{"id":25728,"date":"2017-06-11T12:30:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T16:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=25728"},"modified":"2018-05-21T18:03:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T22:03:27","slug":"black-kids-announce-first-album-10-years-share-new-single-obligatory-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=25728","title":{"rendered":"Black Kids share new single &#8216;Obligatory Drugs&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25729\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/8092f5f3-3f22-4be2-92f6-845853ab1da6.jpg?resize=1920%2C1080\" alt=\"Black Kids\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/8092f5f3-3f22-4be2-92f6-845853ab1da6.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/8092f5f3-3f22-4be2-92f6-845853ab1da6.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/8092f5f3-3f22-4be2-92f6-845853ab1da6.jpg?resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/8092f5f3-3f22-4be2-92f6-845853ab1da6.jpg?resize=1024%2C576 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/8092f5f3-3f22-4be2-92f6-845853ab1da6.jpg?resize=624%2C351 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Black Kids are back with a new track,\u00a0<em>Obligatory Drugs<\/em>, the first release since their 2008 debut album &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2vHKvDW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Partie Traumatic<\/a>&#8216;. The\u00a0single appears on their forthcoming sophomore album &#8216;Rookie,&#8217; which will be out September 15.\u00a0Black Kids are also launching today a pre-sale on Pledge Music, where fans can pre-order signed physical product as well as special, limited edition items Black Kids will be rolling out between now and release date.<\/p>\n<p>A deadpan yet infectious party Jam complete with its own stoner dance moves, <em>Obligatory Drugs<\/em> is a\u00a0classic Black Kids genre-clash. <em>&#8220;What if Mark E. Smith had social-media anxiety and barked over a Specials track?&#8221;<\/em> asks lead singer\u00a0and guitarist Reggie Youngblood of the track.\u00a0Watch the video for <em>Obligatory Drugs<\/em> via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9P-cPP_C_c0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>So, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re wondering why it took the band so damn long to release a new album?<br \/>\n<em>\u201cMuch like Odysseus and Co., on our journey to make the \u2018difficult second album,\u2019 shit got rough,\u201d<\/em> Youngblood says.<em> \u201cA few of us heeded the siren call of \u2018side projects.\u2019 Tumultuous relationships and periods of Imposter Syndrome also impeded progress. Worst of all, I couldn\u2019t write a chorus. And for a band that worships The Chorus, this was problematic.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=99b3af5819&amp;e=3a430a552a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Pre-order &#8216;Rookie&#8217; here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After touring exhaustively in support of &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2vHKvDW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Partie Traumatic<\/a>,&#8217; Youngblood and his bandmates \u2014 bassist Owen Cohen and keyboardists\/vocalists Ali Youngblood and Dawn Watley \u2014 resettled around the U.S., in Brooklyn, Portland, and Athens, Georgia. Reggie started a power-pop group called Blunt Bangs. Owen released records on Kill Rock Stars under the moniker Gospel Music. Ali and Dawn sang and played and crafted. In late 2015, the four convened in Athens to make <em>Obligatory Drugs.<\/em> The album was recorded and co-produced by Andy LeMaster at Chase Park Transduction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Rookie&#8217; is more lyrically earnest than its predecessor, and Youngblood notes that the \u201cbratty-ness\u201d is toned down \u2014 <em>\u201cbut just a lil\u2019 bit,\u201d<\/em> he says. <em>\u201cYeah, the themes from our debut are still firmly in place on our sophomore: I love you, but you don&#8217;t love me; you love me, but I don&#8217;t love you; you&#8217;re mean, I&#8217;m mean\u2014shall we dance?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more information on Black Kids, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackkidstv.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blackkidstv.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Black Kids are back with a new track,\u00a0Obligatory Drugs, the first release since their 2008 debut album &#8216;Partie Traumatic&#8216;. 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