The track is their first release this year
Black Country, New Road have released their new single (and first video) ‘Science Fair’ ahead of their upcoming debut album For The First Time, out February 4th 2021.
Being hailed as one of the most exciting bands around (despite only releasing two singles prior) and one of the best live bands, this release is their first of 2020, following ‘Sunglasses’ and ‘Athens, France’.
Speaking on the video, director Bart Price explained “When developing the music video for ‘Science Fair’, I was thinking about fictitious worlds that we visit through our screens, such as the American high school. Despite our lack of direct experience, these worlds become a universal means of communicating about and understanding things like what it means to grow up, or what it means to be in a friendship group, or to be in love. I wanted to create such a world around Black Country, New Road, placing their music at the heart of a small American town, that in a sense we’ve all been to and lived in.”
Calling the album “a sonic time capsule”, For The First Time will be “a true document of what we were doing in our first year”, adding that There will be a clear delineation between these first 18 months and what follows. We’ve gone in a new direction and are writing with a new ethos.”
They’ve also announced two socially distanced shows (tickets available now with album pre-orders) before their upcoming 2021 European tour.
Preorder the album here.
Tracklisting:
1. Instrumental
2. Athens, France
3. Science Fair
4. Sunglasses
5. Track X
6. Opus
Black Country, New Road headline tour dates 2021
Fri 20 Nov 2020 – Islington Assembly Hall, London
Sat 21 Nov 2020 – Islington Assembly Hall, London
Mon 18 Jan 2021 – Rotonde, Brussels, Belgium
Tue 19 Jan 2021 – Bumann & Sohn, Cologne, Germany
Wed 20 Jan 2021 – Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, France
Thu 21 Jan 2021 – La Maroquinerie, Paris, France
Fri 22 Jan 2021 – Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France
Sat 23 Jan 2021 – Rockschool Barbey, Bordeaux, France
Mon 25 Jan 2021 – Dabadaba, Donostia, Spain
Tue 26 Jan 2021 – El Sol, Madrid, Spain
Wed 27 Jan 2021 – ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal
Fri 29 Jan 2021 – Laut, Barcelona Spain
Sat 30 Jan 2021 – Le Connexion, Toulouse France
Mon 01 Feb 2021 – Bogen F, Zurich, Switzerland
Tue 02 Feb 2021 – Circolo della Musica, Turin, Italy
Thu 04 Feb 2021 – Underdogs’, Prague, Czech Republic
Fri 05 Feb 2021 – Urban Spree, Berlin, Germany
Sun 07 Feb 2021 – Mejeriet, Lund, Sweden
Mon 08 Feb 2021 – Debaser (Bar Brooklyn), Stockholm, Sweden
Tue 09 Feb 2021 – Parkteatret, Oslo, Norway
Wed 10 Feb 2021 – Loppen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Thu 11 Feb 2021 – Hafenklang, Hamburg, Germany
Sat 13 Feb 2021 – Orange House, Munich, Germany
Sun 14 Feb 2021 – Rotondes, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Mon 15 Feb 2021 – Bitterzoet, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Thu 18 Feb 2021 – Junction 1, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Fri 19 Feb 2021 – The Loft, Southampton, United Kingdom
Sat 20 Feb 2021 – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Mon 22 Feb 2021 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, United Kingdom *
Tue 23 Feb 2021 – Future Yard, Birkenhead, United Kingdom
Wed 24 Feb 2021 – Gorilla, Manchester, United Kingdom
Thu 25 Feb 2021 – Oran Mor, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Sat 27 Feb 2021 – Whelan’s, Dublin, Ireland
Mon 01 March 2021 – SWX, Bristol, United Kingdom
Tue 02 March 2021 – Chalk, Brighton, United Kingdom **
Wed 03 March 2021 – Electric Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
* = Rescheduled show (Sold Out)
** = Rescheduled show
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