Black Eyes has been played on NTS shows including HKE - Lucid Radio, with Deformative first played on 1 November 2018.

Black Eyes was a post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C., United States that initially existed from August 2001 to March 2004, disbanding two months prior to the release of its second album, Cough. The group reformed in 2022. Its members included Dan Caldas, Jacob Long, Mike Kanin, Daniel Martin-McCormick and Hugh McElroy.

Prior to releasing the first album, Black Eyes released a 2 song 7" EP and a split EP with Early Humans. The split with Early Humans features an early version of "Someone Has His…