
London art punk/post punk band Beige Banquet have announced the release of their second studio album ‘Ornamental Hermit‘, and have aired the record’s title track.
Beige Banquet are a five-piece playing a bleak yet high-powered style of dark punk. Underpinned by a propulsive and motorik rhythm section, they combine robotic and percussive vocal deliveries with industrial textures and abrasive guitars to create frantic and driving sound.
Produced by Beige Banquet with the help of engineer Matt Green (Sniffany & The Nits, Artefact, Joanna Gruesome) at Head Cold Studios and mixed and mastered by David Forcier (Civic), the 10-track record will be out on the 13th March 2024. Pre-order your copy here.
Combining layers of noise and bursts of saturated percussion, with a driving rhythm section, ‘Ornamental Hermit’ features a rich and more dynamic sound and captures the raw power of the Beige Banquet live show for the first time.
Check out Ornamental Hermit below, followed by the album’s tracklist and artwork.

Ornamental Hermit Tracklist:
- Smashed Glass
- Animals
- People
- Parasitic Energy
- Mind Lapse
- Substance (Sustenance)
- Ornamental Hermit
- Collapse/Crisis
- Condition Report
- Genre Death
Upcoming Live Shows
Thursday, March 28th – Avalon Cafe, London (UK)
Friday March 29th – The Prince Albert, Brighton (UK)
Saturday, March 30th – Café Central, Brussels (BE)
Sunday, March 31st – These Go To Eleven Festival, Zwolle (NL)
Monday, April 1st – Stroomhuis, Eindhoven (NL)
Wednesday, April 3rd – ACU/EKKO, Utrecht (NL)
Thursday, April 4th – Vera, Groningen (NL)
Friday, April 5th – Kastanienkeller, Berlin (DE)
Saturday, April 6th – Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig (DE)
Sunday, April 7th – City Club, Augsburg (DE)
Tuesday, April 9th – Nadir, Bourges (FR)
Wednesday, April 10th – Mosta Festival, Nantes (FR)
Thursday, April 11th – Antipode, Rennes (FR) – for Swish Swash Records’ birthday showcase
Friday, April 12th – L’International, Paris (FR)
Photo Credit: Bella Keery