Black Country, New Road

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• ‘Forever Howlong’ did we have to wait? | The Echo
After the release of their critically acclaimed 2022 studio album, “Ants From Up There,” English rock band Black Country, New Road (BCNR) was faced with a challenge. Their lead singer and guitarist, Isaac Wood, was leaving the band citing mental health challenges. The remaining six members refused to play any of Woods’ material in the...

• ‘Forever Howlong’ uplifts audience | Experience
Black Country, New Road’s new album “Forever Howlong” released on September 4th, is unsurprisingly impressive. With their previously released album of 2022, “Ants From Up There,” expectations were high for Black Country, New Road — and they delivered.  While, in my opinion, ‘Forever Howlong’ does not overthrow ‘Ants From Up There’ from the best of...

• Sounds Good: Black Country, New Road -'Forever Howlong' | biffbampop.com | April 19, 2025, 2:14 p.m.
Black Country, New Road's latest album, "Forever Howlong," is a gorgeous spotlight on girlhood, friendship, and fantasies.

• Album Review: Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong | KXSC Radio
The first studio album since lead singer Isaac Wood’s departure eschews the brooding, self-effacing glitter and glint of  For the First Time  for a warmer, more colourful sound.

• Album Review: Black Country, New Road – Forever Howlong | ACRN.com | April 16, 2025, 9:34 p.m.
By Martin Bradesca, Contributor [Ninjatune; 2025] Rating: 7/10 Key Tracks: “Besties,” “Two Horses,” “For the Cold Country” Finally, three years after dropping the critically acclaimed Ants From Up …

• Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong | Spectrum Culture | April 15, 2025, 5:03 a.m.
While technically impressive, Forever Howlong most often comes off like music school playtime, effortful and failing to take root in the mind like the band’s earlier work.

• Album review: Black Country, New Road, 'Forever Howlong' | Liverpool Guild Student Media | April 14, 2025, 4 p.m.
Vocal delivery on the album as a whole can be seen as one of the major changes from the band’s previous works.

• Black Country, New Road Stand Strong in Forever Howlong - | cuatower.com | April 10, 2025, 10:45 p.m.
Image Courtesy of Financial Times By Tim McGuire The British pop-rock band Black Country, New Road (BCNR) have made a remarkable splash in online music forums in the last five years. Their debut album, For the first time, caught everyone’s attention, and their sophomore hit, Ants From Up There, received mountains of critical praise. However,

• ALBUM REVIEW: Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong | boot-music | April 13, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
With April confirming our escape from a blisteringly cold Winter, Cambridge-hailing Black Country, New Road placed the cherry on top of the cake with their new, long awaited ‘Forever Howlong’. Their first studio album since the departure of former frontman Isaac Wood, ‘Forever Howlong’ pursues the Baroque, Folk-Rock sound the band established in their 2023 live album at Bush Hall. It’s a stylistic, sonic shift that has divided fans across the often treacherous interwebs, some yearning for the ra

• Black Country, New Road’s Forever Howlong is Lovely | The Reed College Quest
Black Country, New Road’s third studio album Forever Howlong delightfully captures the mystery and wonder of the Cambridge sextet’s fantastical world, laden with pop culture references, whimsical and sporadic rhythms, and a flurry of fervent instrumentation in every song. In this new era of the ba

• Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong | The Needle Drop | April 10, 2025, 11:47 a.m.
Life is a grand performance on the new Black Country, New Road album.

• Album Review: Black Country, New Road "Forever Howlong" | WERS 88.9FM | April 9, 2025, 9:02 p.m.
Their reinvention and courage to constantly try new things on their albums is what makes BCNR so fascinating to listen to. 

• ‘Forever Howlong’ is a Successful Step in a New Direction for Black Country, New Road | thehoya.com
After lead singer Isaac Wood departed from English rock group Black Country, New Road in 2022, many wondered where the band would go musically. Their third studio album, “Forever Howlong,” embraces Wood’s departure and highlights the band’s feminine side through the combined vocals of Tyler Hyde, Georgia Ellery and May Kershaw.    With lyrics written...

• Black Country, New Road Champions Experimentation on ‘Forever Howlong’ | The Loyola Phoenix | Loyola Phoenix | April 9, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
Black Country, New Road's "Forever Howlong" solidifies the band's inventive instrumentation.

• ‘Forever Howlong’ marks a bold shift for Black Country, New Road | The Diamondback | April 8, 2025, 7:46 a.m.
The band dropped its first studio album on Friday, marking a new chapter after its lead singer’s departure.

• Album Review: Black Country, New Road- Forever Howlong | There Stands the Glass
An unlikely new favorite.

• Black Country, New Road Watch Their Past Detonate on the Stunning, Gentle Forever Howlong | Paste
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• ‘Forever Howlong’: Black Country, New Road is born anew  | The Daily Campus | April 7, 2025, 10 a.m.
It’s been three years since Black Country, New Road began brandishing the lyrics: “Look at what we did together, BC, NR friends forever.”

• Forever Howlong. Black Country, New Road | wonomagazine.blogspot.com
Ha, Forever, Howlong starts with the song that thoroughly confused me when I listened to it a few weeks back for the weekly singles section ...

• Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong | Pitchfork
Read Zach Schonfeld’s review of the album.

• Album of the week: Black Country, New Road - 'Forever Howlong' | Evening Standard | April 6, 2025, 4:09 p.m.
Black Country, New Road have lost a singer but feel liberated in a new triple-frontwoman set-up which takes them to new heights

• Review: Forever Howlong – Black Country, New Road | Real Goblin | April 5, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
This will age well. Review Score: A- April 5th / 2024 – The departure of lead singer Isaac Wood raised a lot of questions for post-rock outfit Black Country, New Road, but one thing that was …

• Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong album review — slippery and inventive | Financial Times | April 5, 2025, 4 a.m.
The sextet shift towards baroque pop in their first studio record since frontman Isaac Wood’s departure

• Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong review - messy triumph | The Line of Best Fit
As different as Forever Howlong is from the band’s other output, is simultaneously the most distinct Black Country, New Road has ever been.

• Forever Howlong by Black Country, New Road | Ninja Tune
Black Country, New Road return with a new album,

• Digital Cover Story: Black Country, New Road on “Forever Howlong” | www.undertheradarmag.com
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