Black Country, New Road

with Daneshevskaya

Doors 7 p.m. | Music 9 p.m.

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Black Country, New Road

Emerging from London’s vibrant Windmill scene with their debut album For the first time, Black Country, New Road quickly made inroads as ones to watch in 2021.  The album brought an eclectic influence spanning genres and winning critical acclaim across the board, garnering support from both fans and critics, the album was also shortlisted for the Mercury Prize.

Second album Ants From Up There quickly followed on 3rd Feb 2022, landing at #3 in the UK Albums Chart - their second Top 5 UK album debut in 12 months.  The record was once again lauded by fans and critics alike, gaining numerous 5* reviews and went on to appear on end of year lists across the globe, including being voted #1 by fans on r/indieheads, Rate Your Music and #3 by Pitchfork readers. All of this despite being released just days after frontman Isaac Woods announced his decision to step away from the band.

Fresh from the success of Ants From Up There, with a full touring schedule ahead of them in 2023, the band, now as a six-piece, remaining members Lewis Evans, May Kershaw, Georgia Ellery, Luke Mark, Tyler Hyde, and Charlie Wayne decided to write an entire new set of material to perform.  They played to swelling crowds at festivals, including triumphant performances at Primavera, Green Man, and Fuji Rock, entering a new musical phase as they navigated and developed songs that were just weeks old. They also toured the US with black midi and headlined two sold-out shows in New York.

Daneshevskaya

Daneshevskaya is the songwriting project of New York City’s Anna Daneshevskaya Beckerman. Her artist name, also her great-grandmother’s last name, is a call back to her Russian-Jewish familial roots from her home base in New York. The name conjures a world of romance and unknowns, and as Daneshevskaya, Beckerman crafts artful, haunting songs that only ever reveal themselves halfway before she spins the wheel again.

On “Somewhere In The Middle”, the debut single for her new label home, Winspear, Beckerman approaches identity with a child-like curiosity. Backed by the production team of Model/Actriz’s Ruben Radlauer (drums, synths) and Hayden Ticehurst (guitar, synths), plus co-producer Artur Szerejko (bass) and Black Country, New Road’s Lewis Evans (saxophone), she delicately dissects the ways we often see ourselves and others in the harsh contrast of black and white.