Black Honey share the powerful video for new single, ‘Fire’ + add UK live dates

Black Honey

Share the video for new single,

‘Fire’

(Watch here)

Listen to their new album,

‘Written & Directed’, out now

(Listen here) “If Black Honey have always had a touch of the cinematic about them, then ‘Written And Directed’ finds them going blockbuster” – **** NME“‘Written & Directed’ sees the quartet evolving into the rock outfit they’d always threatened to be” – **** DIY Magazine“Swaggering hooks, big horns…beautifully crafted cinematic pop”– The Guardian“The sound of a band that have pulled no punches, not compromising their vision in the slightest and yet still seem even more sharply focussed than their debut” – **** DORK“Cinematically-immersive work…transporting us into their empowering world” – CLASH

Much-loved UK band Black Honey have today shared the video for their new single, ‘Fire’, taken from their critically-acclaimed second album ‘Written & Directed’, out now on FoxFive Records. The ambitious and cinematic project sees the band push their sound to new heights, earning them their first ever top 10 record, charting at #7 – an incredible achievement for an independent U.K. rock band. ‘Fire’ is a powerful and unapologetic anthem, delivered defiantly by lead singer Izzy Phillips and dedicated to all women and marginalised people.

Listen to ‘Written & Directed’ here

The visual for ‘Fire’ was created by regular collaborator Craig Hemming, and follows animated characters struggling with the trials and tribulations of being an oppressed person and focuses on the fire and strength inside all of us. In Izzy’s own words: “Every woman or marginalised person has a fire in them even if it’s just a tiny flame. I wanted this song to feel like a war song to listen to that flame and fight for it with no apologies. The video is the first character animation we have made and has been a dream of mine for a long time. We created characters that represented different people from different worlds who are all part of one greater story and are connected by their inner flame.” ‘Fire’ video still

‘Written & Directed’ is Black Honey’s second album. It follows their outstanding self-titled debut released back in 2018 when the world that surrounded the Brighton four-piece looked and felt like a very different place. Black Honey however are still the bad-ass, truly original band they have always been, they’ve just graduated from the intriguingly anomalous newcomers to becoming one of UK indie’s most singular outfits.

They’ve travelled the world and released a Top 40 album; graced the cover of the NME and become the faces and soundtrack of Roberto Cavalli’s Milan Fashion Week show; smashed Glastonbury and supported Queens of the Stone Age, all without compromising a shred of the wild, wicked vision they first set out with. ‘Written & Directed’ delivers one, very singular, message, aiming to unashamedly plant a flag in the ground for strong, world-conquering women.

For fierce frontwoman and album protagonist Izzy B. Phillips – it’s the most important message she could send to inspire her cult-like fanbase and fill the female-shaped gap that she felt so acutely when she was growing up and discovering rock music for the first time. With a typically hyper-visual world referencing grindhouse cinema, kitschy pulp films and a flip-reverse of female cinematic representation all primed to unfurl and explode around them, ‘Written & Directed’ is the sound of Black Honey strapping in and saddling up, of harnessing their quirks, and, as the Phillips has always hoped, riding them joyously into the sunset.

Full UK tour dates

24th June – Banquet Pryzm, Kingston (Social Distant)

7th July – Rochester Castle (supporting The Libertines)

24th July – Truck Festival1st August – Y Not Festival

7th August – Get Together Festival (Headlining)

13th August – 110 Above Festival1

4th August – FestEvol, Liverpool

28th August – Victorious Festival

3rd September – Halifax, Piece Hall (Supporting The Cribs)

14th September – Jumbo, Leeds

15th September – Action, Preston

16th September – Vinolo in-store, Southampton

17th September – Sound Knowledge in-store, Marlborough

18th September – Cornwall, Eden Project (Supporting IDLES)

23rd September – Brighton, Chalk

4th October – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms

5th October – Birmingham, The Castle & Falcon

7th October – Glasgow, St Lukes

8th October – Manchester, Academy

29th October – Newcastle, Think Tank

10th October – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club (Community Room)

12th October – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach

13th October – London, Heaven

Watch ‘Fire’ here / Listen here

Watch ‘Back Of the Bar’ here /Listen here

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