Black Marble is readying his newest LP, Fast Idol, for release on October 22nd via Sacred Bones Records. Today, Chris Stewart follows up the album’s lead single, “Somewhere,” with a sublimely propulsive new track entitled “Ceiling.” Bright keys and upbeat percussion lend a nostalgic quality, but Stewart’s sly and almost perfectly opaque lyrics require a closer reading between the lines. The songwriter offers:
“‘Ceiling’ is about the persistence of memory and the fear of starting to lose the plot on what’s happening. When you talk to people these days, there’s a pervasive sense that we’ve lost a sense of shared reality, and yet you never hear anyone indict themselves as being responsible. So this song just deals with the paranoia of thinking like, ok, what if it’s not them, it’s me? Or what if it’s not me now, but inevitably it one day will be? And does it matter? ‘In silence for the words we leave behind’ is about holding onto meaning, but not any one idea, just the hope that it persists. It’s a recitation to ward off the thought that we’ll return in another time and be unable to understand the plights of the day or parse any of the ambiguity that exists between people.”
While there’s enough to marinate on there to possibly require it be a commentary footnoted to the song, director Alana-Marie French makes the words clear enough in this psychedelic and celestial lyric video for the track. After the video embed, you’ll find a list of Black Marble’s upcoming 2021/22 tour dates, including stops this year in the US.
Black Marble Tour Dates
10/23 – Bournemouth, ENG – Anvil
10/24 – Cardiff, WAL – Club Ifor Bach
10/25 – Milton Keynes, ENG – Craufurd Arms
10/26 – Hull, ENG – The Adelphi
10/27 – Edinburgh, SCT – Mash House
10/28- Glasgow, SCT – Stereo
10/29- Dundee, SCT – Hunter S Thompson
10/31 – Newcastle, ENG – Anarchy Brewing Company
11/01 – Chester, ENG – Live Rooms
11/02 – Oxford, ENG – O2 Academy
11/03 – St. Albans, ENG – The Horn
11/05 – Bath, ENG – Moles
11/06 – London, ENG – Moth Club
11/07 – Hebden Bridge, ENG – Trades Club
11/08 – Blackpool, ENG – Bootleg Social
11/09 – Liverpool, ENG – EBGB’s
11/06 – London, UK – Moth Club
11/12 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Tickets
11/14 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Tickets
11/13 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts – Tickets
11/16 – Denver, CO – HQ. – Tickets
11/18 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall – Tickets
11/19 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater – Tickets
04/01 Merleyn, Nijmegen, NL
04/02 Botanique, Brussels, BE
04/03 Rotown, Rotterdam, NL
04/04 Kiff, Aarau, CH
04/05 Magnolia, Milan, IT
04/06 Ampere, Munich, DE
04/07 Dürer Kert, Budapest, HU
04/08 Underdogs, Prague, CZ
04/09 Żaczek, Krakow, PL
04/10 Hydrozagadka, Warsaw, PL
04/11 X120, Vilnius, LT
04/12 Sveta Bar, Tallinn, EE
04/13 Kuudes Linja, Helsinki, FIN
04/16 Musikens Hus, Gothenburg, SE
04/17 Loppen, Copenhagen, DK
04/18 Hafenklang, Hamburg, DE
04/19 Ekko, Utrecht, NL
04/20 Bumann & Sohn, Cologne, DE
04/21 UT Connewitz, Leipzig, DE
04/22 Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
04/23 Hafen 2, Offenbach, DE
04/25 Forum, Tunbridge Wells, UK
04/26 Fabric, London, UK
04/27 The Lanes, Bristol, UK
04/28 Workman’s Club Dublin, IE
04/29 Ulster Sports Club, Belfast, UK
05/02 Leadmill, Sheffield, UK
05/03 Bodega, Nottingham, UK
05/04 Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK
05/05 Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds, UK
05/06 YES, Manchester, UK
05/07 Green Door Store, Brighton, UK
05/09 Trabendo, Paris, FR
