{"id":28873,"date":"2018-04-16T12:15:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T16:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28873"},"modified":"2019-05-31T15:09:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T19:09:13","slug":"black-angels-share-unreleased-demo-half-believing-announce-uk-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28873","title":{"rendered":"The Black Angels share unreleased demo for &#8216;Half Believing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin psych-rock standard-bearers The Black Angels have shared an unreleased demo version of <em>Half Believing<\/em>, the brooding centrepiece of their new album \u2018Death Song\u2019 (out now via Partisan). Listen to the <em>Half Believing<\/em> demo 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\/XR6TR4iwLFU?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>&#8216;Death Song&#8217; &#8211; their first LP in 4+ years &#8211; is by far the heaviest and most politically-charged music they&#8217;ve ever put to record.\u00a0Listen to new album &#8216;Death Song&#8217; on Spotify <a href=\"http:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-bdhhytt-ejlihlkhu-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the band perform <em>Half Believing<\/em> on Austin City Limits 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\/DPDLQGImEFw?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>The Black Angels are currently on headline US tour with The Black Lips, dates here: <a href=\"http:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-bdhhytt-ejlihlkhu-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">theblackangels.com<\/a>, and they&#8217;ve announced selected UK shows for August.<\/p>\n<p>Aug 19 \/ UK, Brecon Beacons \/ Green Man<br \/>\nAug 21 \/ UK, Manchester \/ The Ritz<br \/>\nAug 22 \/ UK, London \/ Troxy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Austin psych-rock standard-bearers The Black Angels have shared an unreleased demo version of Half Believing, the brooding centrepiece of their new album \u2018Death Song\u2019 (out <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28873\" title=\"The Black Angels share unreleased demo for &#8216;Half Believing&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28875,"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":[22,23,25,28],"tags":[6031,352,6137,3849,3694],"class_list":["post-28873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-live","category-music","tag-death-song","tag-demo","tag-half-believing","tag-psych","tag-the-black-angels"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/webTBAPressPhotoJuly20172SandyCarson.jpg?fit=900%2C601&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-7vH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28510,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28510","url_meta":{"origin":28873,"position":0},"title":"The Black Angels share video for new single &#8216;Half Believing&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Austin psych-rock godfathers The Black Angels have shared a music video for Half Believing, lead track off their latest record 'Death Song' out now via Partisan Records. 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