My daughter was in the same class as Geordie at BRIT School. She got to gig with him a few times (and, as parents, we got to see him play at group performances etc). He was a fucking genius on guitar, even back then! Big Genesis fan, as well....
i was going to comment something like this. i've come back to this video several times as if it were an album. Geordie's just too good, truly shaping up to be one of the greats
Fell in love with this show back before any of the songs had names, loving it now that we have the album. I'm still DESPERATE for a better quality version of Alaska (glad it at least has a name). Gonna be keeping an eye of Felix to see if we'll end up getting it
Untitled 7 is incredible, happy to see him exploring the jazz rock in his own way and it's so fluent. New band with new people definitely inspired him some. Still miss black midi but I'm willing to see them have their rest while trying new things and keeping performing. Thank you so much again for archiving this very first set, and hope to see this band one day myself!
Also noticed two members: Cello: Felix from Ethan P Flynn's band Drum kits: Nicco from Kaidi's solo band Haven't seen others before but they are also good! Especially the keyboardist
Would love to hear this put to tape. Seems like it would be a great addition to the jazz rock / jazz-fusion canon amongst the likes of Hot Rats and Aja
if this was the first gig with their lineup, they are already incredibly tight with this material. The flowing during the 'band introductions' is what im talking about
Timestamps! Put the first line of the song my brain could parse into words w/ the untitleds so I could tell them apart 0:00 - Walk on 0:46 - "It's a wonderful day" 0:57 - Untitled 1 ("You're all grown up, you have your own stole, your own opera gloves") 6:35 - Lumps 9:58 - "The first show of this new confederacy" 10:13 - Untitled 2 ("It's not open to the public") 15:20 - Band introductions 21:03 - "Up next is a song by Felix" 21:13 - Untitled 3 (Felix's song) 25:46 - "Everybody sing bravo!" 26:17 - Untitled 4 ("...the streets sound like music, and music is just noise") 31:32 - Untitled 5 ("Two mice commit hari-kari in the corner of my room") 35:39 - "Where's Shank! Where's Shanko!" 36:10 - Untitled 6 (Shank's song) 40:56 - Shank guitar moment™ 41:55 - Shank keyboard moment™ 42:31 - "Ah.... ok!" 42:47 - Untitled 7 ("...take you out to get married, to make you mine") 50:39 - "We're the swing boys!" 51:03 - Hello Dolly 53:00 - Second band introduction and goodbye
Lyrics for untitled one - “you’re all grown up, you have your own stove and your own pair of oven gloves” makes a lot more sense in terms of the rest of the song imo.
This new sound is amazing, takes that jazz rock/showbiz like sounds from hellfire and makes it the forefront, so fire. Just wish there a little bit of sax lol
New to this but so wowed by his playing and performance chops. Unfamiliar with black midi so I have some homework to do...THANKS (Signed, Old Dog New Ticks)
Cavalcade is my favorite black midi album and I was just starving for more music like it and this is just less deranged version of Cavalcade. Awesome! Can't wait till they record this properly.
I think this is just the progression greep is going towards, a lot of his current taste (from twitter) seems to be a lot of classical singers and jazz stuffs but who do I know I don’t know the guy he definitely always liked jazz
@@CoopStewy didn't argue with that. I was just thinking about that because black midi's last tour they defaulted back to their schlag stage setup (2 guitars instead of keys) and played heavier versions of the hellfire and cavalcade songs. Greep clearly is a jazz guy yeah true
Geordie Greep - the only man on earth who can impersonate Robert Fripp's fingers and Adrian Belew's mouth simultaneously. Also, he seems to be leaning even deeper into that half-parodic, half-serious embrace of straightahead jazz he did with Black Midi - a sort of Frank Zappa approach, perhaps, where he genuinely loves jazz but can't resist making fun of its conventions.
@@Miguel-m1j9m Good point. Not Scott's range - Geordie's a tenor rather than a baritone - but his sound, his phrasing, and his penchant for juxtaposing a crooner's delivery with utterly crazy songs and lyrics.
@@Baribrotzer Scott Walker Sings Jacques Brel is a compilation of Jacques Brel compositions recorded by Scott Walker during the period of 1967 to 1969. Check them out, even Bowie and Radiohead were influenced by it
If all these songs get on an album and are performed even just close to this great, it'd be my favorite album of all time, I can't stop listening to this
Regarding all the rumours about Black Midi breaking up, I personally find it very hard to believe there'd be any genuine bad blood between any of the members - if there is they've certainly been real fucking good at hiding it. But when you consider the kind of musicians that they are it makes a lot more sense to me that they simply wanna put Black Midi as a project on hold for a little while and do side quests like this (I mean their touring schedule from 2021-2023 was absolutely relentless, any band would probably wanna take a good year off after a run like that). My theory is that they want to emphasize "Black Midi New Road" (maybe including HMLTD as well considering Shank) as a collective of musicians who do side projects with each other and other people in addition to the main two projects (can you tell I'm still holding out hope for a full Black Midi New Road collab album lol). But regardless of whether Black Midi is done or not, we can be sure whatever stuff Geordie and Cam put out with these side projects will be amazing, and to me that's really all that matters. Edit 12/08/2024: Well don't I look like a chump now lmao. Guess we're never gonna get that Black Midi New Road collab album. Granted, it's still highly likely that _members_ of BM and BCNR might collaborate on an album or two in the future, but since BM as a band are no more, the ultimate dream of an album by a 9-piece BMNR can safely be put to bed. Goodnight sweet prince
Black midi is my favorite band of all time. While I am somewhat put off by the absence of Cam and Morgan, this absolutely fuckin rules. I love the new direction, and anything Greep touches is gold. like erm… uhh… fortnite midas.. like fortnite!
as awesome as it is, the fact that this is happening simultaneous to Cameron's solo tour opening for BCNR makes me fear an impending hiatus or breakup of black midi...
i really thought Lp4 was around the corner, since they were playing new songs and had been realising an album every year. But I'm guessing they might be taking a break maybe
Think I heard bm play lumps a while a go in their set guess greep has plans for it to go in a different set up (also big up to Mike the bass player from endless digital birthdays great band)
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is it just me or does the frontman kinda look like the guy from black midi
I don't really see the resemblance, but he should collab w image de la camera for sure
Just you
In an alternate universe the frontman of black midi wishes he looked like the frontman of Geordie Greep and The Swing Boys
nah just u mate
nah thats james chance
loved this new king crimson lineup
I had the exact same thought, makes me wonder if this will also be called black midi
get michael on the chapman stick !!
I felt more Mahavishnu Orchestra on this one.
Gotta call Robert now asap
Deadass
Geordie is going to be considered a legend in the future
My daughter was in the same class as Geordie at BRIT School. She got to gig with him a few times (and, as parents, we got to see him play at group performances etc). He was a fucking genius on guitar, even back then! Big Genesis fan, as well....
jazzpunk rocker
this gives me the same excitement from listening kexp at home the first time
i really like the bassists energy
KEXP was actually life changing
I can't stop watching this. Geordie's peaking. This is astoundingly good music. Barely believable.
i was going to comment something like this. i've come back to this video several times as if it were an album. Geordie's just too good, truly shaping up to be one of the greats
They were in danger of all playing the same song on a couple of occasions
Its good music i think . So maybe keep your opinion to yourself! !!!!
Yeah damm looking rough a few months ago, but songs like bongo season are way more cohesive
@@helveticabestfont12345 pretty sure It was a joke about the style of the music
You must not Jazz
Fucking unbelievable, there's never going to be another Geordie Greep.
damn, geordie greep is such an amazing performer
Finally, we have White Midi
White Minuit
@@tbsq1114This is the funniest thing I've seen today
shank's song is absolutely insane wow
this man is a genius
His music is so addictive
Hyperbole
@@TeddyBullard nah
fellas i cannot stop watching this. a bit more obsessed with The New Sound than i had anticipated.
I'm back for my second listen
Fell in love with this show back before any of the songs had names, loving it now that we have the album.
I'm still DESPERATE for a better quality version of Alaska (glad it at least has a name). Gonna be keeping an eye of Felix to see if we'll end up getting it
Untitled 7 is incredible, happy to see him exploring the jazz rock in his own way and it's so fluent. New band with new people definitely inspired him some. Still miss black midi but I'm willing to see them have their rest while trying new things and keeping performing. Thank you so much again for archiving this very first set, and hope to see this band one day myself!
@@blooeyesbad news friend
Also noticed two members:
Cello: Felix from Ethan P Flynn's band
Drum kits: Nicco from Kaidi's solo band
Haven't seen others before but they are also good! Especially the keyboardist
I think the bassist is in Endless Digital Birthdays
Felix (possibly along with #ninalim?) also played strings during the Jockstrap Barbican shows.
that bassist is so powerful
Would love to hear this put to tape. Seems like it would be a great addition to the jazz rock / jazz-fusion canon amongst the likes of Hot Rats and Aja
if this was the first gig with their lineup, they are already incredibly tight with this material. The flowing during the 'band introductions' is what im talking about
Is no one going to talk about how fucking wild that opening riff is
wow
Brooo
This new sound is pretty fire
Maybe this is the shank Greep solo project they were talking about
Perhaps, but Shank was only on for one song.
so cool seeing a band with a cello.. go felix!!
Absolutely Banging! Great bunch of Musicians you've pulled together Geordie.
Timestamps! Put the first line of the song my brain could parse into words w/ the untitleds so I could tell them apart
0:00 - Walk on
0:46 - "It's a wonderful day"
0:57 - Untitled 1 ("You're all grown up, you have your own stole, your own opera gloves")
6:35 - Lumps
9:58 - "The first show of this new confederacy"
10:13 - Untitled 2 ("It's not open to the public")
15:20 - Band introductions
21:03 - "Up next is a song by Felix"
21:13 - Untitled 3 (Felix's song)
25:46 - "Everybody sing bravo!"
26:17 - Untitled 4 ("...the streets sound like music, and music is just noise")
31:32 - Untitled 5 ("Two mice commit hari-kari in the corner of my room")
35:39 - "Where's Shank! Where's Shanko!"
36:10 - Untitled 6 (Shank's song)
40:56 - Shank guitar moment™
41:55 - Shank keyboard moment™
42:31 - "Ah.... ok!"
42:47 - Untitled 7 ("...take you out to get married, to make you mine")
50:39 - "We're the swing boys!"
51:03 - Hello Dolly
53:00 - Second band introduction and goodbye
Lyrics for untitled one - “you’re all grown up, you have your own stove and your own pair of oven gloves” makes a lot more sense in terms of the rest of the song imo.
"first show of this new configuration"
so good to see greep solo for extended periods of time. don’t get that as much in bm.
This is fuckin lightning, this gives me chills, holy moly
This new sound is amazing, takes that jazz rock/showbiz like sounds from hellfire and makes it the forefront, so fire. Just wish there a little bit of sax lol
A sax would’ve made this show too powerful I think the building would’ve fallen in by the sheer sound
say that again
say that again
Literally the new sound
say that again
I always knew that frank zappa would return from the spirit realm someday
Geordie is the modern guitar god, none stand against him
did we watch the same video?
This is really streching it tooooo much
I think songwriting is his thing. He's an incredible guitarist, but that's just stretching it
New to this but so wowed by his playing and performance chops. Unfamiliar with black midi so I have some homework to do...THANKS (Signed, Old Dog New Ticks)
black midis three albums are masterpieces
Cavalcade is my favorite black midi album and I was just starving for more music like it and this is just less deranged version of Cavalcade. Awesome!
Can't wait till they record this properly.
This video is a dream for guitarists trying to learn how to play those damn chords. Thank you!
Thanks! Was in the back of my mind while I was filming so I'm glad someone is appreciating it
Cant wait to listen to the album. So much great Jazz and Jazz influenced music coming from the UK this last few years
This may be my personality for the rest of my life I believe
Wow… it’s just like… literally every single song here is so good and fresh. Greep is going nowhere in the music scene. This is so fantastic!!!
18:10 holy shit its soundcheck
Geordie Greep and The Swing Boys
0:56 "Grown Up"
6:35 Lumps
10:13 "Not Open"
21:13 "Felix's Song"
26:17 "Street Noise"
31:32 "Two Mice"
36:10 "Shank's Song"
42:47 "Get Married"
51:03 Hello Dolly
The bossa nova influence in untitled 2, so good 😫😫😫
Salsa influence
Can't stop rewatching the whole thing
This is so fire
this rocks so hard, thanks
Thank you so so much for uploading this for me and Luna, you're the bestest :)) Wish I could have been there, and see you soon!!!!!
You will get to London for one of these I stg!!!!! Happy belated birthday
I just wanna watch musicals with greep
this existing makes sense, i don't think greep's more "classy" songs fit black midi that well, hope BM goes more in a experimental way going forward
I think this is just the progression greep is going towards, a lot of his current taste (from twitter) seems to be a lot of classical singers and jazz stuffs but who do I know I don’t know the guy he definitely always liked jazz
@@CoopStewy didn't argue with that. I was just thinking about that because black midi's last tour they defaulted back to their schlag stage setup (2 guitars instead of keys) and played heavier versions of the hellfire and cavalcade songs. Greep clearly is a jazz guy yeah true
i wonder how much of this stuff will be on "The New Sound" - a lot of it I hope.
All of it apart from Alaska and the cover at the end
Insane lyricism, unique style, humor, blending of genres, impeccable skill its too much goddamn greepo what even are you
Geordie Greep - the only man on earth who can impersonate Robert Fripp's fingers and Adrian Belew's mouth simultaneously.
Also, he seems to be leaning even deeper into that half-parodic, half-serious embrace of straightahead jazz he did with Black Midi - a sort of Frank Zappa approach, perhaps, where he genuinely loves jazz but can't resist making fun of its conventions.
his tone is more like Scott walker than Belew
@@Miguel-m1j9m Good point.
Not Scott's range - Geordie's a tenor rather than a baritone - but his sound, his phrasing, and his penchant for juxtaposing a crooner's delivery with utterly crazy songs and lyrics.
@@Baribrotzer All coming from Jaque Brel
@@Miguel-m1j9m That's a good point, and one I didn't notice - I'm from the States, and hence don't know much about Brel.
@@Baribrotzer Scott Walker Sings Jacques Brel is a compilation of Jacques Brel compositions recorded by Scott Walker during the period of 1967 to 1969. Check them out, even Bowie and Radiohead were influenced by it
If all these songs get on an album and are performed even just close to this great, it'd be my favorite album of all time, I can't stop listening to this
39:30 is just so insanely good
Thank you so much for uploading this! The new songs sound amazing, I hope there’s an album some day 👀
THIS IS ILLEGAL
LOVE THIS VID SO MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH, THANKS FOR UPLOADING
considering they played Lumps, i wonder if -were this configuration to release an album- they'd record Magician
And also Faster Amaranta!! I'm dying to hear that song in studio version
guess what
fucking legend always come through, what a treat
I love this man
“Have you seen a woman give birth to a goat? That’s what courage looks like!”
Fuckin Greep
Regarding all the rumours about Black Midi breaking up, I personally find it very hard to believe there'd be any genuine bad blood between any of the members - if there is they've certainly been real fucking good at hiding it. But when you consider the kind of musicians that they are it makes a lot more sense to me that they simply wanna put Black Midi as a project on hold for a little while and do side quests like this (I mean their touring schedule from 2021-2023 was absolutely relentless, any band would probably wanna take a good year off after a run like that). My theory is that they want to emphasize "Black Midi New Road" (maybe including HMLTD as well considering Shank) as a collective of musicians who do side projects with each other and other people in addition to the main two projects (can you tell I'm still holding out hope for a full Black Midi New Road collab album lol). But regardless of whether Black Midi is done or not, we can be sure whatever stuff Geordie and Cam put out with these side projects will be amazing, and to me that's really all that matters.
Edit 12/08/2024: Well don't I look like a chump now lmao. Guess we're never gonna get that Black Midi New Road collab album. Granted, it's still highly likely that _members_ of BM and BCNR might collaborate on an album or two in the future, but since BM as a band are no more, the ultimate dream of an album by a 9-piece BMNR can safely be put to bed. Goodnight sweet prince
omg yap police arrest this man
@@sameccleston8673 will you shut up man
@@sameccleston8673 short attention span police arrest this man
Please never say post brexit british Rock equivalent to native tongues again
And they gone
that second performance is just *mwah*
this is fucking INSANE
Grooves for days 😪🥲
Really wanna hear a studio recorded version of this music! Sound great! Loads going on!
36:10 Ladies and Gentlemen, Scott Walker is back!
Geordie Greep in his hot midi phase.🔥🔥🔥
felix's song is awesome
so is shank's song
greep needs to drop this shit immediately
Bro explain
like put it out?
i like how this comment can be interpreted in two different ways
Why would he?? This is great
@@brendoncooper4529i think he meant drop as in release. Translation: Greep needs to release this shit immediately
Untitled 7 is stunning wowwww
flopmidi in their slaymidi era
HELL YEAH 🎀🎀
nah this mf wants to be the british frank zappa let him cook🗣‼️🗣‼️🗣‼️
felix's song is beautiful
greep in his sex era
please keep it classy........
@@blackmidiarchive my apologies..
Always has been
his holy era
Black midi is my favorite band of all time. While I am somewhat put off by the absence of Cam and Morgan, this absolutely fuckin rules. I love the new direction, and anything Greep touches is gold. like erm… uhh… fortnite midas.. like fortnite!
30:07 That bit sounds a lot like Magician
Do y'all plan on releasing this?? ITS SO GOOD got my toes curling and my spine shrinking
puro fuego hombre goddamn.
Si
Thank you for filming
God damn does Untitled 2 scratch my brain so good
Thank you GlopGlidi
any time bapncug
Greep is a living legend
the magic of ecm jazz influence
What if all of this is just lp4???
Praying Magician is a part of it
2026 brotha
this is outstanding. black midi or not, i need to hear it in proper studio recorded fashion
🎀
🎀🎀
🎀🎀🎀
as awesome as it is, the fact that this is happening simultaneous to Cameron's solo tour opening for BCNR makes me fear an impending hiatus or breakup of black midi...
especially with how similar this sound is to bm i was thinking the same thing :/
and it happened...
@@watchhiddenside sure enough...
Fuckin Visionary
I mean, this sounds great. This also sounds exactly like black midi, so I don't know exactly what were his intentions.
Nevertheless, give me more
holy fuck this is amazing
it is still amazing my god
I saw Black Midi when they came to San Jose, and while the entire band was good, Geordie's vocals blew me away.
Surreal
18:11 Soundcheck new one😔
this rocks
holy shit the piano on lumps
thank you youtube algorithm
wonder what this means for black midi, either way tho this is super cool
Geordie doing this and Cam opening for bc,nr in u.s next month. Wonder what Morgan's doing
i really thought Lp4 was around the corner, since they were playing new songs and had been realising an album every year. But I'm guessing they might be taking a break maybe
😭😭thank u
Oh My God
the silence in as if waltz XDDD
this sounds like black midi with a new coat of paint lmao
These frontman has some huge potential and impressive skills, hope he doesn't make weird music someday, this is so solid
bro lumps??? was this intended to be a part of this project all along?? super cool
Hey Alex
Yeah I’m going to need a recorded copy of Felix’s song STAT
band introduction went unnecessarily hard
Think I heard bm play lumps a while a go in their set guess greep has plans for it to go in a different set up (also big up to Mike the bass player from endless digital birthdays great band)
two mice harakiri in the corner of your room lmao