For fans of artsy noise rock, noisy art rock, and songs about weird guys, seeing Geordie Greep at Rotondes is a no-brainer. The former frontman and lead guitarist of Black Midi has since gone solo, releasing a first (excellent) LP – and now embarking on a tour of Europe this summer.
Black Midi exploded on to the scene in 2019 after signing to Rough Trade and broke the mould with all three of their studio albums, Schlagenheim (2019), Cavalcade (2021), and Hellfire (2022).
Classifying their sound might be an almost impossible exercise: experimental art-prog-jazz-fusion-noise rock, somehow both melodic and cacophonic at the same time?
The quartet were also fundamental to the so-called Windmill scene (based out of the Windmill pub in Brixton, London), which produced a whole new wave of experimental (and slightly erratic) post-punk featuring off-kilter sprechgesang.
Greep's latest solo venture – his 2025 studio album – feels like a natural evolution of this movement. Sporting his signature singing voice plus distinctive (and unplaceable) accent, his intricate and witty songwriting crystalise into catchy songs about love, art, and deeply eccentric characters.
But there are also completely new elements: dips into world music, Brazilian samba, and classical-sound prog rock mark The New Sound as something completely fresh in the sphere of modern art-noise-post-what-have-you-punk-rock.
Having just announced his summer tour across the continent, Geordie Greep will kick it off with a concert at Rotondes on Tuesday, 30 June. Tickets to his show go on sale offically on Thursday, 30 April – unmissable for fans of Windmill-core, Black Midi fans, and those chasing the avant-garde of rock 'n' roll.
