BLACK PISTOL FIRE return today with a new live video for the single, “Temper, Temper,” watch the ferocious live clip shot in the band’s hometown of Austin, TX on Rolling StoneAustraliaHERE.
“Performing with only an acoustic guitar, and with a boombox providing minimal instrumentation, McKeown takes the idea of a ‘field recording’ to the next level, as he shares this exceptionally ferocious take on the already-explosive track.”–Tyler Jenke,Rolling Stone Australia, (12/4/2020)
The Canadian-bred, Austin, TX-based, BLACK PISTOL FIRE–KEVIN MCKEOWN (guitar/lead vocals) and ERIC OWEN (drums/bass synth)–spent the past few years touring the world and winning over audiences at clubs and festivals and has now finished their new album with co-producer and engineer Jacob Sciba (Gary Clark Jr, Gov’t Mule, Warren Haynes) and mixer Vance Powell(White Stripes, Raconteurs, Chris Stapleton). The album brings a mix of their untamed signature sound–melding classicsouthern rock and garage punk—and follows in the footsteps of the group’s last albumDeadbeat Graffiti the Austin Chronicle called “Torrential fuzz and hot-lightning riffs” and the Memphis Flyer added of the duo, “punkish energy, blues riffs, and a good ol’ fashioned rock-and-roll veneer… the band sounds too lush and too dynamic to be just two people.
Listen to the forthcoming full album version of “Temper, Temper”HERE and the bluesy, slow-burning, powerhouse single titled “Hope In Hell–released late summer:https://orcd.co/hopeinhell.
Look for BLACK PISTOL FIRE to return in late January 2021 with their sixth studio album and debut offering with Black Hill Records. Expect an official release announcement in the coming weeks.
About Black Pistol Fire:Formed in 2011, the Canadian-bred, Austin, TX-based, BLACK PISTOL FIRE—KEVIN MCKEOWN(guitar/lead vocals) and ERIC OWEN (drums/bass synth)–spent the past few years touring the world and winning over audiences at clubs and festivals with stand-out sets at Sasquatch, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Voodoo Music & Arts Festival, Riot Fest, Governor’s Ball and Austin City Limits. After high-profile tours with Gary Clark Jr, Weezer, Heart, The Struts, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, ZZ Ward, Wolfmotherand Band of Skulls, the band expanded their global footprint with a European trek and festival appearances across the continent.
BLACK PISTOL FIRE are revered worldwide for their incendiary live shows which NPR tagged “onstage, the pair rip it up, playing a blend of gutbucket blues-rock and punk.” Elsewhere, tastemaker Seattle, WA station KEXP added, “Black Pistol Fire’s sweaty Southern garage rock is capable of incorporating both bluesy tracks and jam-band jangles, and they vacillate well between wild guitar solos and drastic shifts in time-signatures.”
While YAHOOcalled the group, “a power duo that can almost match the power and intensity of the massive rock sounds of the likes of Led Zeppelin and Fleetwood Mac… in a breakout set.” 2021-22 promises to be the biggest for BLACK PISTOL FIRE yet, with their catchy songwriting, intense live performances, and independent attitude they show no signs of slowing down. For more information, visit: www.blackpistolfire.com.
