BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD – For the First Time (LRS 2021) – LP – Special Ed. Ecomix Vinyl

RELEASE DATE: Sep 4th
LABEL: Ninja Tune
FORMAT: Vinyl LP
CAT NO: ZEN269LR
BARCODE: 5054429151695

Tracklisting:

1. Instrumental
2. Athens, France
3. Science Fair
4. Sunglasses
5. Track X
6. Opus

BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD
For the First Time
(LRS 2021)

LP Limited Special Edition 140g Ecomix Vinyl
*Alternate colour sleeve with matte finish, 16 page lyric booklet, Sticker & Download code included. Only 1,000 copies pressed in this variant.
[LRS2021-Sep4th]

On sale in store from 9am September 4th , remaining stock will be available online from 9pm September 4th.

The debut album from Black Country, New Road the latest stars from the burgeoning and famed Brixton Windmill scene, which also fostered the rise of contemporaries, black midi, Squid, Fat White Family and Shame.

Recorded with Andy Savours (My Bloody Valentine) during the early part of this year and then finished at the end of the nationwide lock-down, the album is the perfect capturing of a new band and all the energy, ferocity and explosive charge that comes with that whilst also clearly the work of a group who have no interest in repetition, one-note approaches or letting creative stagnation set in. Featuring six new songs including reinterpretations of early tracks Sunglasses and Athens, France, For the First Time is a sonic time capsule that somehow manages to bottle the past, the present and the future.

We wanted it to sound exactly how we love to sound live, says saxophonist Lewis Evans. This is basically representative of our first 18 months, continues frontman Isaac Wood.

Indeed the band found they had to stop themselves running too far ahead in order to document this album in a way that felt as truthful as possible.

We see this as being a stop in the road explains Isaac. Ive always been interested in a really honest portrayal of what a band is and what theyve been working on. I think its really nice if people can see an artist like: this was them in the early days, this was their next phase and that theyre quite clear and honest about genuine progression as people and musicians.

See below for tracklisting