- 2025-03-04
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MUSIC
Black Country, New Road Releases New Song “Happy Birthday”
British rock band Black Country, New Road, consisting of Tyler Hyde (vocals/bass), Lewis Evans (vocals/saxophone), Georgia Ellery (vocals/violin), May Kershaw (vocals/keyboards), Charlie Wayne (drums) and Luke Mark (guitar), released the second single called “Happy Birthday” from their upcoming third studio album “Forever Howlong” on March 3, 2025.
The album is set to be released on April 4, 2025 via Ninja Tune.
The song is accompanied by the Lesley-anne Rose-directed stop-motion animated music video.
It was written by Charlie Wayne, Georgia Ellery, Lewis Evans, Luke Mark, May Kershaw, and Tyler Hyde. Produced by James Ford.
The band bassist and vocalist Tyler Hyde said of the song, “When I wrote 'Happy Birthday' I had Georgia's song 'Besties' in my head while I was writing it. Therefore, the structure of it is heavily influenced by it.”
The band shared, “The song is accompanied by a music video by Lesley-Anne Rose. We'd like to say thank you to Lesley for working tirelessly to put this video together. We hope you enjoy watching and listening to it.”- The new album comprises 11 songs, produced by James Ford. It is their first album in three years since the 2022 album “Ants from Up There”.
Also, it is the first release after lead vocalist Isaac Wood left the band.
The band said of the album, “After two years of writing new music we had a fun time recording the album last autumn with producer James Ford. The artwork is by Jordan Kee.” - source : Apple Music