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Dec 17, 2024 By Caleb Campbell

Over the past few years, Birmingham, UK-based post punk outfit Baudelaire have delivered a series of shadowy, spikey, and confrontational new singles, returning most recently with their latest tracks, “No Future” and “Preacher.” Along the way, they’ve also been building their reputation as a live act, opening for Frank Turner, Heartworms, Crows, and Egyptian Blues and playing a handful of headline dates across the UK, with more shows to come in the New Year.

Today, they’re back with a new video for their track “Preacher,” premiering with Under the Radar.

Baudelaire strikes a careful balancing act with “Preacher.” The band moves with a sense of restless urgency, lacing the track with biting lyrics, a ranting spoken-word delivery, and rippling shocks of distortion. Yet, those touches come riding atop rollicking rhythms and a dazzlingly catchy chorus, making for a track that feels equal parts sinister and danceable. The track and video are full of stark contrasts, whether between the noise-laden breakdowns and melodic refrains or the spartan black-and-white color palate and off-kilter close-ups of the accompanying video. The resulting clashes for a stark and searing blur of barreling dance punk hooks.

The band describes the track as “Abrasive and frenetic - ‘Preacher’ is a noise-rock takedown of those that claim to have all the answers.”

Check out the song and video below, along with the band’s upcoming live dates.

December 20th – Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel Mill

February 15th – Newport, Le Pub

February 1st - Heartbreakers, Southampton

February 21st - The Lanes, Bristol

March 14th – Brighton, Dust