| 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 |
| 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 |
