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    BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD

    Jan 13, 2022 5 minutes
    By Sam Richards

    Ants From Up There

    NINJA TUNE

    “I tried my best to hold you/Through the headset that you wear”

    MARCH 2022 TAKE 298

    1 SPIRITUALIZED (P22)

    2 ANAÏS MITCHELL (P24)

    3 MODERN STUDIES (P30)

    4 BEACH HOUSE (P33)

    5 THE DELINES (P34)

    ALBUM OF THE MONTH 9/10

    AS soon as music venues reopened their doors last summer, Black Country, New Road were pretty much the first band back out on tour, playing to audiences seated at tables in socially distanced bubbles. Sure, they had a critically acclaimed debut album to promote – was released at the height of lockdown in February 2021 – but they seemed keen to quickly push beyond that. The setlist for that first show, at Bath Komedia on June 15, included only three songs from the album, and four

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