Radkey\u0092 have announced\u00a0their debut album, ‘Dark Black Makeup,’ which is due out on August 21. Recorded primarily in the UK alongside producer Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, The Fall, Jarvis Cocker), the album contains\u00a013 tracks that show off the band\u0092s knack for combining stadium-sized riffs with surprising pop sensibilities.<\/p>\n
Along the way, Dee, Isaiah and Solomon Radke, the three brothers that make up Missouri-based band, unleashed two EPs (‘Cat And Mouse’ and ‘Devil Fruit’) and knocked out tons of big-ticket festival appearances including Riot Fest, Download, Japan’\u0092s Punkspring and Coachella. They even made their television debut on Later… With Jools Holland.<\/p>\n
The ambition of ‘Dark Black Makeup’ is evidenced by the heightened songwriting and broadened sonic palette, but the energy behind the music remains the same\u2014visceral, urgent, and raw. It is the sound of three people doing what they love…loudly.<\/p>\n
The record\u0092’s title track is a kind of high-decibel wake up call for young people to take ownership of their own lives: a sort of punch in the face for teen angst that is made all the more visceral coming from three musicians just barely out of their own teen years. Listen to the new track \u0093Dark Black Makeup\u0094<\/em>\u00a0via YouTube below.<\/p>\n