Black Country New Road singer quits on eve of second album

Dates are off but band will continue as six piece

Black Country New Road singer Isaac Wood (pictured above, far right) has left the band the week running up to the release their second album.

In a statement on their social media channels, Wood said his continual involvement in the band had left him feeling “sad and afraid” despite his former bandmates being “six of the greatest people I know.”

The statement said: “Together we have been writing songs and then performing them, which at times has been an incredible doing, but more now everything happens that I am feeling not so great and it means from now I won’t be a member of the group anymore.

“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.”

The band added their own statement, confirming that their imminent UK and US dates – arranged to promote their second album ‘Ants From Up There’ – were cancelled but that ultimately they would continuing as a six piece.

They said: “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.”

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