Listen to Black Country, New Road’s Latest Single, “Concorde”
Our third preview of Ants From Up There
Photo by Rosie Foster
After their debut album For the first time landed on Paste’s list of 2021’s best, Black Country, New Road will return in early 2022 with their follow-up. This morning brings “Concorde,” the third single from the London-based band’s forthcoming Ants From Up There (Feb. 4, 2022, Ninja Tune) after “Chaos Space Marine” and “Bread Song.”
Black Country, New Road’s new songs find them maturing in a hurry, leavening their crashing, jazzy post-punk with a newfound restraint. “Concorde” is no exception: The track opens with muted snare taps and guitar strums, foregrounding frontman Isaac Wood’s murmured vocals even as it folds in keys and horns. Wood and Luke Mark’s guitars radiate tranquility, rather than roiling disquiet, and when the track finally comes to a head, it feels more celebratory than apocalyptic, like something being lifted up, rather than something crashing down.
February 2022 marks the start of Black Country, New Road’s first-ever North American headlining tour, about half of which is already sold-out.