New music from Bloody Diamonds: Tough Love from Tough Love EP

I first caught Toronto-based dark rock band Bloody Diamonds live show back in late 2014. I really wanted to see them again since then, but the stars have not aligned.

There is good news. They've got a new EP called Tough Love coming out June 7 and they've just released the video for the title track. It's a dark, raw, pounding and soaring tune that sounds great coming out of my speakers and will no doubt sound amazing live. The rest of the 5-song EP sounds incredible, powerful and intoxicating, and I can't wait to see the band perform again.

Speaking of live shows, they've got an EP release party on June 4 at The Bovine Sex Club and more shows listed here. Just because I sadly can't be there to point my camera at them, doesn't mean you can't go and check out this awesome band.

Photo by Laura Hilchey.

Bloody Diamonds at Cherry Cola's

I caught Bloody Diamonds opening for Little Foot Long Foot's Woman EP release at Cherry Cola's on December 6. I came away impressed with this Halifax duo's songs and performance. Sara Elizabeth's powerful and soulful voice combines beautifully with Jake Seaward's heavy riffs and percussion. They sum up their influences fairly well in their bio, naming acts like Black Sabbath and Band of Skulls. I'm looking forward to seeing this duo again and can only imagine how powerful they would be with a full band behind them.

Here are some tunes that they played at the show, all from their début album They've Got Secrets.

"Twisted"

"They've Got Secrets"

"I'm Not A Machine"

They have some more recent releases on their bandcamp and there are some clips on Youtube. Here's "Monsters"

And their latest tune, "Nightmare"