Black Country, New Road have announced the release of their third studio album.
Entitled Forever Howlong, the album will be released on April 4 by Ninja Tune.
The long-awaited new record was produced by James Ford (Fontaines D.C., Arctic Monkeys, Depeche Mode, Blur) and sees the group settled into a new shape in which vocal duties – and most of the song writing – is split between Tyler Hyde, Georgia Ellery, and May Kershaw. ‘It created a real through line for the album, having three girls singing,‘ says Ellery. “‘t’s definitely very different to Ants From Up There, because of the female perspective – and the music we’ve made also compliments that.”
The band also share the first single and album opener with the expansive, joyous ‘Besties’, the first Black Country, New Road studio release to feature lead vocals by Georgia Ellery.
The video for ‘Besties‘ may be seen below. It was directed by Rianne White who won awards for directing, producing and editing ‘Lord’ for Young Fathers and who has also worked with the likes of Aurora, Kae Tempest and Lola Young.
The album will be available across a range of formats; a standard 2LP on recycled black vinyl, a white label 2LP signed by the band, an Indie exclusive negative effect artworked 2LP, and both a Collector’s Edition 2LP with an alternate tracklisting in translucent eco jazz red and a Collector’s Edition Cassette, also featuring the alternate tracklisting. It may be pre-ordered HERE
The band will also be touring between May and October; more details on the live dates may be found HERE on their website.
