Black Country, New Road will play Dublin next year. In support of their upcoming second album, Ants From Up There, acclaimed London septet will stop off at Dublin’s 3Olympia on 11th April 2022 as part of a UK and Irish tour. Tickets cost €24 and go on sale on Friday, 22nd October. Listen to band’s new single, ‘Chaos Space Marine’ below. Revisit our review of the band’s debut album, For the first time, here.
Overnight success is so hot right now, and Black Country, New Road are the latest craze. The sextet formed in Cambridge in the summer of 2018 from the ashes of another project. A performance at London’s Brixton Windmill caught the attention of producer Dan Carey (Squid, Fontaines D.C., black midi), who swiftly ushered them into his studio in Streatham to record their debut single, ‘Athens, France’, released in January 2019. The track, which boasted the best Slint riff this side of Spiderland alongside some striking saxophone and shimmering keys, inspired the usual music press hyperbole; the latest outpouring of praise…