Coming in at #59 in our best songs of 2015 countdown, one of two tracks to make our list from the most original sounding band of 2015, Black Eunuch from multi-racial, Atlanta-based Algiers self-titled debut.
Combining elements of gospel, rock, heavy funk and atonal industrial noise, this overtly political act's defining trait is their afrofolk backing vocals, which are typically processed to evoke the chain gang or plantation field hand chants of American centuries past.
Dealing with all these contradictory and propulsive musical elements isn't always a sure thing -- their sound can sometimes get quite muddy and jumbled -- but when it all comes together, as it did here on Black Eunuch and another track to be named later from their debut, the results were amongst the most exciting music of 2015. (PS, if you like this, early reviews on their 2017 follow up The Underside Of Power have been very strong)
Here's the official video.
Combining elements of gospel, rock, heavy funk and atonal industrial noise, this overtly political act's defining trait is their afrofolk backing vocals, which are typically processed to evoke the chain gang or plantation field hand chants of American centuries past.
Dealing with all these contradictory and propulsive musical elements isn't always a sure thing -- their sound can sometimes get quite muddy and jumbled -- but when it all comes together, as it did here on Black Eunuch and another track to be named later from their debut, the results were amongst the most exciting music of 2015. (PS, if you like this, early reviews on their 2017 follow up The Underside Of Power have been very strong)
Here's the official video.
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