Black State Highway are a young band formed at Brighton’s Institute of Modern Music who seem to have mainly played around southern England up until now. I hadn’t heard of them prior to being sent this self-titled debut release but I instantly liked what I heard. “Black State Highway” is released through Cherry Red Records on 18th August, hard on the heels of the release of the single “Ain’t Got No” (which you may have heard played on the Friday NI Rocks Show) on 11th August. Black State Highway play a brand of bluesy, riff-laden rock n’ roll music that ticks all the boxes for me. Add to that the powerful vocals of the band’s Latvian front woman and you have what should be a winning combination.
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WHEN it comes to acoustic rock 'n' roll there are often audible groans from those who believe rock should be played via a specialist six-string, plugged into an over-sized amplifier, and with a PA loud enough to cause fractures in the earth's crust.
That's their loss. Even hardened metalheads like this site's review team and our
That's their loss. Even hardened metalheads like this site's review team and our
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Scimitar took over headlining duties as a result of illness forcing Bakken to withdraw.
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