FEBRUARY 18, 2010
Free Mp3 From Balkan Beat Box
Get "War Again", The New Single From BBB's Upcoming Album
NYC gypsy punks Balkan Beat Box are back, and they're giving away a FREE mp3 of their new single, "War Again" over at Spin.com.
This balls-out, horns blaring, sirens wailing, bass-thumping anti-war polemic comes from BBB's upcoming new album, Blue Eyed Black Boy, due out April 27 on Nat Geo Music.
Self-produced and recorded in Tel Aviv and Belgrade, Serbia, the song melds Eastern European musical elements with dub rhythms and hard-charging lyrics that bemoan the world's never-ending cycle of violence -- something very familiar to the band as natives of Israel. MC Tomer Yosef explains: "We want people to understand that we are part of a loop of war and violence that is happening forever, and it's up to us to get out of it."
Balkan Beat Box will hit the road this spring with a string of dates across the U.S. beginning March 11 at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston and ending March 17 in Seattle. They will also play SXSW in late March. Check out the schedule on the band's web site.