Black Water County brand new single 'Cruel State Of Mind' out now!
South West folk punk quintet BLACK WATER COUNTY are bringing their eclectic crossover brilliance with the brand new single CRUEL STATE OF MIND. Having devoted the last 8 years of their lives to bringing angsty adolescence to festival stages and sold out headline tours, Black Water County find themselves in an even angstier adulthood, with no less enthusiasm to tear up stages, sharing songs and sweat with everyone and anyone they can!
Cruel State Of Mind is out now in all the usual places, you can check it out on Spotify, Apple Music & Youtube. You can find out more places to experience Black Water County by clicking here.
The natural musical progression that we hear today keeps the punk spirit for this fiercely independent band, they are doing it their way and making sure the journey is shared with as many people as possible!
You can watch the video for Cruel State Of Mind right now!
Meaningful songwriting is the core of Black Water County's attraction, explaining the concept behing the new track Shan (Vocals, tin whistle, melodica) explains:
"Cruel State of Mind is our own familiar love song for the ages, full to the brim of agonised imagery – “like the deaf leading the blind” and “full-circle, like Sisyphus’ stone”, we wanted to hammer home the feeling of thoughts going round and round your head with no respite. The song hits its climax with a passionate U-turn. “Something’s got to give”- can we ever escape our own vicious cycles? “I’ll leave it all behind unless it leads me back to you” - ultimately ends up where we started in the hold out for love’s return."
"Despite the recent dystopian environment the human race has had to endure with the undoing of habits and the re-writing of thought patterns, there are some things that will never NOT be tangled up in the human experience. This exasperated love song serves us all; past, present and future."
Cruel State Of Mind is the second single to be released from the band' upcoming third studio album, 'The Only Life Worth Living', the full details of which will be coming soon. The first single and title track from the the new album can be experienced on Spotify, Youtube or your platform of choice!
Black Water County are best served live and you can experience the new single and much more at one of the following dates. Ticket links for all shows can be found on the bands website at https://blackwatercounty.co.uk/live-shows
Festivals
30th July – Chickenstock, Stockbury
4th August – Outcider Festival, Compton Martin
5th August – Wroots Rocks, Doncaster
12th August – Boom Town Fair
The Only Life Worth Living Tour (Headline album release tour)
9th November – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
10th November – Camden Assembly, London
11th November – The Thekla, Bristol
12th November – The Junction, Plymouth
16th November – The Key Club, Leeds
17th November – Anarchy Brew, Newcastle
18th November – Audio, Glasgow
Special XMAS Album Show - Full Album playthrough!
16th December – Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - TICKETS
About Black Water County
Hailing from South West UK, and celebrating a decade making music together, award-winning folk punk outfit Black Water County have deviated over time, from the well-trodden path of teenage insolence (plus a lot of booze) to a vigilant state of introversion; hoping to gleam affinity through stories of the downtrodden and heartbroken. With a necessary touch of spirit and spirits.
In both 2016 and 2018, Black Water County won their place on Fireball’s ‘Fuelling the Fire Tour’ supporting Less Than Jake, Flogging Molly, The Bronx, The Skints and more. With extensive and relentless touring, Black Water County have seen numerous sold out headline shows and tours, To date the bands’ UK festival appearances have included WOMAD, Boomtown Fair, Beautiful Days, Belladrum, Black Deer, Tunes in the Dunes, Camp Bestival, Larmer Tree, Teddy Rocks and Takedown Festival, along with hundreds of other festival appearances across the UK, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, The Netherlands and France.
Their debut album 'Taking Chances' was released in 2017, with the sophomore album 'Comedies and Tragedies' in 2020 being rudely interrupted by a global pandemic. Picking up when life live shows returned, the band toured the UK twice in 2022, finally able to bring the 2nd album to sold out venues across the UK.
Ready to take on the next decade together, Black Water County are evolving throughout 2023, with refined musical direction and purpose. The journey is only just starting and everyone is invited to raise a glass and join the party.
Black Water County are:
Shan Borovnicke Byrom – Vocals, tin whistle, melodica
Tim Harris – Vocals + bass
Bradley Hutchings-Clarke – Guitar
Gavin Coles – Guitar, mandolin, banjo
Ollie Beaton – Drums
Find Black Water County online:
Official Website
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Youtube
