Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong (April 4th, 2024) Album • Page 3

that's easily my least favorite of their records, live record included

 

That was their second album.

I think he was great but I think the girls are all pretty wonderful too. It's definitely a very different vibe though.

 

Can't, for the life of me, get into the debut. I tried when it initially came out and wrote the band off. Then Ants was so good that I bought in and tried again and couldn't get through it. I'll listen again at some point next week.

 

Love ants, debut didn’t do much for me though. This will take a few listens to grow on me but def has some bangers after my first run through

 

firing up the debut right now and it's already hitting. it helps that I love pulp and it's basically pulp 2.0, which is why I kinda get them abandoning that sound immediately

 

I love the debut. "Sunglasses" is such a certified banger

 

yeah i love the live video of it too where they kinda change the arrangement

 

Sunglasses is good. The first three tracks still stink

 

"Science Fair" is so good.

 

yeah Science Fair remains one of their best, I never really listen to anything else apart from Track X from that album though. original Sunglasses version or bust

 

Yeah, I’m with a lot of you. I love Ants but can’t really get into the first one. I’ve listened to it 2-3 times too. It’s just not for me. I’m liking this new one after the first listen

 

spinning this again and yeah the first half is opening up for me now too. think I just truly dislike Besties and it was throwing me off, I really wish this opened with literally any other song lmao

Salem Sisters deserved to be a single, that's a perfect pop song right there

 

I agree, I think Besties is kind of a bad song.

 

man the way For the Cold Country starts sounding like it's in mono and then just opens up into full sound after "kite strings burn my palms" is just breathtaking. one of their best moments ever

 

I continue to try to see what I’m missing with this band but it’s still not clicking yet. There’s some impressive jumps from one idea to the next here but very little I’m actually enjoying. So weird, this thread is basically a murderer’s row of people whose opinions here I generally agree with.

 

besties isn’t great but it’s far from my least favorite here. it’s just the most twee

 

Besties is the only one I don't really like. It's growing on me but a lot of the melodies just don't really work for me. It feels a little awkward.

 

it's wild because I was so excited to finally hear Georgia sing on a BCNR song and then it came out and just deflated my expectations for the whole album lol. now think everything else here is pretty great including her other two songs, just makes the choice of song to lead off this whole era even more baffling

 

think this is en route to becoming my favorite of theirs

 

Honestly same here. I loved the first two - thought Ants was even better than the debut - but the vibes beginning with the last minute or so of Socks through the end of the album are just so much more my thing in general and also because it’s not at all unsettling it’s a much easier listen.

 

I always found it difficult to pick a favourite between the first two, then Bush Hall ended up around the same place. This seems like its on target to make a four way tie haha.

I'll have to try and rank them properly at some point but they're all very close.

 

Ants
This
Live
First one

 

Descending release order for me, but they're all pretty good with a little filler between Bush Hall and this one.

 

Cool, I’m happy you liked this!

 

The last chorus in Mary is my favorite moment on the entire record.

She screams in the shower
Lost all of her power