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Black Country, New Road have performed a variety of new songs at a show in Shanghai. Check out footage below.The live show took place on Monday (February 26), when the band took to the stage at the Bandai Namco Dream Hall in Shanghai.During the set – which comprised 12 songs from across their discography – the band also treated fans to three unreleased songs: ‘For The Cold Country’, ‘Socks’, and ‘Geese’.The first was used to open the setlist on Monday, although didn’t mark the first time that the track had been played live.

Days before the release of Black Country, New Road’s towering sophomore LP, Ants From Up There (42nd on our 50 best albums of 2022 list), lead singer Isaac Wood left the band abruptly, citing the onset of debilitating depression and anxiety that made it “difficult to play guitar and sing at the same time.” Instead of calling it quits — and without even taking much time to process the loss — the remaining six members of the group wrote an entirely new set of songs to perform on their ensuing world tour. Unreleased until now, eight of these tracks have been immortalized in a new concert film: Live at Bush Hall.

Black Country, New Road have announced their first tour dates with their new line-up – see the full list of dates below.Back in February, the band’s founding vocalist and guitarist Isaac Wood announced his departure just days before they released their second album, ‘Ants From Up There’.In a statement alongside news of Wood’s departure, the remaining six members revealed that they would be continuing as a band, and have now shared full details of a 2022 tour featuring all new music.“We’re incredibly pleased to announce our touring dates for 2022,” they told fans on social media. “We’re looking forward to sharing what we’ve been working on with you.

Bastille have scored their third UK Number One album with their new LP ‘Give Me The Future’.The London band’s new record, which arrived last week (February 4), debuted in the top spot with 85 per cent of its total coming from physical sales, plus the biggest digital download figures of the week. It also topped the Official Record Store Chart.“We’re so happy and excited! Ridiculously grateful to everyone who’s bought the album and listened to it, and to everyone who worked so hard to make this record with us,” Bastille said upon receiving news of their achievement.They added: “We’re mega proud of ‘Give Me The Future’ and beyond overjoyed that it’s had such an amazing response so far.

Black Country, New Road have opened up about the departure of singer Isaac Wood and how it will change the band moving forward.Wood’s split from the group was announced earlier this week (January 31), days before the release of their second album ‘Ants From Up There’.“I have bad news which is that I have been feeling sad and afraid too,” Wood wrote in a statement. “And I have tried to make this not true but it is the kind of sad and afraid feeling that makes it hard to play guitar and sing at the same time.“To be clear: this is completely in spite of six of the greatest people I know, who were and are wonderful in a sparkling way.

DEALSDef Leppard have expanded their existing partnership with Primary Wave Music, with the company taking a stake in the band’s publishing catalogue and recording royalties. “We are THRILLED to continue building and elevating not only the band’s musical body of work but their impact in pop culture and the industry in general”, says Chief Digital Strategy Officer Rob Dippold.————————————————–ARTIST NEWSBlack Country, New Road frontman Isaac Wood has left the band, citing mental health reasons, just days before the release of their second album.

Isaac Wood, frontman of the London experimental rock band Black Country, New Road, has left the band the week of the release of their new album Ants From Up There. Wood and the band announced the amicable split in a joint statement posted on Monday to the group's Instagram account.

Black Country, New Road have announced that frontman Isaac Wood has left the band with immediate effect.The band, whose second album ‘Ants From Up There’ is due out this week (February 4), will continue as a six-piece, but their upcoming shows are cancelled. The news comes after the band postponed a UK and Irish tour late last year due to illness.In a message shared by Black Country, New Road on behalf of Wood, the vocalist said: “I have bad news which is that I have been feeling sad and afraid too.

Black Country, New Road have shared their latest single ‘Snow Globes’ – listen below.The track is the fourth to be taken from their upcoming second album ‘Ants From Up There’, which will be released on February 4 via Ninja Tune. You can pre-order the album here.‘Snow Globes’ follows last single ‘Concorde’, and their previously released Steve Reich-inspired single, ‘Bread Song‘ and ‘Chaos Space Marine’.

Black Country, New Road have shared an experimental new single titled ‘Bread Song’, landing as the latest preview of their forthcoming second album ‘Ants From Up There’.In a press release, frontman Isaac Wood said the new track was inspired by Steve Reich’s legendary work ‘Music For 18 Musicians’, and in particular “a piece where a bar length is determined by the breadth of the clarinet player”, in which “they just play until they run out of breath”.“I wanted to try that with the whole band,”

Black Country, New Road have announced details of their second album, ‘Ants From Up There’.The album, which follows the seven-piece’s Mercury Prize-nominated 2020 debut ‘For The First Time’, is being previewed today (October 12) with its first single ‘Chaos Space Marine’ ahead of the full record’s release on February 4, 2022 via Ninja Tune.Frontman Isaac Wood called ‘Chaos Space Marine’ “the best song we’ve ever written” in a statement, adding: “We threw in every idea anyone had with that song.

LSPart of the current fecund strain of British art-prog alongside Black Midi and Squid, BCNR married klezmer, garage rock and Tortoise-y jazz in a highly original melange. But it’s the lyricism, and its delivery by Isaac Wood, that really sets them apart: neurotic, proud, hurt, fitfully romantic, and with a great sense of comedy: “Still living with my mother / As I move from one micro-influencer to another.

Black Country, New Road have shared an alternate acoustic version of their song ‘Track X’ – you can hear this take on the track below.The original song recently featured on the band’s debut album ‘For The First Time’, which came out back in February.Black Country, New Road have this afternoon (May 18) shared ‘Track X (The Guest)’, an alternate version of ‘Track X’.The song was first performed solo by frontman Isaac Wood prior to the formation of Black Country, New Road, and features Wood’s

Black Country, New Road have shared ‘Track X’, the latest effort from their forthcoming debut album, as well as announcing details of a live-streamed show in March.The mellowed new effort from the London group follows on from ‘Science Fair’ and will feature on their debut album ‘For the first time‘, which is set to arrive on February 5 via Ninja Tune.Describing the new song, frontman Isaac Wood said: “Track X is a song we first worked on in 2018 but one that never made it out into our live

DEALSNinja Tune has signed Black Country, New Road and will release the band’s debut album, ‘For The First Time’, on 5 Feb 2021. “This [album] is basically representative of our first eighteen months”, says frontman Isaac Wood.