Friends In Noise
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| Friends In Noise | |
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| Studio album by Black Market Karma | |
| Released | 13 January 2023 |
| Genre | Alternative rock, electronica, psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop, psychedelia, neo-psychedelia |
| Length | 31 minutes |
| Label | Flower Power Records |
Friends In Noise is a collection of collaborative songs between English rock band Black Market Karma and artists Joakim Ahlund (Les Big Byrd), Tess Parks, The Underground Youth, The Confederate Dead and Ruari Meehan.[1]
The tracks are rooted in music connection from touring and was recorded sporadically over a period of 9 years.[citation needed]
It was released on 13 January 2023 by Flower Power Records[2] and pressed on 500 copies of black vinyl. The announcement coincided with Black Market Karma being publicly confirmed as openers for The Black Angels on their 2023 European tour.[3]
The release was supported by the premiering of two singles The Sky Was All Diseased on 2 of November 2022[4] and Aping Flair on 6 December 2022.[5]
Four music videos accompanied the record featuring footage of all six artists.[6]
The album has received a warm reception from listeners and publishers alike with individual tracks repeatedly praised.
Backseat Mafia's Arun Kendall describes Wonky as "a glorious scuzzy shoegaze blast that fuses a Jesus and Mary Chain insolence with a Velvet Underground drone, all wrapped up in a sixties sparkle. It swaggers, it prowls, it scowls with a black leather-jacketed sneer and yet scales immeasurable pop heights with a fuzzy bravado. Released through Flower Power Records, the track comes off Black Market Karma's recent eleventh album, 'Friends in Noise' and is an absolute cathartic rocket-fueled blast of goodness."[7]
The Sky Was All Diseased was featured as Stereo Embers' Track Of The Day with Alex Green describing, "While the song aches beautifully away, a shiny guitar line appears like the sun poking through the clouds only to be swallowed in seconds again by the darkness. It's hard to imagine a number that can be this deceptively catchy."[8]
The Big Takeover's Dave Franklin observes, "although Belton finds himself co-writing and collaborating with artists from across the musical spectrum, there is absolute consistency to the results, the album seemingly having one foot in a version of the sixties that didn't quite exist and the other striding forward into a new horizon yet to be fully realized. More than that, it all sounds, to a greater degree, like a Black Market Karma record, which must speak volumes about Stanley Belton's exercise and control."[9]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Aping Flair" (with Ruari Meehan) | 5:30 |
| 2. | "Wonky" (with The Underground Youth) | 4:12 |
| 3. | "The Sky Was All Diseased" (with Tess Parks) | 6:11 |
| 4. | "Heady Ideas" (Joakim Åhlund Remix) | 3:56 |
| 5. | "War In The Streets" (Stanley Belton Remix) | 4:33 |
| 6. | "Ageing Boy" (with The Confederate Dead) | 7:04 |