Ants From Up There

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The relationship dynamic is familiar, but it’s never been heard on a song that slowly morphs from vaporous, free-time improv to bouncy township pop. There will be a clear delineation between these first 18 months…and what follows,” saxophonist Lewis Evans stated nearly four months before their debut LP.

Even without the YouTube archives, it’s easy to picture the evolution of “Snow Globes” in real time; a braid of harmonized guitars repeats until the strings follow suit, all while Wayne bashes away in a completely different meter, a provocation and also a fitting rhythm to Wood’s slow-motion implosion. On “Bread Song,” Wood ponders the vulnerability of eating in bed while desperately squeezing his phone as if it can make his intentions more direct and compelling. They worked with feverish literacy and earnest emotion, conservatory-trained musicianship and childlike whimsy. Almost 75 percent of their 2021 debut, For the first time , had been available and loudly celebrated before its release, and when the album came out, the band began to distance themselves from their “phase one.Following on almost exactly a year to the day from the release of their acclaimed debut “For the first time”, the band have harnessed the momentum from that record and run full pelt into their second, with “Ants From Up There” managing to strike a skilful balance between feeling like a bold stylistic overhaul of what came before, as well as a natural progression. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Comprised of various labels we know and love at Rough Trade (Bella Union, ATO, Speedy Wunderground, Phantasy, Heavenly, Mute and more) PIAS [Recordings] filter through some of the most diverse artistry to our racks, which we greatly enjoy digging into. x - ZEN278 'Ants From Up There' Double black 140g vinyl, housed in an artworked gatefold sleeve with black paper inner sleeves and 20 page lyric booklet and sticker.

It’s definitely a reference to the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000, maybe a tweak of the Smiths’ “ Still Ill,” and, hopefully, a shot at the wave of talky UK post-rock bands that Black County, New Road were once part of and have now graduated from. Following on almost exactly a year to the day from the release of their acclaimed debut “For the first time”, the band have harnessed the momentum from that record and run full pelt into their second, with “Ants From Up There” managing to strike a skilful balance between feeling like a bold stylistic overhaul of what came before, as well as a natural. Ants From Up There’s very first moments re-introduces a band that could not be more excited about where things were headed.The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast.