Newsletter 31-01-22: Isaac Wood Leaves BCNR, February preview, Pupil Slicer new track and Underoath Tour Update

Black Country, New Road Vocalist Leaves Group

As the band approaches the release of their sophomore album, Ants From Up There, vocalist Isaac Wood has announced he has left the group. In a statement he said the following;

To be clear: this is completely in spite of six of the greatest people I know, who were and are wonderful in a sparkling way. If you are reading this, maybe you would have seen some of that. It has been a great pleasure and I would like to say the words ‘Thank You’ to everyone.

A statement from the band followed with: “Although Isaac won’t be part of the group any longer, the rest of us will be continuing to make music together as Black Country, New Road. In fact, we’ve already starting working on it.

The things we’ll miss about working with Isaac are too many and various to list here, but by listening to the music we made together, I’m sure you’ll understand at least a few of them. It’d be difficult to overstate how much our experiences as a group have affected us. In fact, it’s difficult to say anything at all coherent about what we’ve managed to do. But it has certainly been the greatest privilege to do it all together, as seven friends.

Underoath Announce Every Time I Die Tour Replacements

Last week, Underoath confirmed that Bad Omens and Stray From The Path will be joining them on their upcoming US tour. It has also been confirmed that Spiritbox will take the recently-disbanded Every Time I Die’s spot as the main support on the tour, which will begin on February 18th. However Stray From The Path will be joining the tour from the 23rd, with Dallas, Houston and San Antonio missing out on the hardcore unit.

Pupil Slicer Announce New Single Featuring Cara Drolshagen

Premiering on Dan Carter’s Radio 1 show on Sunday evening, Pupil Slicer unveiled their first single of 2022, “Thermal Runaway“, featuring Cara Drolshagen of The Armed. This follows on from the unit’s breakout album Mirrors, which released last year, and comes ahead of their tour with Rolo Tomassi in February. This is Drolshagen’s second feature, since performing on Hiraki’s track “Common Fear” last year. The single will release on streaming services later this week.

Upcoming February Releases + Preview

With February on the horizon, it will be one of the busiest there’s been in recent years. Last year saw Architects, Julien Baker, Hayley Williams and Teenage Wrist all release full-lengths, with Loathe dropping their ambient album The Things They Believe. The albums for February are as follows:

Friday, 4 February
Annisokay – Aurora (Special Edition)
As It Is – I WENT TO HELL AND BACK
Circa Survive – A Dream About Death [EP]
Cold Night for Alligators – The Hindsight Notes
Rolo Tomassi – Where Myth Becomes Memory
yeule – Glitch Princess

Friday, 11 February
In Hearts Wake – Kaliyuga Booster Pack pEP]
InVision – Deadlock / LP
Take Life – You Are Nowhere / LP

Friday, 18 February
And So I Watch You from Afar – Jettison
SIFYN – Marionette

Friday, 25 February
Bad Omens – THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND
Bitter Branches – Neighbors Are Failures
Graphic Nature – new skin [EP]
If Not for Me – Eulogy
Short Stack – Maybe There’s No Heaven

[FULL RELEASE CALENDAR]

Single-wise, this upcoming Thursday will see release from The Devil Wears Prada with “Watchtower” and Loathe releasing the third single from their collaboration series. With further singles from ERRA, Ocean Grove, The Oklahoma Kid and Vein.fm from their upcoming projects.

It will be the anniversary of a few albums this month too; Thursday’s Common Existence hits 13 years since release, 2018’s Dispose and Beautiful Death from The Plot In You and Slaves respectively reach the four-year milestone, and it will be 11 years since Glassjaw released their EP Coloring Book.