The Story Behind Every Song On Black Country, New Road's New Album 'Forever Howlong'

Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong INTERVIEW

A conversation with Black Country, New Road's Georgia Ellery and Charlie Wayne about their third studio record, 'Forever Howlong.'

The Story Behind Every Song On Black Country, New Road's New Album 'Forever Howlong'

People like to throw around the phrases “long-awaited” and “highly anticipated” a lot. Sometimes it’s just PR hype speak, sometimes it’s really true. In the case of Black Country, New Road’s new album Forever Howlong, both feel particularly apt. BC,NR have long been one of the more feverishly, cultishly beloved acts to emerge from the free-form UK rock scene that emerged in the late ’10s, and the unpredictable arcs of their career have only heig…

Little composition, a lot of improvisation. The result: folk art music as intoxicated.The award for the best reaction to the departure of the regular singer goes to Black Country, New Road. In 2022 Isaac Wood left the group. A year later the concert recording LIVE AT BUSH HALL appeared with eight new pieces. The message: It goes on. On FOREVER HOWLONG, the third studio album, the vocals are now among the three...

Black Country, New Road reinvent themselves on “Forever Howlong”

Reviews of Black Country, New Road’s recent music often feel like eulogies for a previous incarnation of the band. Their first two albums, recorded with singer-guitarist Isaac Wood, are rightfully hailed as some of the best of the 21st century. Wood’s amicable but abrupt departure from the band shortly before the release of their sophomore record “Ants From Up There” immediately lent Black Country, New Road’s metanarrative a mythical heft and cr…