Black Honey "Soak" COLOR:CREAM beyond-heavy breakdowns and an in-your-face

beyond-heavy breakdowns and an in-your-face attitude remain

Dogma is as decisively heavy as "Makeshift Chemistry" and as catchy as "Blurry (out of place)

Each imbued with an endearingly naive synth pop sensibility

B-sides and John Peel session recordings

creating music that is subtle and textured yet still has the feeling of rock roll

Black Honey "Soak" COLOR:CREAM beyond-heavy breakdowns and an in-your-faceFor more than a decade, Black Honey have been conjuring vivid cinematic universes alongside across their three albums, scoring top 10s, playing shows with IDLES, Liam Gallagher and The Libertines and relentlessly touring. The new album Soak is a very different proposition to behind 2023s A Fistful of Peaches, let alone 2021s Written and Directed or the bands self titled debut of 2018. Two years sober and enjoying a thriving career as a tattoo artist,