The Black Queen have shared their video for Thrown Into The Dark. You can check out the clip below via YouTube. The band members said the following of the song and video – “This is a song, we made a video,” explains Greg Puciato (ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan). Steven Alexander Ryan (Nine Inch Nails/A Perfect Circle technician) adds, “We like it.” The Black Queen is rounded out by Josh Eustis (Telefon Tel Aviv).
Thrown Into The Dark comes out as the band prepares for the release of ‘Infinite Games’ on September 28, as well as a trio of US dates before venturing to Europe for a month-long tour. Full list of dates is below. “I think right now, the whole industrial, noise, electronic, ambient scene in L.A. is second only to Berlin,” Puciato said in a recent interview with Alternative Press about The Black Queen’s appeal to industrial music fans. “The majority of my friend circle is in that scene. The other night I saw Drew McDowall of Coil play a noise set in a church at midnight. There were three cool things happening [in the city] that night. It’s a pretty exciting time for this scene to be out here.”
‘Infinite Games’ follows a bunch of emotional moments for the band members, from Puciato’s Polish bus accident, the demise of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Eustis’ return to Telefon Tel Aviv, and a robbery of the trio’s storage space. “This time, we learned how to do everything ourselves,” explains Puciato, discussing what’s changed since the band’s debut, ‘Fever Daydream’. “There’s less uncertainty and more confidence. I’m speaking both about the artistic and business aspect of creating and releasing an album. As for what’s changed with ‘Infinite Games’, I think it feels more conceptual as an album. It’s less a collection of songs and more about the front to back listen. Probably because it wasn’t compiled over a four-year span of time like the last one. This one is actually hookier but more insidious, it’s a more delicate record.”
Pre-orders are available now via theblackqueen.com.
The Black Queen tour dates
US dates
September 15 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre
September 23 Chicago, IL Metro
September 28 Los Angeles, CA 1720
European dates
October 5 Bristol, UK Thekla
October 7 Glasgow, UK SWG3 Studio Warehouse
October 8 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club
October 9 Manchester, UK Deaf Institute
October 10 Nottingham, UK Nottingham Contemporary
October 11 London, UK Bush Hall
October 12 Tilburg, Netherlands Poppodium 013
October 15 Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Sint-Niklaas De Casino
October 16 Frankfurt, Germany Zoom
October 18 Cologne, Germany Blue Shell
October 19 Paris, France Supersonic
October 20 Milan, Italy Legend 54
October 22 Vienna, Austria B 72
October 23 Munich, Germany Backstage Halle
October 24 Leipzig, Germany Werk 2
October 25 Prague, Czech Republic Chapeau Rouge
October 26 Warsaw, Poland Klug Hybrydy
October 27 Berlin, Germany Gretchen
October 28 Hamburg, Germany Nochtspeicher
October 30 Copenhagen, Denmark Stengade
October 31 Oslo, Norway Parkteatret
November 1 Stockholm, Sweden Nalen
November 3 St. Petersburg, Russia Mod Club
November 4 Moscow, Russia 16 Tons
January 18 Sydney, Australia Landsdowne Hotel
January 19 Melbourne, Australia Northcote Social Club
For more information on The Black Queen, visit theblackqueen.com.
