SMALL BLACK ARROWS release debut album The British Museum on all digital platforms, vinyl and CD. This is preceded by digital single Voices In The Static. Their previous two singles The British Museum and Trojan Horse have received huge praise from Adam Walton on BBC Radio Wales and in the Press from Louder Than War, The other Side Reviews, Its All Indie and more.

The tracks reached#12 and #19 in the iTunes alternative chart respectively. The Debut Album contains eight songs and six ‘exhibits’, the fourteen tracks together form the multi-layered concept of The British Museum. The ‘exhibits’ feature actors Ella Peel (Gangs of London, Ordinary Lies), Wim Snape (The Full Monty, Breeders) and Dean Smith (Last Tango In Halifax, Snatch).

The album is an immersive masterpiece that takes you on an urgent joyride through modern Britain. Hauntingly melodic and politically prescient, Small Black Arrows capture a cautionary examination of love, mental illness, manipulation, and morality, through one ‘App’s’ perspective of the impending AI revolution. In a society where lies and misinformation are being used to shift power into the hands of an ever decreasing few, The British Museum becomes an allegory for the tactics used to forge a wealth and power disparity during the British Empire.

‘With all of the statues and history books you would have assumed we would have learned when we were following a dangerously well-trodden path.’ Says frontman Luke, tongue firmly in cheek, before more seriously stating: ‘The worry is now there is even less accountability with this handful of digital Machiavelli.’ Never intending to create a concept album, Small Black Arrows had considered if their eclectic composition style could even fit into one cohesive body of work. As multi-instrumentalist Jimmy suggests, ‘we don’t labour too much on what the SBA sound is, we save that for the studio. But when it comes to the writing it’s not really in our nature to curate-pun intended-what inspires us.’

Yet, the endeavour of turning a concern into a strength became an irresistible creative challenge for the duo.‘ When it comes to putting an album out and asking people to use their hard-earned money to buy it, we wanted to make sure we created something that was really worth it.’ And so was forged The British Museum, an album that is more than just a collection of songs. It’s a rollercoaster you’ll want to…nay, need to, ride again and again. Each time it will hack your brain and rewire your senses as you appreciate something new and wonderful layered into the sonic tapestry used to construct it.