Black Country, New Road Release Concert Film Of New Material Live At Bush Hall
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Holly Whitaker
Black Country, New Road have shared a new concert film, Live At Bush Hall.
Directed by Greg Barnes, with mixing by John Parish, it was filmed over the band's three shows at the London venue last December, which featured entirely new material written after singer and guitarist Isaac Wood departed early in 2022.
The performances comprise eight songs, with each night displaying a different visual theme and corresponding stage set, inspired by school plays, pastoral scenes, and a haunted pizza parlour called I Ain't Alfredo No Ghosts. Pianist May Kershaw explained:
"We didn’t want to do a studio album. We wrote the new tracks specifically to perform live, so we thought it might be a nice idea to put out a performance."
Guitarist Luke Mark said: "We had concerns from live sessions we've seen or done in the past. They are very obviously clumped together visually from multiple performances. That can take you out of the performance and make it seem artificial and like it’s not actually live. So we came up with the idea to make the three nights look visually distinct from one another. To scratch the idea of trying to disguise anything. We wanted it to be very honest and let people know that we had three goes at it. This isn’t just us playing the whole thing non-stop."
"We thought: if we’re gonna do a film, then make it personable," Mark continued. "And a lot of our fans, especially when we were putting this stuff together, played a huge part in spreading the songs which meant that people could listen to them without us putting them out in the first place. It felt good to do the film in a way that involved the people who’ve been vital to keeping the whole thing afloat."
"It’s about capturing the moment," saxophonist and vocalist Lewis Evans added. "A little time capsule of these eight months that we’ve had playing these songs on the road."
Wood's split from the group was announced in January 2022, days before the release of their second album, 'Ants From Up There'.
They'll support the record with a tour of the UK and Ireland in May. Tickets are on sale now. They'll also appear at Bluedot Festival in July.
Black Country New Road Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Tue May 02 2023 - SOUTHAMPTON 1865
Wed May 03 2023 - LEEDS Leeds Irish Centre
Fri May 05 2023 - DUBLIN 3Olympia Theatre
Sun May 07 2023 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Newcastle University Students Union
Mon May 08 2023 - GLASGOW Old Fruitmarket
Tue May 09 2023 - MANCHESTER New Century
Thu May 11 2023 - NORWICH Waterfront
Fri May 12 2023 - BIRMINGHAM Crossing
Sat May 13 2023 - BRISTOL Marble Factory
Mon May 15 2023 - CAMBRIDGE Junction 1
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