George486

The post-punk revival that has been prominent in Britain over the last few years and each of its more notable names count on their success for a different reason. Black Country, New Road for instance, have propelled themselves on comfortable weirdness that not everyone can pull off. IDLES have formed their own blend of brutalist woke-ism to carve out their niche. If Squid have taught us anything during their few years in the public eye leading up to their debut, it’s that absolute ... read more

For a project that is literally just a compilation of a load of random nonsense, the consistent sound just sparks something really exciting in me that i don't know if i had really heard/felt before or since.

Controversially, I think this is their best release. The aggression and noisey house side of Daft Punk does more for me than their more Disco-y sound. By no means am i saying that Discovery is bad. It's incredible. This is just more for me. Less shrouded in mystery than any of their other releases because that's just not who they were yet, which is a shame. But the music itself just bangs.

Black Country, New Road haven’t discovered anything groundbreaking or been the first to implement an overwhelming amount of aggressive jazz saxophone into a noisy album. Instead, they do what they want, and in doing whatever they want… they do it very well. Whatever it is, its strengths come in how this all seems to fit together, the instrumentals all lock together fantastically with a highlight on the drums. The horns and violins definitely play their role, albeit slightly less on ... read more