BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD

♥️Becky’s Grandma, 🪇eBay Kinder toys, 👖Trackies (sweatpants/joggers) only, and more.

Black Country, New Road is a London-based experimental rock band from Cambridge, U.K., consisting of Charlie Wayne (drums), Lewis Evans (sax), May Kershaw (keys), Georgia Ellery (violin), Luke Mark (guitar), and Tyler Hyde (bass). I became a fan of the six-piece back in 2019 with the release of their single, "Sunglasses." Since then, they’ve released two albums and toured alongside fellow boundary-pushers Black Midi. Their third studio album, Forever Howlong, drops this Friday, April 4th, on Ninja Tune. You can catch them performing it live throughout the spring and summer– find your tickets here. Lucky for us, BCNR is here to tell us what they’ve been into.

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Wolf Hall and Wolf Hall 2: Bring Up The Bodies

Wolf Hall and Wolf Hall 2: Bring Up The Bodies are two of the best books ever. Hilary Mantel delivers a stunning portrait of Thomas Cromwell, the understated but supremely talented ‘blacksmith’s boy’ turned Secretary to Henry VIII. All sorts of things happen in these two books as he (Thomas Cromwell) navigates his way around a large cast of cunning characters and through a number of sticky situations. There is a third and final book (Wolf Hall 3: The Mirror and the Light) that I imagine is also one of the best books of all time but I haven’t read it yet but I did get it for Christmas so can look forward to reading it soon! -Charlie

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Jack Bauer Pic

Luke from BC,NR bought me a framed and signed photo of Jack Bauer for my 25th birthday in 2023. I keep it next to another framed (as yet unsigned) photo of me, my girlfriend Ginny and the aforementioned Luke. Jack Bauer to me represents an attitude toward tasks and chores that I aspire to. He always gets the job done, even if that means breaking a few rules here and there. Ever since I’ve had him I’ve had an exemplary approach to laundry. -Lewis

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Becky’s Grandma

I’ve been hanging out a lot with my best friend’s grandma. She’s really great. She lets me come to her church and play the organ there. We have coffee, and she recently showed me all her textile art pieces. We listened to the Beethoven cello sonata (A major) she is requesting for her funeral. She’s strong, creative, quick witted and stands up for me when other members of the congregation don’t want me to play the organ. -May

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Trackies (sweatpants/joggers) only

I love being in my trackies. Feeling comfortable brings me lots of joy. I have one pair of trousers I wear when I can’t get away with the trackies - but apart from that I wear trackies everyday and it makes me feel great. -Georgia

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eBay Kinder toys

This band is called the Siesta Singers. I collected them from the insides of chocolate eggs from 2004-2005, but lost contact with them in the years since. Recently, I decided to track them down and found they could be sent to my door for a reasonable £6.20. I can’t tell if they are exactly the same guys, but they still play in time when you press down on their hats. I heartily recommend reconnecting with old gizmos and friends. -Luke

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Sony Mic’n Micro m-100mc (micro cassette corder).

This object recently came into my life. I found it on my dad’s shelf and had a listen through. It was a “conversation” between my dad and my (then) baby sister, learning to speak. I’d never been transported to another time like that before, it was like I was in the room, a feeling no photo or video had ever given me. In that moment I realised the importance of audio documentation. I’ve made a decision to record interactions on this device for the foreseeable - until it dies I suppose. -Tyler

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