Baltimore, Maryland based Stoner Metal quartet Black Lung published the official video for the track “Let It Out” taken from their 7″ digital release, “Let It Out / Fall In Line,” out on September 20th, 2024 via Heavy Psych Sounds Records. Watch the video through the YouTube player below:
Says the band: “Our official video for the new single ‘Let It Out,’ filmed by Kevin Considine and directed by Elias Mays Schutzman. The digital 7”, featuring the B-side ‘Fall In Line,’ is now streaming on all platforms.”
“We tracked ‘Let It Out’ and ‘Fall In Line’ while we were in the studio recording our 2022 HPS debut album, ‘Dark Waves,’ but neither song ended up making the final cut. Fast forward to 2024, we found ourselves in the practice space, joking around about how »Let It Out« sounded like it belonged in a pickup truck commercial for some reason (probably the harmonica and the twangy guitars in the intro). Elias sort of tweaked the idea and came up with a quirky concept for a music video to pair with a digital 7” release of the two tracks.
The video was truly a DIY project in the sense that we didn’t have much of a budget or many filming resources available to us. But we had a couple of willing friends, a truck, a dog, and a guitar that we wanted to burn. So in six chaotic and fun hours, we shot the video, ending the day by extinguishing a burning pile of guitar chunks in the middle of a dead-end street.” – Dave F.
In the winter of 2014, the trio of Adam Bufano, Elias Schutzman (both founding members of The Flying Eyes) and multi-instrumentalist Dave Cavalier emerged from Baltimore as Black Lung. The band quickly set themselves apart in the crowded field of Psych-Doom and Heavy Blues bands by eschewing a bass guitarist, instead finding the backbone of their sound in the interchange of fuzzed-drenched guitars, deep driving drum beats and Cavalier’s raw, Blues-tinged vocals. Following the release of their self-titled debut in 2014, Black Lung was named “Best New Band” by the Baltimore City Paper and embarked on their first European tour. The tour was capped with a performance at the Rockpalast Crossroads Festival, broadcast on German national television.
In 2016 Black Lung released their sophomore album, “See The Enemy,” on Noisolution Records. Produced by J. Robbins, guitarist and frontman for Post-Punk icon Jawbox (and producer for The Sword and Clutch), “See The Enemy” saw the band building on the strengths of their debut while at times pushing into Garage-Psych territory in the vein of The Black Keys and Jack White. They followed the release with a headlining European tour, notably appearing at Freak Valley Festival and Desertfest Belgium alongside bands like Graveyard, Dead Meadow and All Them Witches.
After several more years of touring and songwriting, Black Lung returned with “Ancients” in 2019. Produced by Frank Marchand (producer for The Obsessed), “Ancients” found the band taking even more adventurous departures from Doom and Psychedelic Rock tropes. The album was followed by another successful release tour in the EU and in late 2019, guitarist Adam Bufano amiably departed the band. Shortly thereafter, guitarist Dave Fullerton (member of the Post-Rock trio Deaf Scene) joined the fold only to find the world turned upside down by Covid-19. Despite the setbacks and ripples of doubt across the whole of the music industry in 2020 and 2021, Black Lung pushed forward with their new lineup and quietly stayed hard at work on their fourth album. For the new release, the band was inspired to leave behind the power trio convention and add bass player Mac Hewitt (ex-The Flying Eyes) into the mix. Produced by J. Robbins and mixed by Kurt Ballou (member of Converge and Grammy winning producer for High On Fire), the new album “Dark Waves” dropped in summer 2022 on Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
Lineup:
Dave Cavalier / Vocals and Guitar
Dave Fullerton / Guitar and Organ
Elias Schutzman / Drums, Percussion and Harmonica
Charles Braese / Bass
