Product Overview
Includes booklet and digital download. Contains bonus live material. 2022 release. Black Country, New Road release their second album. On Ants From Up There, the band has harnessed the momentum from their debut and run full pelt into their second. They manage to strike a skilful balance between feeling like a bold stylistic overhaul of what came before, as well as a natural progression. Their debut For The First Time was a certain 2021 Album of the Year, having received ecstatic reviews from publications including as NPR, Stereogum, Pitchfork, The Fader, Crack, Uncut, The Quietus, Loud & Quiet, The Face, Paste, The Needle Drop, DIY, NME, Clash and fans alike, as well as recently being shortlisted for the UK's prestigious Mercury Music Prize. The album made a significant dent on the UK Albums Chart where it landed at #4 in it's first week, as well as breaking into multiple Billboard Charts. For The First Time melded klezmer, post-rock, indie and an often intense spoken word delivery. On Ants From Up There, 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.
4 disc 140g deluxe vinyl box set, black paper inner sleeves with 4 art prints and 22 page lyric booklet and sticker.
Tracklist:
Side A
A1. Intro
A2. Chaos Space Marine
A3. Concorde
A4. Bread Song
Side B
B1. Good Will Hunting
B2. Haldern
B3. Mark’s Theme
Side C
C1. The Place Where He Inserted the Blade
C2. Snow Globes
Side D
D1. Basketball Shoes
Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall
Side A
A1. Mark’s Theme (Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall)
A2. Instrumental (Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall)
A3. Athens France (Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall)
Side B
B1. Science Fair (Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall)
B2. Sunglasses (Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall)
Side C
C1. Track X (Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall)
C2. Opus (Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall)
C3. Bread Song (Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall)
Side D
D1. Basketball Shoes (Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall)
