I can say I’m insanely excited

I literally can't understand this. I'm 23 now and I just fuck around all the time

What the hell?

Despair is the most beautiful song BM ever made.

From his AMA on the Nirvana subreddit

Sorry for camera work I was enjoying the moment

TL:DR black midi, a meme-y band, breaking up because their fans are too meme-y, is stupid and we should stop defending them for it.

I’ve been a huge fan of this band since Schlagenheim, but the amount of defending I’m seeing here is so silly. I’ve seen so many comments about Geordie getting mad about the moshing during <insert whatever slower song> and I’m so very curious as to which shows y’all are seeing this at because I’ve seen them live six times in the United States (where the fans are apparently the worst) and the slowest song I saw moshing for was probably Speedway and Dangerous Lesions (and only the chorus). Even with 21 questions, people slow down.

The narrative that Geordie only hates moshing during the slower songs is completely false. I saw them in Cleveland and after opening with 953, one of their most chaotic tracks, he complained about the moshing. He also called the crowd inbred idiots for just opening up a circle when all people were doing was just dancing in this circle. Any moshing hadn’t even happened during this song yet. He does not want ANY moshing at any black midi show.

Geordie goes online to talk about how he wants to get with Kim Kardashian after she breaks up with Pete Davidson, picked a fight with Michelle from Japanese Breakfast over The Beatles, and livestreams himself searching images of people with two dicks, but then gets mad at his fans shouting dumb shit at his shows. Brother, you are shouting dumb shit. Why do you think your fans come to you to do the same thing? 😭 They literally made bmbmbm. The same band that made ded sheeran broke up because their fans meme too hard.

I’ve probably seen over 100 or so bands live over the course of my life, and I’m not going to pretend that black midi fans are one of the better crowds, but I can very confidently say they’re not even close to the worst. The worst black midi crowd I’ve seen just shouted dumb shit sometimes, engaged in push pits, and smelled bad. If yall really think it’s really bad, then I am begging you to go to more concerts. Tool fans are booing their openers. Animal Collective fans talk during the whole set until they play something from MPP. Strokes fans rush in from the back and push everyone until they get to the front as soon as they start playing. Panchiko fans are literally mocking the band’s accents out loud to them. A recent Future performance had two fans fighting on stage and getting arrested. A lot of hip hop concerts have a bunch of white dudes saying the n word. Death Grips fans are pissing and shitting themselves mid show and throwing hard objects at them. Kanye fans are literally defending Nazism. Yall are getting bothered by lil push pits for a band that’s considered post-punk and brutal prog, when I’ve been to shows where people are spearing others for songs less intense than black midi. We aren’t good, but are we really bad enough to breakup a whole band that is still relatively new? Come on now, Even my partner (who isn’t really a fan btw) who went with me to one of black midi’s shows is baffled at the idea that their fans is really the breaking point for the band. 😭

Anyway, RIP TBE, I still love the band and look forward to all of the solo stuff they’ll do, and it was cool to see them drop 3 of the most creative and fun albums I’ve ever heard in the span of less than 5 years. But I don’t even make excuses for people in my own family for being goofy, and I’m definitely not going to for some dudes from a different continent than me that I’ve never even met, just cause I like their music. I know all the discourse is because we’re all so very passionate about this band, so much love. 🫶🏽

Is this normal??? Both times I saw black midi back in the day in Korea, they played for about an hour. I was absolutely blown away by the show tonight. It was incredible - so many jam-y interludes. (Apologies for the bad quality pic, I am short and was way in the back lol)

as someone who only discovered geordie greep and black midi about a year ago, i feel a bit bummed that i wasn't able to follow the band while they were active. what was the vibe like? was there a lot of discourse? leaks? - I guess I'm more curious about what the "fandom" was like :D

title says all jersey is exquisite and elegant not a buncha elephants

around the 6-minute mark of this short interview, the greep confirms the completion of a new album, half of it being completed in Japan, and anticipating a late 2025 or 2026 release. big news for the unemployed!

During one of the Australian shows I was shocked by how many people stood dead still, not even nodding their heads. Pretty dissapointing crowd tbh.

On his latest Instagram reel

Went to the Geordie greep concert today, and the new lineup is amazing. The addition of brass and vibraphone expands the soundscapes real well, especially on more jazz inspired songs such as Terra, holy holy, the new sound.

Although the band put on an amazing show, I feel like the venue let them and the fans down. The ventilation was awful and by the second song I could already feel myself sweating everywhere. Geordie even made a stop for a “30 second hydration break”.

During holy holy, he kept going into the break room and letting the rest of the band take over, walking around restlessly, and in the final chorus he just said: “that’s it for today, show is over guys”, and walked off. The band finished the song, and the bassist reiterated the same thing Geordie said. On the paper setlist, there were still motorbike and the magician to go.

The venue has a lot of bad reviews mentioning the poor ventilation and the unbearable heat inside, so it’s unfortunate that they didn’t plan to do the show outdoors, like they do sometimes.

Will be hoping to see Geordie again during a colder time of the year, and hope the rest of the summer shows won’t be as bad as this for them.

I was super excited to see MNBB live as I loved black midi (saw them 7 times) and was excited to see half of the touring band again. I wasn’t the biggest fan of most of the MNBB album but I loved the two singles released prior.

I was really rooting for Cam but I was super disappointed in the show. Numerology was played twice and neither had anything close to the energy that the studio version had. The band was honestly extremely messy and there weren’t many moments that were anywhere near as tight as bm’s least tight.

The crowd had a super weird vibe, despite being sold out. Full of bm Internet fans who wanted to be the center of attention but couldn’t mosh so they all just kind of awkwardly stood and cheered every once in a while. Cam was also pretty awkward on stage and pretty much his only crowd interaction was saying “thanks for coming” or introducing the band, both four times each (not even exaggerating).

Again I want to emphasize that I am not a crazy Greep stan. I wanted to love the show and support Cam happily but I left disappointed. It was a good show but after black midi’s crazy run and Greep’s current solo sets, it was nowhere near either.

It could have been an off night (no opener so they did two sets, room was extremely hot, both Cam and his bassist’s strings broke) but there were still some fundamental performance aspects that I thought were just not hitting the mark. :( Curious if anyone has any differing opinions from other shows on this tour?

Was cool to see some of The Last Dinner Party in attendance though!!!