For the First Time

Rock · 2021 · 6 tracks · 40m

For the First Time

Black Country, New Road

Six tracks of jittery, orchestral post-punk. Spoken-word anxiety meets klezmer-inflected crescendos and jagged, math-rock precision.

It's like a jazz band and a punk band had a fight in a library and everyone was very polite but very upset about it.

A high-tension wire of modern anxiety that eventually snaps into moments of grand, orchestral catharsis.

For the First Time · vs · Black Country, New Road

Spoken Word+4.0σ

The vocals lean far further into spoken word than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks · 40m

01

Instrumental

5:27

02

Athens, France

6:22

03

Science Fair

6:20

04

Sunglasses

9:50

05

Track X

4:44

06

Opus

8:01

Moments Worth Waiting For

The frantic, klezmer-inspired saxophone explosion that closes out Opus.

The transition in Sunglasses from a dry, spoken-word monologue into a roaring, distorted guitar climax.

The way Instrumental builds from a simple rhythmic motif into a polyrhythmic orchestral frenzy.

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