Black English - Another Life

Steriogram, NZ's most-likely-to band of the early-2000s has an interesting diaspora, with members going on to be hair product moguls, music managers (Lorde, Mt Eden, Thomston)...and I don't know what else (can someone tell me?). But Bradley Hanan Carter has kept resolutely at it, and has over the last few years, together with a few others, mainly Americans, put together a band that has provided us with an impressive body of work, the quality of which well surpasses what he was doing with Steriogram. The band, based in Los Angeles' Echo Park area, was originally known as NO, but ran into problems getting mixed up with a number of other bands called NO, as well as having the inevitable intellectual property and search-engine issues. So they have been called Black English for awhile now and are slowly building awareness of their own particularly brand of what some have called "post-hymnal anthematic" (see Issue blog link below). It could be compared to a Killers, The National blend. "Another Life" is a superb track that sounds like it should live on the radio, but it has actually taken some time for us to get this video...the original footage being shot in 2012. I hope it makes it on to the airwaves as it sounds like a hit. The video, directed by Zak Stoltz and produced by Stephen Buchanan, is of typical high quality. In fact, the band has put out some of my favourite videos, a selection of which are below. Black English are on their own Bedroom Empire label, distributed through Arts and Crafts Records. You can buy their album "NO", (previously known as "El Prado") at the link below. I own it, play it often, and love it.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/no/id797287556

Blog Links:

http://bittersweetsymphonies.co.uk/2015/02/18/interview-with-black-english/
http://issuemagazine.com/no/#/

Selection of favourite videos...

"Leave The Door Wide Open" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W09JxJSjoO8

"Whats Your Name?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i28vjNt19NY

"Stay With Me" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdUbp_YVmEE


Black English (formerly NO) | Another Life