Scuzzy guitars, crashing drums, unabashed energy and depth of soul collide in the music from Black Box Revelation. Already making waves overseas, this Belgian duo release their first music in the US, the Shiver of Joy EP, and continue US tour dates with Meat Puppets, Beady Eye, Girl in A Coma and more!
Shiver of Joy features two new B-sides from Black Box Revelation's upcoming US debut LP, My Perception, and two tracks from critically acclaimed European releases Silver Threats and Set Your Head On Fire. For a preview of what to expect from the EP, full length album and live show, download EP track "Shiver of Joy," stream the entire release and check out the black & white video of shots from their European tour for track "High On A Wire."
Combining Beatles-meets-Kinks British invasion pop with haunting melodies, pounding blues, thick ambience and driving beats, Black Box Revelation plot their foreign invasion - check out how much noise two fellas can make in a live performance of "High On A Wire."
More info and tour dates below.
Black Box Revelation Tour Dates
Nov 6 - Mexicali Live - Teaneck, NJ *
Nov 8 - Musica - Akron, OH *
Nov 9 - Blind Pig - Ann Arbor, MI *
Nov 10 - The Pyramid Scheme - Grand Rapids, MI *
Nov 11 - Double Door - Chicago, IL *
Nov 12 - Turf Club - St Paul, MN *
Nov 13 - Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA *
Nov 8 - Musica - Akron, OH *
Nov 9 - Blind Pig - Ann Arbor, MI *
Nov 10 - The Pyramid Scheme - Grand Rapids, MI *
Nov 11 - Double Door - Chicago, IL *
Nov 12 - Turf Club - St Paul, MN *
Nov 13 - Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA *
Nov 14 - 7th St Entry - Minneapolis, MN *
Nov 16 - Rumba Cafe - Columbus, OH ^^
Nov 17 - Radio Radio - Indianapolis, IN ^^
Nov 18 - Magic Stick - Detroit, MI ^^
Nov 20 - The High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI ^^
Nov 23 - Marquis Theatre - Denver, CO ^^
Nov 25 - Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT ^^
Nov 26 - Neurolux - Boise, ID ^^
Nov 28 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR ^^
Nov 17 - Radio Radio - Indianapolis, IN ^^
Nov 18 - Magic Stick - Detroit, MI ^^
Nov 20 - The High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI ^^
Nov 23 - Marquis Theatre - Denver, CO ^^
Nov 25 - Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT ^^
Nov 26 - Neurolux - Boise, ID ^^
Nov 28 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR ^^
Nov 29 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC %
Nov 30 - Showbox Market - Seattle, WA %
Dec 2 - The Warfield - San Francisco, CA %
Dec 3 - Wiltern Theatre - Los Angeles, CA %
Dec 5 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN %
Dec 6 - The Rave - Milwaukee, WI %
Dec 8 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC %
Dec 9 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY %
Dec 10 - House of Blues - Boston, MA %
Nov 30 - Showbox Market - Seattle, WA %
Dec 2 - The Warfield - San Francisco, CA %
Dec 3 - Wiltern Theatre - Los Angeles, CA %
Dec 5 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN %
Dec 6 - The Rave - Milwaukee, WI %
Dec 8 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC %
Dec 9 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY %
Dec 10 - House of Blues - Boston, MA %
w/ Meat Puppets *
w/ Girl In A Coma, The Coathangers ^^
w/ Beady Eye %
For a preview of what to expect on the road, check out a full live performance from Black Box Revelation in Belguim and a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of My Perception.
Press Praise for Black Box Revelation
Every so often they strip the music down to something slow and bluesy. But the Black Box Revelation isn’t purely retro. They are just as happy with a drum-machine beat and a heap of overdubbed percussion, as long as the music makes its happy, trashy crash.
Every so often they strip the music down to something slow and bluesy. But the Black Box Revelation isn’t purely retro. They are just as happy with a drum-machine beat and a heap of overdubbed percussion, as long as the music makes its happy, trashy crash.
New York Times
A sinister slice of buzzing guitar noise concealing a beautiful pop melody beneath.
Playboy
It’s a record that makes you want to throw on your leather vest and go boozin’ til the break of dawn.
Six Degrees, 4 stars
Flemish sleaze from the heart. Brussels may not be a city noted
for its contribution to the world of high energy, no frills
raunch’n’roll, but that is about to change. This is un-ironic,
un-pretentious, un-self-conscious party music for people in great
leather jackets who are more worried about when they’re next getting
laid than they are about global warming. And if this demographic does
not include you, then…well, you’re an idiot.
Radar
There's scuzzy, full throttle blues romps sitting comfortably next to more quiet moments. My Perception is an album that sits just on the edge of chaos, providing a brilliant musical thrill ride, almost from start to finish.
Contact Music
Foot-stomping, 60s garage rock sound eerily reminiscent of the
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club…these dudes are extremely talented…there’s
still some innocence in these roots rockers and instrumentals that
sounded like Man Man showed their playful rawness. What really sets
Black Box Revelation apart is neither their age, nor their light French
accent, but the strong Blues influence present in most tracks.
Nothing is more essential to great rock n’ roll.
CMJ
A rock party that seems unwilling to end. Like the 60s garage
bands they were influenced by, Black Box Revelation know that sometimes
rock is most effective when it is simple. With this philosophy in
mind, the bad keeps their riffs repeating and their lyrics from being
over analytical. Black Box Revelation’s debut seem stragegically
constructed while still retaining a reckless and raw sound.
Plug in Music
Scuzzy guitars, crashing drums, unabashed energy and depth of soul
Rocksound
Take a heathy pinch of Black Rebel, add a tinge of the Black Keys
and a sprinkle of The White Stripes. Place in a dark, dank, smoky,
studio and nourished by endless gallons of aviation fuel for weeks
upon end and you have yourself the perfect Molotov Cocktail... Black
Box Revelation style.
Komodorock
Opening on menacing drums, Belgian duo Black Box Revelation moves
along like a panther stalking the city's sidewalks. Utilising jagged
guitars and driven throughout by those pounding drums, periodically
puncturing the fuzzy rock guitar with crystal clear blues licks that
have the crowd cheering, before nose-diving back into that blistering,
swaggering riff.
Daily Music Guide, 4 stars
Love this EP, exciting, great Rock & Roll. Very excited about this band. Love it.
Club NME
This is just fuckin' awesome, like the best trash rock n' roll bands of the last 40 years all in one fair hit.
Loaded
I really love this... full on head rush rock n roll... addictive clever but instant and immediate at the same time.
EVOL
Like Black Rebel Motorcycle club in a good mood. The noise these
two men make is as riotous as The Whit Stripe at their loudest.
Daily Music Guide
They might be from Belgium, but Black Box Revelation boasts more
jangly, bluesy, American/British rock and roll swag than most US acts
around today. This is that whiskey-drinking music.
Pigeons & Planes
Something about this just exudes a cool factor that’s tough to find
these days. Could be a new front-runner for the city-walking
soundtrack.
The Chuckness
Meet Black Box Revelation
Brussels,
Belgium may not be known for producing great rock and roll bands, but
don’t tell that to 22-year-old Jan Paternoster nor his 20-year-old
sidekick Dries Van Dijck, who have been playing together for a decade,
already releasing two albums, 2007’s Set Your Head on Fire and 2010’s Silver Threats
(recorded in London’s legendary Konk Studios) that established the duo
as a serious force to be reckoned with. A cross between
R&B-inflected garage-band rock that takes its cues from mid-’60s
Stones and The Kinks to the most gut-bucket, electric delta blues
evocative of Led Zeppelin by way of The White Stripes, The Black Keys
and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Box Revelation i
s just
that… a musical revelation that can’t be boxed into a single category.
Coming to America to record their stateside debut, My Perception,
with producer Alain Johannes [Queens of the Stone Age, Chris Cornell,
Them Crooked Vultures] in his L.A. home studio, Jan and Dries felt
right at home in the country where so much of the music that inspired
them had been made. The result is their most accomplished album to
date, with sound and noise now coalescing into real songs like the
title track and “Rattle My Heart,” which might have come straight from Out of Our Heads;
the spooky acoustic strains of the Beatles-meets-Kinks British
Invasion vibe of “Anger,” the haunting, stark acoustic “New Sun,” the
pounding blues of “High On a Wire,” the thick ambience of “2 Young
Boys,” the percussive beat of “Shadowman” and the psychedelic blues of
“White
Unicorns.”
While
building up a fan base in Europe by touring with Eagles of Death Metal
as well as their own headlining shows in France, Germany, Switzerland,
Spain, Italy, Holland and Scandanavia, the band has played scattered
shows in the States, including two years at SXSW, as well as shows in
L.A., New York, Boston, San Diego and San Francisco. Seeing them live,
before a packed, sweaty audience of their crowd-surfing, head-banging
fans, is yet another revelation…this one how two guys can create a
sound that fills the room—and more.
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