Ants From Up There

Ants From Up ThereBlack Country, New Road will release the second album, Ants From Up There on February 4th via Ninja Tune. 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

and playing each instrument'have been celebrated for their unpretentious

Leon Bridges' voice instantly transports you to the past

Finding the spiritual tone

and Anna joined SUNN O))) in the studio on synths and with her tremendous voice on the Pyroclasts pieces

as intimate lamentations on abandonment and loneliness are carefully braided with references to Pennsylvanian Dutch lore

Sonically and mechanically the same standard that made this a great part of that iconic line up

"a record about fighting to feel

and more vivid

South London rapper and Roc Nation signee Kay Young

bewitching takes on timeless gems by Sonny Clark and Avery Parrish

It's a dream

articulating a celebratory cultural cross-pollination