black midiBest black midi Albums Ranked
8.4
Avg Score
38
Opinions
5
Albums
14
Reviewers
Summary from 38 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated black midi's catalog across 5 albums from 38 opinions, with an overall average of 8.4/10. The top-rated black midi album is Hellfire (2022) with a 8.3/10 average from 12 ratings, followed by Schlagenheim and Cavalcade. The discography on Wavelength spans 2019 to 2022. John L ranks as the highest-rated black midi song on Wavelength with a 9.2/10 average.
Schlagenheim
“I’ll admit this at the beginning—I have no idea what black midi sounds like. After seeing them at South By Southwest this year, I tried, and failed, to nail it down: “They’re simultaneously an art rock act, a post-punk group, a noise band, a free-jazz ensemble, and an improvisational outfit that’s somehow both tight and loose at the same time.” I later described them as “Parquet Courts-meets-a-fre”
Hellfire
“**Favorite tracks:** HELLFIRE, SUGAR/TZU, WELCOME TO HELL, STILL, THE RACE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN, DANGEROUS LIAISONS, THE DEFENCE, 27 QUESTIONS **Least favorite track:** EAT MEN EAT [Watch the review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miR30bsSH4E)”
Hellfire
“Black Midi are interviewed in the latest issue of Loud And Quiet. Grab your copy here. “There’s always something,” blurts Geordie Greep barely six seconds into Hellfire, all nasal, wild-eyed and frenetic. “An odd twitch, hearing loss, a ringing noise, new flesh,” he continues over an unhinged, Bach-style pipe organ, “A new bump, a weightlessness, a headache, a sore limb,” before drum fills, sax a”
Hellfire
“Hellfire is Black Midi at their most devilish and maniacal”
Cavalcade
“The second Black Midi album will no doubt come as a surprise to many. For starters, at the time of writing, it is yet to be publicly announced, despite its imminent release date. After a well-documented ‘meteoric rise’, which saw the young London-based band go from Brit School graduates to Brixton Windmill regulars to Mercury Prize nominees in just two years, and with guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Ke”
Cavalcade
“Black Midi's weird and wonderful reign continues on Cavalcade”
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