black midi’s ambitious fantasy world wasn’t built to last
thefader.comImprovisation was always key to black midi, right down to the news of their hiatus. “black midi was an interesting band that’s indefinitely over” Geordie Greep wrote in a comment on Instagram Live this week, a message that was screencapped and shared by the experimental rock group’s passionate and extremely online fanbase.
Greep’s bandmate, Cameron Picton, wrote and then deleted a subsequent post confirming that Greep’s announcement was true but unplanned (“blindsided as everyone else last night but maybe in a different way”).
The band’s management later came through with a more traditional announcement, telling The Quietus that the group have “agreed to have a break and do some solo work, with the understanding the black midi door be left open.”.
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