Exit International Reveal Previously Unreleased Single ‘Black Junk’

It’s September 17th 2011; the sun is shining, the birds are chirping and Exit International‘s debut album, Black Junk, was released into the world. The critically acclaimed album turns ten on September 17th of this year, and to celebrate their baby turning double figures, Exit Internationalwill be remastering and re-releasing the album on limited edition 180gm coloured vinyl via SaySomething Records, also including three brand spanking new, never heard before bonus tracks. With Black Junk the band created an album that, a decade on, has still managed to retain all of it’s, erm, charm? Ahead of the release the band have now revealed the previously unreleased title track from the album.

Recorded with Carl Bevan (60 Ft. Dolls) at his home in a 72 hour chemical haze, their explosive debut demonstrates just that. In a sound spectrum of their own, the band unapologetically shuns the use of guitars yet packs a double onslaught of bass into every bar for maximum carnage. Coming in at just over 30 minutes, this short, sharp shock of an album is an intense whirlwind of pummeling staccato bass riffs, brutal, pounding drums and salacious lyrics that are sure to make you blush. The exhilarating ride is topped off by Scott Lee Andrews whose voice effortlessly shape-shifts from ferocious screaming, sinister, demonic snarls and at times high pitched vocals that sound downright inhuman.

“‘Black Junk’ still sounds to me as fresh as when we wrote and recorded it, we were not part of any scene and really doing our own thing. You can hear the absence of overthinking things. We wrote these songs really quickly – from what I recall it was on a rehearsal to rehearsal basis then gigging them to just tighten the performances. We spent 2/3 days in total tracking the songs with most of that time spent fixing broken studio gear with our producer Carl Bevan (Drummer of 60FT Dolls fame). Listening back reminds me how much we laughed and how fun that period was, with perfectly capturing that ridiculous lightning in a sonic bottle.  It really does capture the absurd aspects of our personalities as people. It’s a fantastic debut and I’m still so proud of it, and the doors it opened for us” (bassist and vocalist Scott Lee Andrews)

You can pre-order the tenth anniversary reissue of Black Junk via SaySomething Records