{"id":60534,"date":"2018-05-24T20:02:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T19:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=60534"},"modified":"2018-05-25T13:01:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T12:01:33","slug":"music-by-numbers-black-orchid-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/music-by-numbers-black-orchid-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Music By Numbers: Black Orchid Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWith shows alongside Biffy Clyro, InMe, Skunk Anansie and Hed PE on their growing resume, London trio Black Orchid Empire<\/strong> have been honing their brand of bold, melodic rock for the best part of seven years.<\/p>\n

While 2016’s ‘Archetype’<\/em> put their foot on the first step to bigger things, they’re now set to return with its follow-up. Entitled ‘Yugen’,<\/em> album #2 sees the trio take the big hooks of their debut and combine it with a more technical, harder edge making songs such as ‘Burn’, ‘Wires’<\/em>, and ‘Pray To The Creature’<\/em> thrive. Nevertheless, they’re not afraid to show their softer side as evident on ‘Vertigo’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In the lead up to the release of ‘Yugen’<\/em>, we talked music by the numbers to bassist Dave Ferguson. From the songs, he wishes he had written, to the bands he wants to play with and apparently a lot of gaffa tape.<\/p>\n

One Artist\/Band I Couldn’t Live Without\u2026<\/h2>\n

Deftones<\/p>\n

Two People I Know, That Shaped My Passion For Music\u2026<\/h2>\n

My father. My stepdad.<\/p>\n

Three Songs You Wish You’d Written\u2026<\/h2>\n

Black Peaks \u2013 Glass Built Castles
\nAlice In Chains \u2013 Down in a Hole
\nRadiohead \u2013 Paranoid Android<\/p>\n

Four Bands Everyone Should Hear\u2026<\/h2>\n

They probably already have but: Black Peaks, Palm Reader, Bad Sign, Young Legionnaire.<\/p>\n

Five Songs You Love\u2026<\/h2>\n

The first five songs on ‘Love Is Hell’ by Ryan Adams are perfect.<\/p>\n

Six Bands You’re Keen To Play With\u2026<\/h2>\n

Press To Meco, Black Peaks, Bad Sign, Palm Reader, Deftones, Karnivool<\/p>\n

Seven Places You’d Love To Play\u2026<\/h2>\n

Barcelona, Berlin, Rome, Rio, LA, Tokyo, Melbourne<\/p>\n

Eight Essential Tour Items\u2026<\/h2>\n

Eight rolls of Gaffa tape!<\/p>\n

Nine Words To Describe Your Band\u2026<\/h2>\n

Three foolish dudes attempting multiple time signatures whilst intoxicated!<\/p>\n

Ten Favourite Albums Of All Time\u2026<\/h2>\n

Radiohead – OK Computer
\nDeftones – White Pony
\nMeshuggah – Catch Thirty Three
\nPeriphery \u2013 Periphery III: Select Difficulty
\nMastodon – The Hunter
\nBlack Peaks – Statues
\nKarnivool – Sound Awake
\nQueens Of The Stone Age – Rated R
\nTesseracT – Polaris
\nNine Inch Nails – The Fragile<\/p>\n