THE BLACKOUT's second ever single, following last year's limited edition CD release “Hard Slammin.” Happily, as befits a band poised to rocket out of the rock underground “The Beijing Cocktail” comes armed with a variety of formats and b-sides, including the live favourites “Wild Nights & Fist Fights” and “Go Burn City Hall” and a couple of choice cover versions in Limp Bizkit's “My Generation” (recorded for Kerrang!) and Faith No More's “The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies.”

Even more happily THE BLACKOUT's mothership release of We Are The Dynamite! features quite probably another ten potential singles, blasted as it is by scalding metal riffs and thunderously addictive hooks. But for God's sake don't take our word for it - go shake those hips with THE BLACKOUT on their second headline tour of 2007.

Download and share “Prepare For a Wound” by The Blackout from We Are The Dynamite
http://dev.theorchard.com/jaclyn/mp3/theblackout_prepareforawound.m p3

What the press is saying about The Blackout:

"On the strength of this six-track mini-album [The Blackout! The Blackout! The Blackout!], it's easy to see why The Blackout were nominated for best newcomers at the Kerrang! awards in 2006. Quite simply, it's a superb collection of intense, heartfelt rock."- BBC

“Armed with super-catchy scream anthems and infectious energy.” - Kerrang

Before you start thinking it's just another whiny 'i'm angry at the world' emo band, on listening to 'Hard Slammin’’ you'll realise that there's more to it than that. It can make anyone want to pump their fist in the air in unison with the ripped-straight-from-the-heart lyrics "we've come too far/you'll never take our souls alive". – This is Fake DIY

The Blackout Tour Dates
08-16 BELGIUM, HASSELT - Pukkelpop
08-29 HOLLAND, DEN BOSCH - W2 Bethere Festival
10-02 PORTSMOUTH - Wedgewood Rooms
10-03 READING - Fez Club
10-04 NORTHAMPTON - Soundhaus
10-05 YEOVIL - Ski Lodge
10-06 LONDON - Mean Fiddler
10-07 MANCHESTER - Academy 3
10-09 SHEFFIELD - Steel Stage
10-10 BIRMINGHAM - Academy 2
10-11 GLASGOW - King Tut’s
10-12 ABERDEEN - Tunnels
10-13 EDINBURGH - Cabaret Voltaire
10-14 LEEDS - Cockpit
10-16 CARDIFF UNIVERSITY - Solus Bar
10-17 NOTTINGHAM - Rescue Rooms
10-19 HOLLAND, ROTTERDAM - Watefront
10-20 BELGIUM, BRUSSELLS - VK
10-25 GERMANY, HAMBURG- Logo
10-26 GERMANY, BERLIN - Knaack
10-27 GERMANY, COLOGNE - Prime Club

We Are The Dynamite! Tracklist:

1. Tick Tick BOOM!
2. I’ve Got Better Things To Do Tonight Than Die
3. I Know You Are, But What Am I?
4. Spread Legs Not Lies
5. The Beijing Cocktail
6. Murder In The Make-Believe Ballroom
7. Prepare For A Wound
8. It’s High Tide Baby!
9. TOPS OFF PARTY!
10. She Is Macho
11. Life & Death In Space

The Beijing Cocktail Tracklist:

1. The Beijing Cocktail
2. Go Burn City Hall To The Ground
3. The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies
4. Wild Nights & Fist Fights
5. My Generation
6. The Beijing Cocktail (Live Version)
7. The Beijing Cocktail (Radio Edit)

More on Fierce Panda:
www.myspace.com/theblackout
www.fiercepanda.co.uk

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