The Black Wizards announce their new album Force Majeure & The Acts of God, set for release on September 4 via Hassle Records. Alongside the announcement, the band share new single ‘Loose’.
Force Majeure & The Acts of God is named after the legal phrase used to describe uncontrollable circumstances, reflecting both the chaotic conditions surrounding the record’s creation and a sense of dark humour and defiance that runs through the album’s ten tracks.
The Porto-based trio of Joana Brito (guitar/vocals), José Gomes (bass/vocals) and Helena Peixoto (drums) present their fourth album and their first since 2019’s Reflections, marking a decisive break from their past. The doomy haze and sprawling stoner-rock tag that once followed the band has been stripped back in favour of something sharper and more poised, deftly traversing a wider sonic palette. These songs don’t lumber forward so much as lunge.
It’s a fresh take on their sound, embodied with the garage rock swagger and bluesy stomp of today’s new single ‘Loose’, which Joana describes as “a groovy wandering on anxiety thoughts and feeling trapped inside your own head.” She adds: “It’s about accepting those thought patterns and learning how to navigate through them. With everything happening right now in this cursed world, we ride the everyday struggles of 9-to-5 jobs, low pay, poor working conditions, and so on. While it can be difficult to keep up with all this, we wanted to make it a sharp song with a straight to the point chorus, but also release the tension on the verses, relying on the wobbly synth (it’s the first time we use a synthesizer in such highlight) and steady beat.”
Force Majeure & The Acts of God:
- Ain’t Talking
- Loose
- Killing The Buzz
- 9 to 5
- Beat
- Wishing Well
- Ain’t Joking
- Caffeine
- Elevator 15
- Astrophile
