Napalm Death release new live NPR Tiny Desk performance video
NAPALM DEATH have released a new live video!
The legendary Birmingham grindcore pioneers have unveiled their performance for NPR Music’s Tiny Desk concert series, becoming one of the heaviest bands ever to appear behind the iconic desk. The set showcases the band’s trademark intensity in a uniquely intimate setting, bringing their uncompromising sound and socially conscious message to a wider audience.
Speaking about the performance, vocalist Barney Greenway shares, “I’ve dipped in and out of Democracy Now! via NPR Radio for decades now to get my unvarnished yet thoughtful North American news. So when the NPR Tiny Desk thing came up, it kind of blew my tiny mind a little bit. We realised that we were going to reach far more people than usual with the TD performance, but as you might expect from NAPALM DEATH, we were never going to temper the performance to any degree. We hope everybody at least gets something from it, even if it’s just an understanding of musical abrasion being pushed to the nth degree. Please always support public access broadcasting in view of the ongoing relentless attacks upon it.”
NPR Music producer and writer Lars Gotrich adds, “the first grindcore band at the Tiny Desk had to be the founding fathers. I turned down or said ‘maybe later’ to so many others, that’s how important it was to me to get this right. There is only one NAPALM DEATH, not only exemplary of extreme music but also what it takes to be human in what feels like an inhumane time.”
Watch NAPALM DEATH’s Tiny Desk performance here:
The band’s appearance comes ahead of the second leg of their Campaign For Musical Destruction European tour later this year alongside MASTER, BRAT, and GOATBURNER.
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