ANDREW NOLAN
For over three decades, Toronto-based Andrew Nolan has been operating in the shadowy corners of underground music. Nolan's first forays into DIY and underground culture were as a pirate DJ in the north of England. Since then, Nolan has produced notable work in dark ambient, grindcore, industrial noise, hip-hop, and death metal, including collaborations with artists such as Refused, Full of Hell, The Body, Homemade Weapons, Harms Way, and Fatboi Sharif. The artist also recently completed scoring on feature film Hangashore, starring James Frecheville (Peaky Blinders) and Hera Hilmar.
In 2019, Nolan began merging his tape loop, found sound, and synth-collage work with the hip-hop production he was also involved with. Black Dogs is the latest in this lineage, containing ten songs of industrialized dub influenced by Coil, Nurse With Wound, Meat Beat Manifesto, Radiophonic Workshop, Scientist, Depth Charge, and the production approach of golden-era British hip-hop defined by Hijack, Gunshot, and Hardnoise. Mastered by Justin K Broadrick, the album features collaborations with JK FLESH, Metalheadz artist Gremlinz, and Sectra.
Black Dogs draws inspiration from Nolan's obsession with north English folklore, and is named for the vicious spectral hounds that are believed to be the spirits of unbaptized babies. The album uses animal sounds, junk metal, and feedback as sonic building blocks to create its grim, menacing soundscapes.
Released on GIVE/TAKE in collaboration with Justin K Broadrick's Avalanche Recordings, own Black Dogs now.
"No wonder Broadrick finds a kindred spirit in Nolan...Puts a positive spin on doom and gloom, the urge to create buffered by the ongoing discomfiture of putting oneself on display for public consumption." - The Wire
“Dark, primal, and trance-like…the album makes a monolithic impression. Definitely one of the best albums of the year in the ‘music that wants to hurt the listener’ category.” - Anxious Musick Magazine
GT085 AREC085. 2026. Limited edition CD. Professionally manufactured, packaged and shrink-wrapped in high quality clear maxi-style CD jewel case. Official first pressing. Edition of 100.
Tracklist:
1. The Warning (3:44)
2. Padfoot (3:58)
3. Barrow Ghost feat. Sectra (3:42)
4. Gabble Retchets (4:07)
5. At The Burial Ground (3:01)
6. Gytrash (3:12)
7. The Skriker of Yorkshire feat JK FLESH (4:36)
8. A Straunge and Terrible Wunder (3:24)
9. Caplethwaite Barn (3:34)
10. Trollers Gill feat. Gremlinz (3:41)