Posts tagged Blackout Transmission
Full Album Review - Sound & Vision Musica (Mexico City)

“We welcome Blackout Transmission onto our radar. . . one of the finest bands to come out of Los Angeles, California recently; a quartet that rocks between alternative rock and shoegaze.

One of the most spectacular debut albums of this year and other recent years. They sound like a light in the dark; a hope in the face of adversity. They sound like so many things that stir the fibers and take sighs. And we rub our hands over what may be the beginning of a promising career.”

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"Portals" Video Premeire - New Noise Magazine

Last month, New Noise Magazine premiered Sparse Illumination, the debut LP from L.A.-based post-punk outfit Blackout Transmission. Collectively, the eight tracks on the album, out now through Etxe Records, combine for a tight 34-minute dose of post-punk, shoegaze, and neo-psychedelia that evokes low-shutter-speed nocturnal journeys through desert canyons and winding coastal highways

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Metal Trenches Full Album Review (8.7/10) - Blackout Transmission "Sparse Illumination"

Quite a bit of UK shoegaze influence comes through only a few minutes into Sparse Illumination, recalling different periods of classic bands like Ride, Swervedriver, and Catherine Wheel. But where some of the well-known albums from those artists still had more of a driving tempo, Blackout Transmission chooses to instead embrace a more laid-back and hypnotic approach to their songwriting which brings in just as much inspiration from psychedelic rock. But where this band starts to deviate is in the darker textures they bring to the table, as rather than maintaining the consistently brighter tonality songs like “Heavy Circles” and “Pacifica” head in darker and noisier directions by the end, bringing some of the grittiness of their home city into the music. It’s the type of album that you can put on, close your eyes, and totally lose yourself in as the textures wash over you and, in that regard, Sparse Illumination remains consistent from beginning to end.

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New Noise Magazine - Blackout Transmission Album Premiere

L.A.-based post-punk outfit Blackout Transmission are ready to unveil their debut LP, Sparse Illumination, out February 19 through Etxe Records.

Collectively, the eight tracks on Sparse Illumination combine for a tight 34-minute dose of post-punk, shoegaze, and neo-psychedelia that evokes low-shutter-speed nocturnal journeys through desert canyons and winding coastal highways.

New Noise Magazine is proud to premiere Blackout Transmission’s debut full-length album a day early through the Bandcamp link below:Pre-order and stream Sparse Illumination through Bandcamp here.

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Spill Magazine Premieres Blackout Transmission Song "Sleepwalking Again”

Spill Magazine states that “Sleepwalking Again closes the album reflecting upon exhausting, widening income inequality and social movements with a simmer- to-a-boil composition that conjures the more reflective moments of Unwound and early Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.”

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Echoes & Dust Premieres Blackout Transmission's "Since She Guided You Away"

“Bright and gleaming at times, warm and meditative at others, Sparse Illumination effectively creates a seamless, lysergic journey filled [that] . . . nails the shimmering, chiming guitar sounds of the 80s Liverpool and Manchester scenes .. with irresistible grooves soothing, ethereal vocals recalling Ian McCulloch at his finest.”

As a full body of work, Echoes & Dust states that “this is above all an album dripping in psych; and while it never reaches the heights of space rock, it delivers an abundance of mesmeric moments that touch the stratosphere. Sparse Illumination it may be, but this soundscape has more than enough candlepower to light up our permanent pandemic twilight.”

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Blackout Transmission - Release Lead Single "Portals"

Treble Zine says that the single is “a fuzzy, hard-driving rock ‘n’ roll track at heart, but it’s wrapped up in a dense, swirling array of effects, offering an otherworldly, cosmic, psychedelic illusion” with “vocalist Christopher Goett showcasing a voice that’s uncannily similar to Echo & the Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch”.

Buzzbands LA details that “the first single “Portals,” with its shimmering grandiosity, actually recalls the dark, first-album music of the Verve.”

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Blackout Transmission Recording at Dream Machine

n early January 2020, Blackout Transmission traversed the 710 south and spent several days in Long Beach at Dream Machine LB recording their debut full-length LP. Scott Holmes (of Highlands) engineered the session and is co-producing the record with the band.

Noted LA-based photographer, Rudy Espinoza, captured some photos of the band laying down some overdubs.

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Highlands Record Release Show - Long Beach!

Two Etxe Records Artists join a Dia De Los Muertos lineup at Alex’s Bar Long Beach celebrating Highlands release of wish you were.


Vinyl Williams https://vinylwilliams.bandcamp.com/
Highlands https://highlandsband.bandcamp.com/
Drugs
Blackout Transmission https://blackouttransmission.bandcamp.com/

$7 ADV $10 DOS
8PM, 21+

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New Music and Updates!

2019 is here and we’ve got much news to share . . . we are excited to let you know about some new music. The Red Fetish released a gorgeous instrumental album called “Arrebol y Páramo”.

On March 1st, 2019, Blackout Transmission will be releasing their first official digital single “Verdant Return” available for pre-order in our webstore and Bandcamp.

Magic Wands are gearing up to release the ‘electronic edition’ of their debut album titled “Aloha Moon 19” this spring.

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