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Black Country, New Road

ISAAC WOOD, 22-year-old frontman of Black Country, New Road, makes for a thoughtful but guarded interviewee as he discusses his band’s expansive music and sharp lyrics. He takes his craft seriously, but the caution comes from lived experience. Wood’s previous band, Nervous Conditions, split after their lead singer was accused of sexual assault; the episode

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