Black Country, New Road Announce Tour and New Album Forever Howlong, Share New Song: Watch the Video

Black Country, New Road have announced a new album, Forever Howlong—their first studio LP since singer Isaac Wood left the group in 2022. The follow-up to Ants From Up There and 2023’s Live at Bush Hall arrives April 4 on Ninja Tune, and you can hear a song from it, “Besties,” below. That song, which comes with a Rianne White–directed video, is the first of their studio recordings to feature lead vocals from Georgia Ellery—one half of Jockstrap and a longtime co-vocalist at Black Country, New Road live shows. The band has also announced tour dates—including a stop at Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX—that you can see below.

Forever Howlong was produced by Arctic Monkeys and Fontaines D.C. collaborator James Ford. Ellery shares lead vocals across the LP with Tyler Hyde and May Kershaw. Said Ellery in press materials, “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.”

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Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong

Forever Howlong:

01 Besties
02 The Big Spin
03 Socks
04 Salem Sisters
05 Two Horses
06 Mary
07 Happy Birthday
08 For the Cold Country
09 Nancy Tries to Take the Night
10 Forever Howlong
11 Goodbye (Don’t Tell Me)

Black Country, New Road:

05-03 Mexico City, Mexico – Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX
05-13 Chicago, IL – Salt Shed ^+
05-14 Omaha, NE – Slowdown ^
05-16 Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom *
05-17 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Block Party
05-19 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory +
05-20 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern +
05-22 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield +
05-23 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater +
05-24 Seattle, WA – Moore Theater +
06-07 Barcelona, Spain – Parc del Fòrum (Primavera Sound Barcelona)
08-15 Paredes de Coura, PT – Parades de Coura
08-17 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands – Lowlands Festival
08-28-31 Dorset, England – End of the Road Festival
09-11 Nottingham, England – Rock City
09-12 Manchester, England – Albert Hall
09-15 Dublin, Ireland – Olympia
09-18 Glasgow, Scotland – Barrowlands
09-20 Gateshead, England – The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
09-22 Bristol, England – Beacon
09-24 Cambridge, England – The Corn Exchange
10-09 Paris, France – Casino de Paris
10-10 Nantes, France – Stereolux
10-12 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
10-14 Cologne, Germany – Gloria
10-15 Berlin, Germany
10-17 Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
10-18 Stockholm, Sweden – Fallan
10-19 Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene
10-21 Hamburg, Germany – Mojo
10-22 Prague, Czech Republic – Roxy
10-23 Lausanne, Switzerland – Les DOcks
10-25 Milan, Italy – Magazzini Generali
10-26 Lyon, France – Epicerie Moderne
10-28 Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique
10-30 Brighton, England – Brighton Dome
10-31 London, England – O2 Academy Brixton