Black Country, New Road only just released their debut album For the First Time earlier this year, and they’re not wasting any time with its follow-up, scheduling their sophomore LP for release early next year. It’s called Ants From Up There, and they’ve already shared the lead single, “Chaos Space Marine.” The experimental seven-piece have returned today with a simmering, guitar-based second track called “Bread Song,” which boasts a couple near-climaxes throughout its compelling six minutes.
“We wanted to do the first chorus with no time signature,” vocalist Isaac Wood revealed in a statement. “I went to see Steve Reich do Music for 18 Musicians and there’s a piece where a bar length is determined by the breath of the clarinet player, they just play until they run out of breath. I wanted to try that with the whole band, where we don’t look at each other, we don’t make too many cues, we just try and play without time—but together.”
Hear how that experiment turned out below.
