Review: Blake Rascals – Blackout Parade (UK Release: 30January 2026)

Blake Rascals Single Artwork

Every so often, a band arrives with the kind of urgency that makes you sit up a little straighter. Blake Rascals,

Italian-born, UK-based trio already stirring up the European indie‑garage circuit have done exactly that with their new single Blackout Parade, landing in the UK on 30 January 2026 via Glasgow-based label Revo Pro.

If their earlier releases Conspiracy of Snakes and Money Maker hinted at a band sharpening their teeth, Blackout Parade is the moment they bite down. Their longest and most ambitious track to date, it radiates confidence from the very first bar.

It’s a sound that hits first and thinks later.

The single wastes no time. A driving snare snaps the track into motion, quickly joined by a tense, static‑charged guitar-and-bass pulse that feels like a warning siren. Giuseppe Palumbo’s vocal enters with

brooding swagger; smoky, urgent, and unmistakably tinted with the British‑indie storytelling flair the band have absorbed since relocating.

And here’s the kicker: Blackout Parade absolutely oozes 2014 British indie at its best. It carries that era’s unmistakable cocktail of nocturnal cool, sharp-edged riffs and slightly dangerous romanticism, the kind of sound that once dominated sticky-floored venues and late-night festival tents across the UK.

Where their debut carved out a dark, visceral identity and their second single expanded their live‑ready punch, Blackout Parade feels like the moment Blake Rascals step fully into their skin. The arrangement is layered, restless, and built for the stage, the kind of track that turns a crowd from curious to converted.

It’s the sound of a band not just finding their voice, but raising it.

Three singles in, Blake Rascals have already built a coherent world: poetic, shadowy, romantic in a way that’s more alleyway than love letter. Blackout Parade adds colour to that palette without losing the grit. It’s a lightning strike after two rumbling thunderclaps. A signal that 2026 might be the year they break far beyond the underground.

With a European tour underway and UK attention steadily growing, this release feels like a hinge moment. A door opening. A band stepping through it with purpose.

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