Black Country, New Road Announce New Album 'Forever Howlong' And Accompanying Tour Dates
Thursday, 30 January 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Eddie Whelan
Black Country, New Road have announced their third studio album.
'Forever Howlong' will arrive through Ninja Tune on April 4, following up 2022's 'Ants From Up There' and 2023's 'Live At Bush Hall'.
Produced by James Ford, it finds the art-rock band splitting the vocals and most of the songwriting between three female members, bassist Tyler Hyde, violinist/mandolin player Georgia Ellery and keyboardist May Kershaw. Ellery explained:
"It created a real through line for the album, having three girls singing. It's definitely very different to 'Ants From Up There', because of the female perspective - and the music we've made also compliments that."
As a preview, the group have shared the record's first single and opening track, Besties, a bright, lively baroque pop offering with layers of instrumentation and lead vocals from Ellery. A Rianne White-directed video for the song will premiere on YouTube at 5pm GMT today (January 30), followed by a live Q&A with the band.
White said: "Besties came into my world with a dance of feelings, with such an understood concept of exploring the core emotion of taking on the world, and its obstacles to be with her, the bestie, again.
"Building this with the band took me to so many memories, informed by a collective of experiences from my childhood writing letters and maps to my bestie, into formulating our own map and sliding-doors effect narrative - charged with the instinctual punch and intuition of: I need to be with my bestie now. Working with Georgia, May and Tyler was a real treat across their performances especially, and quite literally, running from the more conventional lip-sync world, and injecting cameo moments with Charlie, Lewis and Luke.
"Knee-high in January’s jacket of mud, darkness, fields, street corners and a pack of hounds we found the beating heart of a world made better by chasing love and connection. Shooting in these conditions, and having fun is a real testament to a fantastic team and collective of people! It’s been such a pleasure, this song was love at first harpsichord!"
The band will support the record with UK and European festival appearances, including a slot at End Of The Road in Dorset. Following the summer dates, they'll head out for a UK and European tour between September 11 and October 31, which includes their biggest headline show to date at London's O2 Academy Brixton. Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time on February 7.
'Forever Howlong' tracklist:
1. Besties
2. The Big Spin
3. Socks
4. Salem Sisters
5. Two Horses
6. Mary
7. Happy Birthday
8. For the Cold Country
9. Nancy Tries to Take the Night
10. Forever Howlong
11. Goodbye (Don’t Tell Me)
Black Country New Road Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Thu September 11 2025 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Fri September 12 2025 - MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Mon September 15 2025 - DUBLIN Dublin 3Olympia
Thu September 18 2025 - GLASGOW Barrowland Ballroom
Sat September 20 2025 - GATESHEAD Glasshouse International Centre for Music - Sage 1
Mon September 22 2025 - BRISTOL Bristol Beacon
Wed September 24 2025 - CAMBRIDGE Corn exchange
Thu October 09 2025 - PARIS Casino de Paris (France)
Fri October 10 2025 - NANTES Stereolux (France)
Sun October 12 2025 - AMSTERDAM Paradiso (Netherlands)
Tue October 14 2025 - COLOGNE Gloria (Germany)
Wed October 15 2025 - BERLIN Astra (Germany)
Fri October 17 2025 - COPENHAGEN Vega (Denmark)
Sat October 18 2025 - STOCKHOLM Fallan (Sweden)
Sun October 19 2025 - OSLO Sentrum Scene (Norway)
Tue October 21 2025 - HAMBURG Mojo (Germany)
Wed October 22 2025 - PRAGUE Roxy (Czech Republic)
Thu October 23 2025 - LAUSANNE Les Docks (Switzerland)
Sat October 25 2025 - MILAN Magazzini Generali (Italy)
Sun October 26 2025 - LYON Epicerie Moderne (France)
Thu October 30 2025 - BRIGHTON Brighton Dome Concert Hall
Fri October 31 2025 - LONDON O2 Academy Brixton
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