Black Nation, New Highway have shared their new single ‘Besties’ and confirmed their new album ‘Without end Howlong’.
It comes after the band not too long ago shared a brief snippet for ‘Besties’ and teased the follow-up to ‘Ants From Up There’ utilizing interactive billboards throughout London.
The brand new album, which has been produced by James Ford, might be launched on Ninja Tune on April 4 and might be pre-ordered/pre-saved right here. It would are available in quite a lot of codecs together with a regular 2xLP on recycled black vinyl, a white label 2xLP signed by the band, an unique destructive impact artworked 2xLP, a collector’s version 2xLP with an alternate tracklisting in translucent eco jazz pink and a collector’s version cassette, additionally that includes the alternate tracklisting.
‘Besties’, which you’ll take heed to beneath, comes accompanied with a brand new video which can premiere at 5pm GMT adopted by a dwell Q&A with the band.
Talking concerning the video, director Rianne White who beforehand labored with Younger Fathers and Aurora, mentioned: “‘Besties’ got here into my world with a dance of emotions, with such an understood idea of exploring the core emotion of taking up the world, and its obstacles to be together with her, the bestie, once more.
“Constructing this with the band took me to so many reminiscences, knowledgeable by a collective of experiences from my childhood writing letters and maps to my bestie, into formulating our personal map and sliding-doors impact narrative – charged with the instinctual punch and instinct of: ‘I must be with my bestie now’.”
White continued: “Working with Georgia [Ellery], Might [Kershaw] and Tyler [Hyde] was an actual deal with throughout their performances particularly, and fairly actually, operating from the extra typical lip-sync world, and injecting cameo moments with Charlie [Wayne], Lewis [Evans] and Luke [Mark].”
Of the brand new album, Ellery mentioned: “It created an actual by line for the album, having three women singing. It’s undoubtedly very totally different to ‘Ants From Up There’, due to the feminine perspective – and the music we’ve made additionally compliments that.”
A press launch additionally added that the album is “an bold, meticulously detailed report that features all the things from people to prog through baroque pop and touches of alt-rock – with nods to all the things from Joanna Newsom to Randy Newman through Fiona Apple and Janis Ian – but all of the whereas retaining that unmistakably distinctive sound that solely this mix of musicians can give you.”
The band may even hit the street for a collection of UK, Eire and European tour dates kicking off on September 11 at Rock Metropolis in Nottingham earlier than wrapping up at O2 Academy Brixton on October 31.
Pre-sale tickets might be bought for his or her UK and Eire tour by pre-ordering their new album earlier than 3pm GMT subsequent Tuesday (February 4) right here. A code will then be despatched through electronic mail and tickets might be bought at 10am GMT the next day (February 5) right here.
Tickets will go on basic sale subsequent Friday (February 7) at 10am GMT and might be bought right here.
Black Nation, New Highway’s UK/Eire and European tour dates are:
SEPTEMBER
11 – Rock Metropolis – Nottingham
12 – Albert Corridor – Manchester
15 – Olympia – Dublin
18 – Barrowland – Glasgow
20 – The Glasshouse – Gateshead
22 – Beacon – Bristol
24 – The Corn Trade – Cambridge
OCTOBER
9 – On line casino De Paris
10 – Stereolux – Nantes
12 – Paradiso – Amsterdam
14 – Gloria – Cologne
15 – Astra – Berlin
17 – Vega – Copenhagen
18 – Fallan – Stockholm
19 – Sentrum Scene – Oslo
21 – Mojo – Hamburg
22 – Roxy – Prague
23 – Les Docks – Lausanne
25 – Magazzini Generali – Milan
26 – Epicerie Moderne – Lyon
28 – Ancienne Belgique – Brussels
30 – Brighton Dome
31 – O2 Academy Brixton – London
Earlier than that the band will play a number of competition dates together with Primavera in Barcelona on June 7 and the Finish Of The Highway competition in Dorset on August 31. You should buy tickets for the latter right here.
