Blaqk Audio
Apr 8, 2016
The new single from Davey Havok and Jade Puget's electronic alter ego, BLAQK AUDIO is entitled "Anointed." It will be on their forthcoming third album called "Material," which is due out on April 15th via Blaqknoise / Kobalt.
"'Anointed' highlights themes of misplaced hopes of salvation, redemption and rebirth that carry through the record. Material is the blank canvas, the fundamental substance, the base of what we create," explains Havok. "I'm so very excited to offer 'Material' to the world," the singer goes on to add. "My anticipation for each BA release heightens as we grow. For me, lyrically, Material is darker than our records of the past."
Puget, who produced the album, states, "Considering this is Blaqk Audio's third record over the course of its 15-year existence, it's always an exciting and rare opportunity to release a new batch of songs. Each new release finds us in a very different place, creatively, than the last. Influences are different, musical interests have slightly or vastly shifted. As a writer, I've moved fully onto [software music sequencer] Ableton Live since the last album, which changes my workflow and writing style."
"Being huge music fans and fundamentally driven by music in a creative sense, BA is a wonderful outlet for our long-standing love of electronic music," says Havok. "Were it not for BA, I'd still be writing this type of music, even if it never saw the light of day."
Though they are best known for their work with multiplatinum rock band AFI, Havok and Puget's shared love of electronic music runs deep. The two formed Blaqk Audio in 2001 but they didn't release their debut album, "CexCells," until 2007. The band's second album "Bright Black Heaven" was released in 2012.
Blaqk Audio will be touring throughout the U.S. in May.