Originally written by Luke Slater · 12 October 2009
Arguably the best thing to come out of Belgium since Thomas Vermaelen, The Hickey Underworld amazed, amused, delighted and most probably disgusted many of the people who happened to stumble across or search out the slightly fucked up video for 'Blonde Fire' earlier in the year.
It is, without a doubt, truly disturbing and utterly not safe for work, vegetarians, or people who are even bordering on squeamish. Watch it below:
So, if you aren't repulsed by that video, and are more intrigued than repelled then you should really consider clicking below, for a mini-documentary on the making of the video of 'Blonde Fire', with the director Joe Vanhouttegem. The single itself came out on October 5, the self-titled album is out today, and the band will also play The Fly in London tomorrow, full tour dates below.
October:
13 - London, The Fly 15 - Breda, Mezz 16 - Sneek, Het Bolwerk 27 - Paris, Nouveau Casino
November:
6 - Sittard, Fenix 8 - Rotterdam, WATT 12 - Stuttgart, Shocken 13 - Heidelberg, Karlstorbahnhof 14 - Frankfurt, Nachtleben 15 - Köln, Werkstatt 17 - Berlin, Bang Bang Club 19 - Zurich, Abert
December:
12 - Emmeloord, De Klos 17 - London, Proud Galleries/Smash&Grab 18 - Zwolle, Hedon
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