On the cusp of our inaugural Louder Than War Festival, matched with the alleged unluckiness of Friday the 13th, Evil Blizzard treat us to more misery with their first vinyl single in three years, another blast of full on prog psych punk, laced with a touch of doom and some mental scathing guitars two minutes in. A taster for what I reckon is their most complete album yet, ready to take on the rock giants. Read on…
Preston’s multi masked bassed behemoth return with their first vinyl single in three years.
Taken from their forthcoming album ‘Death Songs & Lullabies’ (already being hailed as ‘their best and most cohesive album so far’) ‘Down Down Down’ is possibly the band’s most immediate and radio friendly single to date.
Released on limited edition white vinyl on the bands own Crackedankles Records, the single is accompanied by a ‘Surrealist line dancing with pork pies’ video. They don’t do normal.
The B side of the single sees the band explore their long standing love of dub reggae, with the imaginatively titled ‘Dub Dub Dub’ remix of the title track created by Filthydirty, with subsequent remixes by other artists to follow.
As well as their trademark ‘multi bass onslaught’, this albums sees sequencing, sampling and even the use of string instruments made from bone.
The album was recorded between September and November 2025 at Rock Hard Studios, Blackpool. improvised sessions were edited down into more ‘song’ structures, then reworked into the final pieces.
The single and album releases are supported by gigs at Manchester Academy (March 14th) and the prestigious 100 Club on March 28th.
Forewords by Wayne Carey, Reviews Editor for Louder Than War. His author profile is here
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