MATTHEW HAWKINS applauds a psychotherapist’s disection of William Blake
Albums reviews with Ian Sinclair: March 24, 2025
New releases from Black Country, New Road, Anouar Brahem, and Jaywalkers
New releases from Christina Alden and Alex Patterson, Odette Michell, Clementine Lovell
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a very readable account of Britain’s involvement in South America
Strip cartoons used to be the bread and butter of newspapers and they have been around for centuries. MICHAL BONCZA asks our own Paul Tanner about which bees are in his bonnet
GORDON PARSONS acknowledges the authority with which Sarah Kane’s theatrical justification for suicide has resonance today
RON JACOBS welcomes a timely homage to one of the IWW and CPUSA’s most effective orators
Black Country, New Road
Forever Howlong
(Ninja Tune)
★★★★
BLACK Country, New Road’s third studio record confirms the Cambridge six-piece as one of the most interesting, shapeshifting bands in the UK right now.
Their 2021 debut, an often unhinged shot of post-rock, was followed by the Arcade Fire-influenced Ants from Up There in 2022. Both records were driven forward by the talk-singing of frontman Isaac Wood, and both had many critics in raptures.
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