Line #8 YMMV/BlackMidi


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The hand drawn backgrounds in the video for "Slow" are worthy of a Creator/MasaakiYuasa film.
2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Literally every second of recorded music they've released as of this writing. Some particular places to start are "bmbmbm", "Talking Heads", "John L.", and their [[CoverVersion cover of]] "[[Music/KingCrimson 21st Century Schizoid Man]]".
3	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: "Ducter" has a surprising amount of this for how vague and minimalist the song's "story" is. Is it about a therapy session? A political debate? A trial? Is it a genuine ShutUpHannibal moment, or is the narrator mentally unstable and merely claiming the other character couldn't "break him" as a SurvivalMantra?
4	%%* Crazy Awesome: Could describe their sound in general, but especially applies to "bmbmbm" and "John L". %% Examples are Not General
5	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Morgan Simpson has won particular acclaim among the band members for being a ''ridiculously'' good drummer.
6	--> '''Pitchfork:''' Two things are immediately apparent while watching [the band's KEXP performance]: Everyone in Black Midi looks approximately 8 years old and their drummer is an absolute legend.
7	* EpicRiff: "953", "Speedway", "Near DT, MI", "Bmbmbm", "Ducter", and "Talking Heads" all provide standout examples.
8	* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: There's an abundance of great SurrealHumor buried in all the MindScrew. "ded sheeran" is probably the foremost example of this.
9	** Their [[CoverVersion cover]] of "[[Music/TalkingHeads Psycho Killer]]", while also [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic absolutely awesome]], is also hilarious, with [[BilingualBonus the famous French-language bridge]] [[EpicFail being completely mangled by Geordie]], with him going "SACRE BLEU" and saying "[[ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud Some French shit!]]". [[spoiler:[[BaitAndSwitch And then the song becomes a cover of]] "[[Music/ThePolice Roxanne]]" instead.]]
10	* MemeticMutation:
11	** "SHE MOVES WITH A PURPOSE IT IS SUCH A PURPOSE OH IT IS SUCH A PURPOSE WHAT A MAGNIFICENT PURPOSE"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The infamous MadnessMantra from "bmbmbm", which has pretty much become this band's equivalent of "[[Music/DeathGrips IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES]]"[[/labelnote]]
12	** "[[{{Mondegreen}} She moves with a porpoise]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]From Geordie's bizarre pronunciation of the word "purpose" in the aforementioned song.[[/labelnote]]
13	** "TBE"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A CatchPhrase Geordie started using around the time of their livestream set with Black Country, New Road which quickly got picked up by fans. Stands for "The best ever"[[/labelnote]]
14	** "This was the scene on main street when John Fifty came to town."[[labelnote:Explanation]]The infectious chorus for "John L", often paired with scenes of surreal chaos to match the song's tone.[[/labelnote]]
15	* NarmCharm: Geordie's vocals are absurd, but that's what makes them so powerful.
16	* NightmareFuel: Has its [[NightmareFuel/{{BlackMidi}} own page]] now
17	* SignatureSong: "bmbmbm", for sheer memetic value if nothing else. Expect "She moves with a purpose" comments to show up on any video or article mentioning the band.
18	* SpiritualSuccessor: They basically sound like what would happen if Music/{{Slint}}, Music/KingCrimson, Music/{{Can}}, or Music/ThisHeat was formed in the late 2010's. The King Crimson comparisons are particularly common, thanks to Black Midi's mix of JazzFusion and post-hardcore calling to mind the Crim's jazz metal sound in the '70s.
19	* SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel:
20	** "Marlene Dietrich", a SurprisinglyGentleSong that almost sounds like an early Music/ScottWalker track for how lush and beautiful the arrangement is and how eloquent the lyrics are.
21	** "Diamond Stuff" is just one beautiful, steadily unfolding crescendo that ends with a full choir.
22	** "The Defence" is arguably their prettiest song to date, despite the LyricalDissonance.

Context YMMV / BlackMidi