Black Midi are back with a second album that defies most (if not all) expectations people have of the band. They talk to Dan Dylan Wray about abandoning the jam, embracing the melody and picking up the wok. Home page photograph by Yis Kid
You can call it “Crank Wave”, you can call it “Wonk”, or you can even refer to “It Might Give You A Headache But Boy Is It Exciting-core”, says John Doran, as long as you recognise the importance of the Speedy Wunderground label and drop the embarrassing references to IDLES and Shame
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