Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Aint No Easyway - Video Stream

Having completed a sell out UK tour, appeared at the Patti Smith curated Meltdown festival and supported U2 in Glasgow, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club release a brand new single ‘Ain’t No Easy Way’ for The Echo Label/Abstract Dragon on 15 th August followed by their third album ‘Howl’ on 22 nd August. The band (guitarist/vocalist Peter Hayes/ by bassist/vocalist Robert Levon Been and drummer Nick Jago) will also perform at the Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds Festivals at the end of August.

BRMC are also set to play an exclusive Carling Live Sessions show at the intimate Barfly, London on Thursday 25 th August. This gig will be a one-off opportunity to see the band play a stripped down acoustic set at the intimate venue on the eve of their appearance at the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals.

The band will also be playing London’s Garage on August 22 nd, however, that show quickly sold out soon after it was announced. Therefore tickets to the Barfly gig are likely to go fast!

The album shows quite a departure from the bands last two records with a wide range of influences shining through, from country and folk music to classic soul, blues, pop and r&b. With a lot of the songs originally written on acoustic guitars, the recording was done over the last year and features autoharp, piano, congas, slide guitar, timpani’s, harmonica and even trombones.

“If we made another rock record, it would’ve been hard to find a new place to go because we’d thrown in the kitchen sink for our second album,” explains Been. “When you listen to old records, from the Beach Boys to Beatles to Stones to Neil Young, it sounded like they were going by the seat of their pants a little bit,” says Hayes. “So that kinda became the guiding principle for this record. It really sounded like those groups were having fun, never knowing where they were gonna land.”

new single - ‘Ain’t No Easy Way - 15 th August 2005

7”: Ain’t No Easy Way / Still Suspicion Holds You Tight

CD: Ain’t No Easy Way / Still Suspicion Holds You Tight / Grind My Bones

new album - ‘Howl’ - 22 nd August 2005

(limited edition gatefold vinyl, standard cd, limited edition deluxe book pack)

Shuffle Your Feet / Howl / Devil’s Waitin’ / Ain’t No Easy Way / Still Suspicion Holds You Tight / Fault Line / Promise / Weight of the World / Restless Sinner / Gospel Song / Complicated Situation / Sympathetic Noose / The Line