Black Mirrors

Black Mirrors is a Belgian garage/blues rock band from Brussels.

History
In the summer of 2013, the singer Marcelle Di Troia wanted to start a purely female band. Quickly she found a drummer and a bassist, but the search for a suitable guitarist turned out to be difficult. After finding no suitable candidate, Pierre Lateur joined the band. After some jam sessions, the band wanted to start investing more time and writing their own songs. The drummer and the bassist then left the band for lack of time. As a replacement, the remaining members with Gino Capon and Edouard Cabuy brought two friendly musicians. At the end of 2013 the band played their first concerts and recorded their debut EP . The untitled EP appeared a year later on its own.

In 2015, the Black Mirrors played at the Festival Out and Loud . Although Marcella Di Troia felt that the gig was "pretty crappy", the Austrian record label Napalm Records became aware of the band. Band and label stayed in contact. A year later, the band recorded their second EP and was signed by Napalm Records and the management of the band Blues Pills. Funky Queen was released March 3, 2017 and contains three original compositions as well as a cover version of the MC5 song Kick Out the Jams . Subsequently, the band went on a European tour in the opening act of Horisont .

In October 2017, the Black Mirrors played at the Crossroads Festival in Bonn. The WDR recorded the concert and broadcasted it later in the show Rockpalast . Then the band recorded their debut album. Look into the Black Mirror was released on August 31, 2018 and ranked number 114 on the Flemish album charts in Walloon and 18th place. For autumn 2018 European tours are planned in the opening act of The Vintage Caravan and The Night Flight Orchestra.

Style
While the band's music on the first EP was still heavily influenced by Radiohead, the Black Mirrors later became more associated with blues rock and garage rock genres. Ralfi Ralf from the online magazine Metal-Heads.de called the music of the Black Mirrors a wild mix of Anouk and Janis Joplin, paired with the music of Nirvana and the Queens of the Stone Age. Marcella Di Troia still names Jack White , Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix as influences.