Pre-Black Honey Black Honey formed in 2014, at BIMM Music Institute Brighton. Izzy and Chris had known each other for a decade prior to this when living in a squat in Dalston. Prior to starting a band together, Chris and Izzy studied music together at university. The band toured during 2015, as well as playing Focus Wales Festival; Live at Leeds; Live at Glasgow; The Great Escape Festival; Wychwood Festival; Croatia Rocks; Secret Garden Party; 2000 Trees; Y Not Festival;
Standon Calling;
Kendal Calling; and Sunflower Lounge Birmingham. The band generated a lot of media interest during 2015. In April 2015, the single "Spinning Wheel" was released. This was followed by the single "Madonna" the following July. The band were also invited to do a BBC Radio 1 Session for
Huw Stephens and supported Superfood at The Rainbow Warehouse Birmingham on 8 April 2015. The band continued to tour in 2016, and supported
Catfish and the Bottlemen on their UK tour. In June 2016, they released a second EP titled
Headspin. The EP featured the tracks "All My Pride", "Headspin", "On Your Time" and "Mocking Swing". In Spring 2017, the band embarked on a headline UK tour. The band were in the Netherlands for the NPO 3FM festival later in the year. Black Honey also supported
Royal Blood on a UK and Europe arena tour in 2017. On 21 September 2018, the band's debut self-titled album
Black Honey was released. The band embarked on an autumn tour during this year to promote the debut album. The band were also in Europe for a headline tour later in the year. In November 2018, the band released the single "Crowded City" with an accompanying music video. This single appeared on the self-titled debut album. In 2019, the band were reported to be writing and recording songs for a second studio album, predicted to be released early 2020. In April 2019, the band were
NME front cover stars. The band did a headlining tour during 2019, and also played Live At Leeds and Handmade Festival, Leicester. During this UK tour, the band released YouTube material titled “le Crousti Garçons”, which was just a bit of fun for the fans. The video for the single "Midnight" was nominated at the Berlin Music Video Awards 2019. The band continued to perform during the year, including sets at Poltimore Festival, Exeter; Dauwpop Fest, Netherlands; Vestrock Fest, Netherlands; Hurricane Festival, Scheeßel, Germany; and Rock Werchter Fest, Belgium. In Summer 2019, the band performed at Y Not Festival, Matlock, UK; Neverworld Festival, Edenbridge, UK; Grape Festival, Slovakia; Summer Well Festival, Domeniul Stirbey, Buftea, Romania; Reading Festival, UK; Leeds Festival, UK; and Lost Village, Lincoln, UK. A song titled "I Don’t Ever Wanna Love" was being played in live sets around this time. This song was released as a single in June 2019 with a music video featuring an art deco Ibiza hotel as a backdrop. Later in 2019, drummer Tom Dewhurst left the band. Alex Woodward later joined the band as the new drummer and percussionist.
Written & Directed (2020–2022) The band performed their first gig of 2020, with new member Alex Woodward, at the Green Door Store, Brighton on 29 January. In July 2020, the band released the single “Beaches”, the first from their upcoming second album. An accompanying music video was also released, which was produced “in house” by members of the band during COVID-19 restrictions. In September 2020,
DIY held a week-long 100th issue party. On 9 September 2020, Black Honey held a headline performance at the event under COVID-19 restrictions. A second single was released on 18 September 2020, titled "Run for Cover". A music video for this single was released on 25 September 2020, which was filmed in an empty working men's club. The video was directed by Sam Kinsella, and production and styling was handled by Craig Hemming. Two more singles were later released: "Believer" on 8 January 2021, and "Disinfect" on 19 February 2021. "Disinfect" was released with an accompanying music video. On 19 March 2021, the band released their second album, titled
Written & Directed. It entered the
UK Albums Chart at No. 7 on 26 March 2021, as well as No. 1 on the UK independent chart. On the Scottish album chart, the album achieved position No. 3. On the UK vinyl chart and the UK cassette chart, the album held position No. 2. On the UK physical chart, the album held position No. 4. The band headlined a ten-date UK tour between 23 September and 13 October 2021.
A Fistful of Peaches (2022–2025) The band released the single "Charlie Bronson" on 11 August 2022. This was followed by the single "Out of My Mind" on 4 October 2022, with an accompanying music video. On 7 November 2022, the band announced their third album
A Fistful of Peaches, which was released on 17 March 2023. The band also released the single "Heavy" on the same day, releasing its music video the day after on 8 November 2022. In the summer of 2024, they released a cover of the Troggs' "
Wild Thing" for the series
My Lady Jane. On the 28th of March 2025, the band released a new single, "Psycho" and announced a short tour in April, including dates in Manchester (15 April), Brighton (16 April) and London (17 April). During these shows, Black Honey played several songs from their upcoming album,
Soak.
Soak (2025–present) On the 15th of April 2025, their fourth album
Soak was announced for release on 15 August 2025 and the single "Dead" was released. Both "Psycho" and "Dead" feature on the new album. On the 14th of August, Black Honey played the first of their Album Release Tour shows at Kingston College ahead of the release of
Soak.
Soak was released on the 15th of August 2025 and with lyric videos for "Insulin", "Medication", "Carroll Avenue" and "Soak" also released at the same time ==Band members==