Black Poets

With a passing visual resemblance to 1950/1960s British rockers meets modern day New York vintage throwaways, Black Poets brings with them the appeal of boys in leather jackets, playing soaring early 80's style new wave with guitars. And having cut the record almost entirely using 70's and 80's analogue technology to remain authentic has given Black Poets some personal originality. Their music interweaves the darkness of 80's post-punk and new wave with traditional early 1980's New York City dance music in places, Interpol / She Wants Revenge / Editors style vocals and conceptual monotone and soaring guitars.

Although there is no doubt the New York sound forms a massive influence on the band, so is it true of melodic alt outfits such as Sweden’s Logh and Kansas’ The Appleseed Cast but with an edge of the sparkle of 80's British acts like Kitchens of Distinction and The Smiths. The debut album "Innocents And Thieves" will be released in May and was produced and engineered by Pete Abbott (engineer Editors/Guillemots/Athlete/Spiritualized) and mastered by John Davis (White Lies/Bloc Party/Kaiser Chiefs).

The guys are also offering their two singles, Mistakes and Point Of Reason, as FREE downloads. Respecting their wishes, I'm posting the WMA files instead of the MP3s in my blog. If you want the latter, just visit http://www.myspace.com/blackpoetsuk and grab them from there. The band will embark on a full UK-wide promotional tour in April/May 2009. Don't miss them!

http://www.myspace.com/blackpoets

Black Poets - Mistakes
Black Poets - Point Of Reason (Radio Edit)

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