Terry Blade "Black Hurts"

Chicago, Illinois emerging recording artist Terry Blade is bold, truthful and unapologetic on his latest release “Black Hurts”.

This new release envelopes the ravaging times, and is A vivid snapshot That reflects the pain, and imagery pervasively populating your iPhone and Samsung screens.

The song captures the current times utilizing lyrics that are cathartic, and a production style that’s mellow, yet vulnerable enough to penetrate. The guitar lick and electric guitar hits is a puree blend. The lyrics are urgent and haunting.

As a black singer-songwriter, Terry Blade wrote and recorded "Black Hurts" in response to the severe/pervasive racial injustices witnessed this year. The emotional themes throughout the song are "woundedness" and "weariness."

Its message is as clear and direct as the first line of the chorus--"just being black is a burden..."

Though rooted in social protest, the song conveys Terry's personal experience as a person with a black body living in the U.S. The song's message is poignant and should resonate with many listeners.

Terry Blade’s vocal tone is soothing and tender yet the lyrics are sharp and cuts through. The performance is captivating and rooted in crude emotions. This song posses elements that most records that stand the time of time elicits, questions of human exploration. Questions that are thought provoking and worth discovering, or unearthing through song, that hopefully when resolved enhance the human experience.

Listeners can pre-save Black Hurts, which will be released on Friday, October 30th by visiting the following link: (visit)