Bay Area rock outfit Black Map have debuted an all new song today titled “Run Rabbit Run” from their all new LP coming out next year.
“The song is one of my favorites on the record and definitely one of the most intense”, says frontman and bass player Ben Flannagan. “It also really encompasses a lot of what the whole album is about: the damage that's caused by just blindly following and veering from our individuality; from the elements that make each of us unique”.
The new track is available on all major streaming services and will be offered as an iTunes instant gratification track. Fans who pre-order the album today will get “Run Rabbit Run” immediately as a download. Pre-order here.
Black Map will release “In Droves” on Friday March 10th 2017 via Entertainment One (eOne) in North America and SPV overseas. The band only wrapped up production on the effort last month with Aaron Hellam at Oakland's Hellam Sound (The Trophy Fire) and created an ambitious but no less intense sophomore set, a boundary smashing, down-tuned heavy rock slab.
Tracklist:
1. Transit I
2. Run Rabbit Run
3. Foxglove
4. Ruin
5. Heavy Waves
6. Dead Ringer
7. Octavia
8. Transit II
9. No Color
10. Indoor Kid
11. White Fence
12. Just My Luck
13. Cash For The Fears
14. Transit III
15. Coma Phase
After a successful run with Chevelle this year, the band will be heading back out on the road at the top of 2017 for another round. A full list of dates hitting much of the western half of the U.S. can be seen below.
US Live Show 2016 w/ ÆGES,State to State,Bones:
Nov 30 West Hollywood, CA - The Viper Room
US Live Show 2016 w/ Giraffe Tongue Orchestra:
Dec 06 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
US Tour Dates 2017 w/ Chevelle,Dinosaur Pile-Up:
Jan 13 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
Jan 14 Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades
Jan 15 Boise, ID - The Knitting Factory
Jan 17 Spokane, WA - The Knitting Factory
Jan 18 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
Jan 20 Riverside, CA - Riverside Auditorium
Jan 21 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
Jan 22 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
Jan 24 Albuquerque, NM - El Rey Theater
Jan 26 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
Click here for all tour dates.
Black Map creates music driven by the pulse of their early genesis as a trio who packed itself into a rehearsal room with pure intentions, a 12-pack and a boundary-smashing lack of prohibitions or rules. Their commitment is to each other, to what feels right; to meditation on big riffs that lurch and churn, dripping with atmosphere, powering bold and evocative statements.
The band is the union of three established Northern California rock musicians, driven by a shared dedication to big riffs, big drums and powerful, straight-ahead, all enveloping rock n' roll. Black Map consists of the versatile voice and walloping bass groove of Ben Flanagan (Trophy Fire), the wall-of-sound big riff histrionics of guitarist Mark Engles (dredg) and the unstoppable driving force and tasteful skill of drummer Chris Robyn (Far).
A few songs became a few shows and an EP which begat a debut album, “...And We Explode” (2014), which featured the buzzy single, “I'm Just the Driver”. The metaphorical "black map" of the band's steadily building catalog and dedicated following led them to secure live performance spots alongside the mighty Chevelle, multi platinum rockers Bush, Circa Survive, and Highly Suspect in addition to multiple club shows as a headlining act.
Songs like “Run Rabbit Run”, “Foxglove”, “No Color”, and “White Fence” are united in a lyrical exhortation toward staunch individuality in the face of soul-crushing conformity. These are songs that challenge listeners to focus on what makes them unique as people, to shake off the gloomy dystopian results of mass groupthink, to actualize and harness one's own humanity.
As they continue forward, ever united in that original pureness of intentionality, Black Map covers bigger ground. Bursts of ambience and mellow contemplation compliment the broadly shaped melodic noise. Unafraid experimentation gives way to a strong dichotomy, to new elements, all within that original structure of Black Map's monster riffing.
Sonic treasure hunters who study Black Map will find themselves transported to the spirit of the early 90s rock resurgence, when bands jettisoned the superficial fluff of the previous decade without wandering too far into dense pretension and delivered authentic and heavy music. Black Map combine flourishes of beauty alongside the bombast and a modern sensibility that nevertheless will not sacrifice its raw realness.
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/blackmapmusic
www.blackmapmusic.com
“The song is one of my favorites on the record and definitely one of the most intense”, says frontman and bass player Ben Flannagan. “It also really encompasses a lot of what the whole album is about: the damage that's caused by just blindly following and veering from our individuality; from the elements that make each of us unique”.
The new track is available on all major streaming services and will be offered as an iTunes instant gratification track. Fans who pre-order the album today will get “Run Rabbit Run” immediately as a download. Pre-order here.
Black Map will release “In Droves” on Friday March 10th 2017 via Entertainment One (eOne) in North America and SPV overseas. The band only wrapped up production on the effort last month with Aaron Hellam at Oakland's Hellam Sound (The Trophy Fire) and created an ambitious but no less intense sophomore set, a boundary smashing, down-tuned heavy rock slab.
Tracklist:
1. Transit I
2. Run Rabbit Run
3. Foxglove
4. Ruin
5. Heavy Waves
6. Dead Ringer
7. Octavia
8. Transit II
9. No Color
10. Indoor Kid
11. White Fence
12. Just My Luck
13. Cash For The Fears
14. Transit III
15. Coma Phase
After a successful run with Chevelle this year, the band will be heading back out on the road at the top of 2017 for another round. A full list of dates hitting much of the western half of the U.S. can be seen below.
US Live Show 2016 w/ ÆGES,State to State,Bones:
Nov 30 West Hollywood, CA - The Viper Room
US Live Show 2016 w/ Giraffe Tongue Orchestra:
Dec 06 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
US Tour Dates 2017 w/ Chevelle,Dinosaur Pile-Up:
Jan 13 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
Jan 14 Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades
Jan 15 Boise, ID - The Knitting Factory
Jan 17 Spokane, WA - The Knitting Factory
Jan 18 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
Jan 20 Riverside, CA - Riverside Auditorium
Jan 21 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
Jan 22 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
Jan 24 Albuquerque, NM - El Rey Theater
Jan 26 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
Click here for all tour dates.
Black Map creates music driven by the pulse of their early genesis as a trio who packed itself into a rehearsal room with pure intentions, a 12-pack and a boundary-smashing lack of prohibitions or rules. Their commitment is to each other, to what feels right; to meditation on big riffs that lurch and churn, dripping with atmosphere, powering bold and evocative statements.
The band is the union of three established Northern California rock musicians, driven by a shared dedication to big riffs, big drums and powerful, straight-ahead, all enveloping rock n' roll. Black Map consists of the versatile voice and walloping bass groove of Ben Flanagan (Trophy Fire), the wall-of-sound big riff histrionics of guitarist Mark Engles (dredg) and the unstoppable driving force and tasteful skill of drummer Chris Robyn (Far).
A few songs became a few shows and an EP which begat a debut album, “...And We Explode” (2014), which featured the buzzy single, “I'm Just the Driver”. The metaphorical "black map" of the band's steadily building catalog and dedicated following led them to secure live performance spots alongside the mighty Chevelle, multi platinum rockers Bush, Circa Survive, and Highly Suspect in addition to multiple club shows as a headlining act.
Songs like “Run Rabbit Run”, “Foxglove”, “No Color”, and “White Fence” are united in a lyrical exhortation toward staunch individuality in the face of soul-crushing conformity. These are songs that challenge listeners to focus on what makes them unique as people, to shake off the gloomy dystopian results of mass groupthink, to actualize and harness one's own humanity.
As they continue forward, ever united in that original pureness of intentionality, Black Map covers bigger ground. Bursts of ambience and mellow contemplation compliment the broadly shaped melodic noise. Unafraid experimentation gives way to a strong dichotomy, to new elements, all within that original structure of Black Map's monster riffing.
Sonic treasure hunters who study Black Map will find themselves transported to the spirit of the early 90s rock resurgence, when bands jettisoned the superficial fluff of the previous decade without wandering too far into dense pretension and delivered authentic and heavy music. Black Map combine flourishes of beauty alongside the bombast and a modern sensibility that nevertheless will not sacrifice its raw realness.
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/blackmapmusic
www.blackmapmusic.com