Black Country, New Road For The First Time Album Review
Rating: 8/10
Favourite Tracks: Science Fair, Track X, Instrumental
Least Favourite Track: Sunglasses
As I am officially back on reviewing albums on my blog, The first album of this year that I will be reviewing is by a British band called 'Black Country, New Road' with their debut album 'For The First Time'
Black Country, New Road are a highly anticipated band from London formed in 2018 which consists of 7 members, Issac Wood on vocals and guitar, Tyler Hyde on bass, Lewis Evans on saxophone, Georgia Ellery on violin, May Kershaw on keyboards, Charlie Wayne on drums, and Luke Mark on guitar. They have been the most talked band of 2021 so far, I came across with them this year when I heard some of their singles such as Track X, Science Fair, which grabbed my attention, When I heard these singles I thought it was black Midi as Issacs's vocals sounds like the same vocals as the guy from Black Midi, This band has been called as another Black Midi which makes it interesting as I am a fan of Black Midi, Discussing more about the album this album has just been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize 2021, I was so delighted that it was nominated well deserved I enjoyed this album I would love to see this album win the prize, I can understand why this album has received a lot of praise, I enjoyed it and this will definitely be up there on my favourite albums of the year list.
The opening track "Instrumental" starts off with a heavy drum kick and builds up with great bass and some beautiful Saxophone sounds, This is very jazzy good opening track, The next track "Athens, France" which shows Issac vocals in the first 40 seconds of the track I love how in the 2 minutes of the track it starts to go down it sounded like a downtempo track I was expecting more upbeat like instrumental but other than the track is decent, The next track "Science Fair" has a great bass sound in the beginning of the track, I love Isaac's vocals on this track, The guitar playing on this track is amazing, I really enjoyed how the violins came in the middle of the track. Isaac's vocals is amazing, The track "Sunglasses" is probably my least favourite I think the track should have started a bit earlier than leaving a big gap, However it does have some good Saxophone sounds. The next track "Track X" which is the first track that I discovered from them I first heard this on BBC Radio 6 Music and I really liked this track it's calming and smoothing, I loved the backing vocals from Georgia on this one, The final track "Opus" starts off with a guitar solo and then comes the violins with Issac's vocals I like the ending of the track it ends well it's a decent track a good ending to the album.
Overall I liked this album it is definitely in my favourite albums of the year list I am going to give this album an 8/10.
