So Medieval
Blue Bendy
| Formats | Tracks | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12" Vinyl Album | 10 tracks | £27.00 | |
| Download Album (MP3) | 10 tracks | £7.99 | |
| Download Album (WAV) | 10 tracks | £7.99 | |
| Download individual tracks | From £0.99 | ||
Description
Blue Bendy - So Medieval
Blue Bendy, the self-proclaimed 'third best guitar band in London', have released their highly anticipated debut album So Medieval, out now via The state51 Conspiracy.
Pitchfork ★★★★ 8.0 "Beneath the thick veneer of droll affectation, this London-via-Scunthorpe band writes with uncommon poignancy about the nature of art, ambition, and success”
★★★★ "surprises at every turn" - NME
Clash Magazine ★★★★ "glorious inversion of guitar pop”
★★★★★ "genius" - Overblown
Uncut ★★★★ "a pleasingly unpredictable and singular debut"
"the most underrated band in London"The Guardian
DIY Magazine ★★★★ “Keeps the listener on their toes at every turn”
★★★★“like an audiobook during a car crash” - Line of Best Fit
'So Medieval’ captures all the musical foibles, idiosyncrasies and departures from the norm which Blue Bendy have displayed across their previous releases. Expressing their sound over the course of a full record for the first time, the album is an explosive mix of genre, atmosphere and emotions. The end result is something rare for a new band: a debut album which is as experimental as it is confident and assured, as tender as it is visceral, as quiet as it is loud, as bloody as it is teary.
Genres: Alternative, Art-Rock, Crank Wave, Post-Punk, Indie Pop, Indie
LP:
+ Black 180g 12" vinyl
+ with printed lyric inners
Having toured as main support for Squid and Cola as well as playing packed out tents at festivals like End Of The Road and Green Man, Blue Bendy have struck a balance between being obviously skilled musicians, writing complex, layered, overlapping and ambitious compositions, while also utilising space, breadth, and restraint. Their music is bursting with dynamism, exploring push-pull dynamics that results in something ceaselessly unpredictable.
UK TOUR 2024
Blue Bendy - So Medieval
Blue Bendy - The Day I Said You'd Died (He Lives)
Blue Bendy - Come On Baby, Dig! (Official Video, directed by Michael Julings)
Blue Bendy - Mr. Bubblegum (Official Video)
Pitchfork ★★★★ 8.0 "Beneath the thick veneer of droll affectation, this London-via-Scunthorpe band writes with uncommon poignancy about the nature of art, ambition, and success”
★★★★ "surprises at every turn" - NME
Clash Magazine ★★★★ "glorious inversion of guitar pop”
★★★★★ "genius" - Overblown
Uncut ★★★★ "a pleasingly unpredictable and singular debut"
"the most underrated band in London"The Guardian
DIY Magazine ★★★★ “Keeps the listener on their toes at every turn”
★★★★“like an audiobook during a car crash” - Line of Best Fit
'So Medieval’ captures all the musical foibles, idiosyncrasies and departures from the norm which Blue Bendy have displayed across their previous releases. Expressing their sound over the course of a full record for the first time, the album is an explosive mix of genre, atmosphere and emotions. The end result is something rare for a new band: a debut album which is as experimental as it is confident and assured, as tender as it is visceral, as quiet as it is loud, as bloody as it is teary.
Genres: Alternative, Art-Rock, Crank Wave, Post-Punk, Indie Pop, Indie
LP:
+ Black 180g 12" vinyl
+ with printed lyric inners
Having toured as main support for Squid and Cola as well as playing packed out tents at festivals like End Of The Road and Green Man, Blue Bendy have struck a balance between being obviously skilled musicians, writing complex, layered, overlapping and ambitious compositions, while also utilising space, breadth, and restraint. Their music is bursting with dynamism, exploring push-pull dynamics that results in something ceaselessly unpredictable.
UK TOUR 2024
Blue Bendy - So Medieval
Blue Bendy - The Day I Said You'd Died (He Lives)
Blue Bendy - Come On Baby, Dig! (Official Video, directed by Michael Julings)
Blue Bendy - Mr. Bubblegum (Official Video)
Reviews
★★★★ "surprises at every turn" - NME★★★★ "glorious inversion of guitar pop” - Clash Magazine
“Inscrutable and compelling” - Pitchfork
★★★★★ "genius" - Overblown
★★★★ "a pleasingly unpredictable and singular debut" - Uncut
"the most underrated band in London"The Guardian
★★★★“like an audiobook during a car crash” - Line of Best Fit
DIY Magazine ★★★★ “Keeps the listener on their toes at every turn”
"Blue Bendy make a kind of arch, skeletal post-punk that owes as much to King Krule as to any traditional band" - Stereogum
"one of the most unique bands in London today, creating masterfully unpredictable music" -Hard Of Hearing
"Blue Bendy are the band of the moment" - The Indie Scene
“Indie is riddled with addled, verbose frontmen right now, but none so rapturous as Blue Bendy’s Arthur Nolan: here he dances all over splayed post-rock and micro-cataclysms.” - The Guardian
“The London-based band don’t hold back” - Fader