Move Share Two Singles From Upcoming “Black Radical Love” Album

Boston hardcore band Move have announced Black Radical Love, their debut full-length album, that is set for release on August 11th via Triple B Records. Today, the band have shared two singles from Side A of the record, Imperialist Reign and Summer Trend, that are centered around the exploitation and injustices Black people and marginalized people face in this country and beyond. Imperialist Reign jumps into an infectious riff right off the bat, with an impassioned and direct vocal delivery that ensures every lyric is connected with. For Summer Trend the band collaborated with vocalists Kayla Philips (Bleed The Pigs) and River Elliot (Ballista) to create an absolute fury of track.

“Summer Trend, is self-explanatory it’s a call out of the treatment of Black lives as a trend during the summer of 2020 not only in the mainstream culture but in the subculture of hardcore. The songs are meant as a call to act, I want people to listen to these tracks and then move to better their conditions, I want people to move at our shows. The record deals with our current position living underneath the US Imperialist state specifically a Black experience. The need for revolutionary change and the fact people are actively building a better future right now. It’s a tale of two records, Side A expresses our current frustrations and anger. Side B focuses on where we are going and the joy the journey brings us as we move towards a tomorrow where all people have their needs met to live their best lives. The aesthetics are a continuation of Freedom Dreams (EP, released 2021) as these songs are additional entries in a music-based political journal that have continued to evolve along with my own political education. With riffs and visuals that make you stop and take a second to appreciate the art. We want people to listen to these songs and become energized to act, to go and find out what organizations they can join, or create one of their own in their neighborhood, town, or city that is working towards the world we all dream of liberated and free from continuous state oppression. We want to compel people to get down at our shows, stage dive, pit, crawl on the floor, grab the mic from us and scream these lyrics right into our faces, and quite literally move!” (vocalist Corey Charpentier)