Black Midi have shared a new jam and spoken word album entitled, ‘The Black Midi Anthology Vol. 1: Tales of Suspense and Revenge’, on Bandcamp.The album consists of four edited short stories read by members of the band from Guy De Maupassant, Robert Tressel, Edgar Allen Poe and Ernest Hemingway, over jams from the band.
Three instrumental mixes, taken from much of the same recordings as the spoken word tracks, are also included.The instantly recognisable voice of frontman Geordie Greep reads Poe’s Hop Frog and A Woman’s Confession by Maupassant.
Drummer Morgan Simpson takes on Hemingway’s Out of Season, while bassist-vocalist Cameron Picton reads an extract from The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell.The album was released.
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