{"id":37753,"date":"2022-02-02T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37753"},"modified":"2022-01-30T09:11:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T14:11:36","slug":"black-country-new-road-share-new-single-snow-globes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37753","title":{"rendered":"Black Country, New Road share new single \u2018Snow Globes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Black Country, New Road have shared a new single titled <em>Snow Globes<\/em>, the fourth track lifted from their highly anticipated second album, \u2018Ants From Up There\u2019. The new LP is out\u00a0on February\u00a04th via Ninja Tune.<br><br>Having resonated heavily with fans since it\u2019s live debut in 2020, <em>Snow Globes<\/em> marks one the album\u2019s most powerful moments. The track sees the band shift between delicacy and enormity, finding them at their most potent and arresting. Frontman Isaac Wood\u2019s vocals carefully swing between quiet restraint and stirring zest, whilst accompanied by some of the band&#8217;s most orchestral instrumentation to date, alongside drums that develop from gentle timpani-esque ruminations into a passionate cacophony before giving way to the track\u2019s tender and pensive refrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the single, drummer Charlie Wayne says:<em>\u00a0\u201cSnow Globes was one of the songs which had existed before we wrote the majority of the songs on AFUT. Though it\u2019s a pretty good representation of the musical world we wanted to explore on the album at large. Rather than writing a song with a number of distinct sections we wanted to see what we could do with one continuous riff. It was a real exploration in trying to create something maximalist whilst limiting ourselves with minimal musical choices.<br><br>Because the melodic instruments are all playing the riff in unison, Snow Globes left the drums with an interesting opportunity. The drums don\u2019t sit separately from the rest of the band on Snow Globes, but we wanted to use them in a way that we hadn\u2019t in the past. The initial idea was to feel like the drums were recorded for a completely separate track. They were meant to be totally arrhythmic and just sort of bubble below the surface &#8211; like at the end of White Ferrari. As the song progressed the drums still occupy a slightly different sound world, but because the rest of the band is playing in such a syncopated style, the drums were given a space to disregard rhythm and be completely expressive.\u201d<\/em> Listen to <em>Snow Globes<\/em> via YouTube below.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hTVwQ1Gjqas?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Black Country, New Road\u2019s debut \u2018For the first time\u2019 is a certain 2021 Album of the Year, having received ecstatic reviews from critics and fans alike as well as being shortlisted for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize. Released in February to extensive, global, critical support &#8211; perhaps best summed up by The Times who wrote in their 5\/5 review that they were &#8220;<em>the most exciting band of 2021<\/em>&#8221; and The Observer who called their record &#8220;<em>one of the best albums of the year<\/em>&#8221; &#8211; the album made a significant dent on the UK Albums Chart where it landed at #4 in its first week, a remarkable achievement for a largely experimental debut record. The album also reached #1 on Any Decent Music, #2 at Album Of The Year and sat at #1 on Rate Your Music for several weeks, remaining the record to generate the most fan reviews and site discussion there this year. Black Country, New Road were also declared Artist Of The Week and Album Of The Week by The Observer, The Line Of Best Fit and Stereogum, and saw features, including covers and reviews, from the likes of Mojo, NPR, CRACK, Uncut, The Quietus, Pitchfork, The FADER, Loud &amp; Quiet, The Face, Paste, The Needle Drop, DIY, NME, CLASH, So Young, Dork and more.<br><br>Their latest single, <em>Snow Globes<\/em>, comes on the heels of the recent announcement of the band\u2019s (Lewis Evans, May Kershaw, Charlie Wayne, Luke Mark, Isaac Wood, Tyler Hyde and Georgia Ellery) new album, which is set to land almost exactly a year to the day from the release of their debut. The band have harnessed the momentum from that record and run full pelt into their second, with \u2018Ants From Up There\u2019 managing to strike a skilful balance between feeling like a bold stylistic overhaul of what came before, as well as a natural progression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the start of the year, the band also released a video for their most recent single <a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/black-country-new-road-share-video-for-concorde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Concorde\"><em>Concorde<\/em><\/a> which was directed by Maxim Kelly and saw the band collaborate heavily with independent production company Caviar. This was the first video of it\u2019s kind from the band with sci-fi b-movie themes and featuring a number of surprises.<br><br><em>Concorde<\/em> preceded the band\u2019s highly emotive, stripped back single, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-ztkpx-ejlihlkhu-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bread Song<\/a><\/em>, which has been a live favourite amongst fans since it\u2019s reveal earlier this year, and has since gone on to earn wide acclaim across a number of publications, including the likes of The Needle Drop, who says band is \u201creally shaping up to be one of the most interesting\u2026contemporary bands out there right now.<br><br>The band also previously accompanied the announcement of their new album with the infectiously chaotic yet coherent single <em><a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-ztkpx-ejlihlkhu-h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chaos Space Marine<\/a><\/em>, which received a huge reaction from fans and media alike, with publications such as NPR describing it as \u201c<em>a thrilling transcontinental epic,<\/em>\u201d and the Times calling them \u201cone of the most exciting and unusual new bands in Britain,\u201d as well as many more.<br><br>With \u2018For the first time,\u2019 the band melded klezmer, post-rock, indie and an often intense spoken word delivery. On \u2018Ants From Up There\u2019, they have expanded on this unique concoction to create a singular sonic middle ground that traverses classical minimalism, indie-folk, pop, alt rock and a distinct tone that is already unique to the band.<br><br>Recorded at Chale Abbey Studios, Isle Of Wight, across the summer with the band\u2019s long-term live engineer Sergio Maschetzko, it\u2019s also an album that comes loaded with a deep-rooted conviction in the end result. \u201c<em>We were just so hyped the whole time<\/em>,\u201d says Hyde. \u201c<em>It was such a pleasure to make. I&#8217;ve kind of accepted that this might be the best thing that I&#8217;m ever part of for the rest of my life. And that&#8217;s fine.\u201d<\/em><br><br>\u2018Ants From Up There\u2019 will be available on Deluxe 4LP box set*, Collector\u2019s edition bronze 2LP [d2c only], Limited edition blue 2LP, Standard black 2LP, Deluxe 2CD*, Standard CD, Cassette and Digital formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Black Country, New Road Live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, mastered by Christian Wright at Abbey Road, will be available as part of the Deluxe LP and 2CD versions of \u2018Ants From Up There\u2019.<br><br>Pre-order the album\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-ztkpx-ejlihlkhu-k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Black Country, New Road have shared a new single titled Snow Globes, the fourth track lifted from their highly anticipated second album, \u2018Ants From Up <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37753\" title=\"Black Country, New Road share new single \u2018Snow Globes\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,28,29,30,1907],"tags":[10650,10648,10649,3480,10667],"class_list":["post-37753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","category-news","tag-ants-from-up-there","tag-black-country","tag-new-road","tag-ninja-tune","tag-snow-globes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1EE15D9F-8618-4EB6-A35C-DA9FB0C44500.jpeg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-9OV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37701,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37701","url_meta":{"origin":37753,"position":0},"title":"Black Country, New Road share video for \u2018Concorde\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"January 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Black Country, New Road have shared a video for their latest single Concorde, the third track lifted from their highly anticipated second album, \u2018Ants From Up There,\u2019 which will be released\u00a0on February\u00a04th via Ninja Tune. 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