Chaos Space Marine
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"Chaos Space Marine" is the first single from Black Country, New Road’s second album "Ants From Up There", released on 5 February 2022. The song, an uplifting progressive pop track with a defining and consistent riff, follows the story of a surreal character, a “Chaos Space Marine”. Tyler Hyde: "In this song, we allowed ourselves to get out all the stupid, funny joke style of playing. It was just our way of saying yes to everything. There Read more on Last.fm.

Black Country, New Road (commonly abbreviated to BCNR or BC,NR) are an English rock band formed in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom in 2018, consisting of Luke Mark (guitars and backing vocals), Lewis Evans (saxophones, flute and vocals), Georgia Ellery (violin and backing vocals), May Kershaw (keyboards, accordion and vocals), Tyler Hyde (bass and vocals) and Charlie Wayne (drums and backing vocals). The band's first two albums featured lead vocalist Isaac Wood, who left the band in 2022. Their sound has been described as experimental rock, post-punk and post-rock, drawing comparisons to bands such as Slint, Arcade Fire, and black midi. The founding members of the band originally came from the band Nervous Conditions, alongside vocalist Connor Browne and drummer Jonny Pyke. However, due to sexual assault allegations against Browne, Nervous Conditions disbanded in early 2018 and reformed later that year as Black Country, New Road without Browne and Pyke. Later adding second (at the time) guitarist Luke Mark, the band gained initial attention through debut singles Athens, France and Sunglasses in 2019. Their debut album, For the first time, released in 2021, received widespread critical acclaim, was nominated for the Mercury Prize and reached No. 4 on the United Kingdom Albums Chart. Four days before the release of their 2022 second album Ants from Up There, Wood left the band, citing mental health struggles. The album received further critical acclaim, reaching No. 3 on the United Kingdom Albums Chart. The band workshopped new material in the months following Wood's departure, eventually releasing a live album, Live at Bush Hall, in 2023. http://www.blackcountrynewroad.com Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.