BIG BLACK DELTA's 'Side of the Road' Named Best New Track By Pitchfork

Big Black Delta will release their long awaited debut full-length album on April 30th on CD, download, and 12" vinyl via Masters of Bates. The self-titled offering features a collection of tracks fusing ambient electronic rock with uplifting melodies to create a sound that refuses to be denied. The album's first single "Side of the Road" premiered at MTV Hive, was featured yesterday atRollingStone.Com, and today received the highly coveted "Best New Track" nod from Pitchfork. The single will feature remixes in the coming weeks from producer extraordinaire Emperor Machine, Dinamo Azari, of Azari & III fame, and techno whizz John Tejada.

The brainchild of Los Angeles native Jonathan Bates, Big Black Delta's explosive live show features dueling drummers and an orchestrated light show using visual elements of the bespoke album artwork, which was created by Bates himself and creative director Caspar Newbolt. No stranger to pushing boundaries, LA based Bates was, until recently, the driving force behind alt rock favorites Mellowdrone, has been heavily involved in M83's live and studio sound and has also worked with the likes of White Sea, among others.

The announcement of the forthcoming April release follows a productive 2012, which saw Big Black Delta tour with Jane's Addiction, The Joy Formidable, M83 and brought the release of tracks including 'IfINGLOVEYOU' and 'Betamax' much to the delight of bloggers everywhere. The band also collected some heavyweight fans with Jay-Z and Dave Navarro taking to their online outlets to heap praise on the band. Big Black Delta has also been in demand for remixes for Daft Punk, Rob Zombie, M83, Dhani Harrison's Thenewno2's and most recently Maynard from Tool's new project Puscifer.

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