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black midi cover Taylor Swift, King Crimson and Captain Beefheart on surprise new EP

black midi kick off their North American tour today, and to celebrate they’ve dropped the Cavalcovers EP, a collection of three covers done in their own unique style that’s available now.

The covers are Taylor Swift’s “Love Story”, King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man” (which features all three members on vocals for the first time) and Captain Beefheart’s “Moonlight On Vermont” (with drummer Morgan Simpson taking lead vocals).

Check out Cavalcovers below or on your preferred streamer.


You can find black midi on Bandcamp, Facebook and Instagram, and they have these tour dates ahead:

Tue. March 22 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
Wed. March 23 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
Fri. March 25 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
Sat. March 26 – Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre
Mon. March 28 – Montreal, QC @ S.A.T.
Tue. March 29 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
Wed. March 30 – Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre
Sat. April 2 – Jersey City, NJ @ White Eagle Hall
Sun. April 3 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Tue. April 5 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
Wed. April 6 – Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom
Fri. April 8 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
Mon. April 11 – Seattle, WA @ The Neptune Theatre
Tue. April 12 – Vancouver, BC @ The Imperial
Wed. April 13 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Sat. April 16 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
Tue. April 19 – Berkeley, CA @ The UC Theatre
Sat. April 23 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival

Thu. May 5 – Cologne, DE @ Gebaude 9
Fri. May 6 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord
Sun. May 8 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord
Tue. May 10 – Grenoble, FR @ La Bobine
Wed. May 11 – Milan, IT @ Santeria
Thu. May 12 – Zurich, CH @ Mascotte
Sat. May 14 – Vienna, AT @ Flex
Sun. May 15 – Prague, CZ @ Meetfactory
Mon. May 16 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
Wed. May 18 – Lille, DR @ Aeronef

Tue. May 31 – Istanbul, TR @ Zorlu PSM Jazz Festival
Thu. June 2 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
Thu. June 9 – Porto, PT @ Primavera Sound
Sat. June 11 – Mannheim, DE @ Maifeld Derby
Sun. June 12 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret
Fri. June 17 – Sun. June 19 – Vilnius, LT @ 8 Festival
Wed. June 22 – Sun. June 26 – Somerset, UK @ Glastonbury Festival
Wed. June 29 – Sun. July 3 – Budapest, HU @ Kolorado Festival
Thu. June 30 – Bucharest, RO @ Club Control
Fri. July 1 – Sun. July 3 – Plovdiv, BG @ Wrong Fest
Thu. July 7 – Sat. July 9 – Trencin, SK @ Pohoda
Wed. July 13 – London, UK @ Summer Series at Somerset House
Wed. July 13 – Sun. July 17 – Dour, BE @ Dour Festival

Thu. Sept. 1 – Sun. Sept. 4 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival