{"id":27976,"date":"2018-01-25T17:15:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T22:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27976"},"modified":"2019-06-02T19:41:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T23:41:59","slug":"mien-share-debut-single-black-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27976","title":{"rendered":"MIEN share debut single &#8216;Black Habit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIEN,\u00a0the new collaboration between member of The Black Angels, The Horrors, Elephant Stone &amp; The Earlies, have\u00a0shared the\u00a0lead single\u00a0<em>Black Habit<\/em>\u00a0lifted from their self-titled LP. The LP is set for release via Rocket Recordings on\u00a0April 6th.\u00a0Watch the new <em>Black Habit<\/em> video via YouTube below or\u00a0take a listen via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/rocket-recordings\/02-black-habit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soundcloud<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/6hszxXIhht2VLjeylDLO7R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/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\/EqZ1V9RiDt4?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>Rocket Recordings are pleased to reveal the self-titled debut album by MIEN, the exciting new four piece band comprised of The Black Angels&#8217; Alex Maas, The Horrors&#8217; Tom Furse, Elephant Stone&#8217;s Rishi Dhir and The Earlies&#8217; John-Mark Lapham.<\/p>\n<p>Several traversals of the globe by both plane and audio-file later, the result is an album that sees this quartet transcending their origins whilst maintaining a cohesive unity borne of a desire for outward exploration. John Mark&#8217;s vision, as he puts it, was <em>&#8220;imagine the Black Angels as Nico in her 80&#8217;s industrial phase mixed with George Harrison and Conny Plank.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; true to form, it&#8217;s an album that finds equal room for radiant groove-based propulsion and ambient dreamscapes alike &#8211; as comfortable with the murky hallucinogenic voyage of <em>You Dreamt<\/em> as the powerful widescreen sweep of <em>(I&#8217;m Tired Of) Western Shouting<\/em>, yet with songwriting acumen as potent as the production values are expansive and exploratory.<\/p>\n<h3>Tracklisting<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Earth Moon<\/li>\n<li>Black Habit<\/li>\n<li>(I&#8217;m Tired of) Western Shouting<\/li>\n<li>You Dreamt<\/li>\n<li>Other<\/li>\n<li>Hocus Pocus<\/li>\n<li>Ropes<\/li>\n<li>Echolalia<\/li>\n<li>Odessey<\/li>\n<li>Earth Moon (Reprise)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You can pre-order the LP on cool red\/orange vinyl, CD and digitally from MIEN&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mien.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>MIEN,\u00a0the new collaboration between member of The Black Angels, The Horrors, Elephant Stone &amp; The Earlies, have\u00a0shared the\u00a0lead single\u00a0Black Habit\u00a0lifted from their self-titled LP. The <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27976\" title=\"MIEN share debut single &#8216;Black Habit&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,28,29,30],"tags":[7122,1971,7120,7121,3694,7123,1177],"class_list":["post-27976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","tag-black-habit","tag-elephant-stone","tag-mien","tag-rocket-recordings","tag-the-black-angels","tag-the-earlies","tag-the-horrors"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0012265127_10.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-7he","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33643,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33643","url_meta":{"origin":27976,"position":0},"title":"Elephant Stone announce North American tour","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Following the recent release of their latest album,\u00a0\u2018Hollow,\u2019\u00a0Elephant Stone\u00a0have announced a North American tour that includes dates in the US and Canada. 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