Black Country, New Road have been anything but stagnant since their 2018-inception. Significant changes across the band’s structure and sound prove the six-piece as masters of adaptability, especially on their 2025 album Forever Howlong.
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Reflecting on a life lived through music: In-Conversation with Simon Raymonde on ‘In One Ear’
Some artists spend their lives mythologized by others. Few take the risk of narrating their story themselves. Simon Raymonde has always been the quiet engine behind some of the most influential sounds of the late twentieth century, shaping entire textures of dream pop through his work with Cocteau Twins and shepherding new voices into the world as the founder of Bella Union.