"Almost a year to the day after the release of their acclaimed debut, ""For The First Time,"" which made it to number four on the charts in the U.K., Black Country, New Road has used the momentum from that album to go full steam ahead into their second album. 2022 is ready and is called ""Ants From Up There"".

The album was recorded in the summer of 2021 at Chale Abbey Studios on the Isle Of Wight with the band's longtime live engineer, Sergio Maschetzko. The band themselves are confident of the result, ""It was such a pleasure to make. I've come to terms with the fact that this may be the best thing I'll be involved in for the rest of my life. And that's a good thing,"" says bassist Tyler Hyde."