Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are to release Live, a 2-DVD, 1 CD set on 16th November 2009 on the band's own Abstract Dragon label. The DVD features over two hours of live concert footage from three sold out shows in Berlin, Dublin and Glasgow. The footage documents the end of the band's 2007 tour in support of their album Baby 81.
Shot in grainy black and white peppered with occasional flashes of Gibson red, Easy Rider edits and bleached out silhouettes. The film catches the band at their best, ominous and dreamlike, epic and tender, making a big room feel small, peddling hypnotic reverb and dark eyed Rock 'n' Roll. The film is directed and edited by Tessa Angus with live audio mixed by BRMC's own Peter Hayes
The track-listing for the DVD is as follows:
Berlin
Weapon Of Choice
Rise Or Fall
666 Conducer
Aint No Easy Way
Weight Of The World
Stop
All You Do Is Talk
Red Eyes And Tears
As Sure As the Sun
America X
Spread Your Love
Love burns
Mercy
Dirty Old Town
Promise
Six Barrel Shotgun
Whatever Happened To My Rock And Roll (Punk Song)
Fault Line
Took Out A Loan
The Show Is About To Begin
Heart And Soul
A second bonus DVD features over ninety minutes of unadorned, intimate behind-the-scenes recording plus additional performance footage. Viewers accompany BRMC as they record songs from Howl, see the making of the "Weapon of Choice" video, and witness inspired, impromptu off-stage performances.
The package is completed by a bonus audio CD featuring 14 songs from the concert film and a gorgeous 48-page booklet of previously unseen backstage and candid photos of the band.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are based in Los Angeles and are currently at The Station House studio in Hollywood finishing work on their fifth studio album. Pre-production was completed in Philadelphia, at the same studio the where band recorded Howl. This will be the band's first recording with drummer Leah Shapiro and is expected to have a March 2010 release. The band are also planning an extensive tour of the UK in the spring.
BRMC fans can go to http://www.blackrebelmotorcycleclub.com now to download a free remix of "666 Conducer" (from Baby 81) as well as view an exclusive video from The Effects of 333, the band's 2008 self-released instrumental album.