It’s been a massive year for both his bands, the Hard-Ons and Nunchukka Superfly, and before Hard-Ons kick off and their national co-headline tour with Redd Kross, Peter "Blackie" Black, guitarist and songwriter extraordinaire, has just released the new single and video .
A single, "Congo Line to the Rest Room", pre-empts the release of Blackie’s two new solo albums on February 6 and he'll play a run of solo shows up and down the Australian East Coast in February and March.
The new albums, “The Boss is Gone Gone Gone” and “A Bowl of Spiders”, were made simultaneously over a nine-month period at Pet Food Factory in Sydney’s Marrickville with Jason Whalley and Jemima Perry-Ewing engineering. They were mixed at Parliament Studios by Lachlan Mitchell and mastered by John Ruberto.
The sharp-eyed will realise that Blackie’s last solo release was a pair of albums way back in 2020.
"It's two albums again 'cause I just had too many songs I wanted to record .. Boss is Gone is purely acoustic - again I wanted to see if i could pull off something so quiet - and Spiders is eclectic.. and like everything i do i always hope the new stuff is better than what I've done before :-).
"How I differentiate these songs (from Hard-Ons or Nunchukka songs) for the most part is very easy. Some are personal and I wanted to do them myself, some I wanted to experiment with and one I was told 'save that for ya solo album Blackie" so I did – hahaha.”
"The Boss Is Gone Gone Gone" will be available on white 12" vinyl (100 only), black 12" vinyl and digitally here: The Boss Is Gone Gone Gone | Peter Black | Peter Black Solo
"A Bowl of Spiders" will be available on yellow 12" vinyl (100 only), black 12" vinyl and digitally - A Bowl of Spiders | Peter Black | Peter Black Solo
Peter Black solo tour
FEB
5 - Society City - Wollongong, NSW
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7 - Velvet Fog Records - Katoomba, NSW
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13 - The Cave Inn, Brisbane, QLD
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14 - Vinnies Dive Bar, Gold Coast, QLD
(Matinee Show)
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19 - Medusa Bar, Geelong, VIC
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20 - Town Hall Hotel,
Melbourne (two sets)
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21 - Shedshaker Brewing Company,
Castlemaine, VIC
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27 - Hopsters Brewery - Sydney
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28 - Flow Bar - Old Bar, NSW
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MAR
1 - Hiss and Crackle Records, Newcastle, NSW
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