| Sunglasses | |
| Cover: | Black-country-new-road-sunglasses.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Black Country, New Road |
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| Length: | 8:54 |
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| Lyricist: | Isaac Wood |
| Producer: | Andy Savours |
| Prev Title: | Athens, France |
| Prev Year: | 2019 |
| Next Title: | Science Fair |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Sunglasses | |
| Type: | song |
| Artist: | Black Country, New Road |
| Album: | For the First Time |
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| Length: | 9:51 |
| Label: | Ninja Tune |
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| Lyricist: | Isaac Wood |
"Sunglasses" is a song by English rock band Black Country, New Road. It was released first as a single on 26 July 2019, through Blank Editions. A different and longer version of the song was released on 5 February 2021, for their debut album, For the First Time. The song has been described as post-punk and post-rock.[1]
"Sunglasses" was Black Country, New Road's second single, following "Athens, France" from January 2019. The song is nine minutes long and features instruments such as saxophone and violin alongside a rock ensemble. The song has been described as "a wild ride, morphing from post-rock to post-punk to an explosion of free-jazzy noise" and "poetic hysteria in a turbulent yet addictive brass-flecked track".[2]
"Sunglasses" was released digitally via Speedy Wunderground and physically via Blank Editions. There were three different 7-inch pressings, each with different covers: the first was limited to 500 copies with every copy having a different picture featured on the cover, making each copy unique; the second limited to 250, with the cover art featuring a marching band; and the third with an "undisclosed" number of copies featuring a picture of the band assembling the first pressing. The first pressing sold out within 2 hours. For the second pressing, the 250 copies were split, with 130 being available online, and the rest distributed to "select record stores".[3] Each edition cost the same price of 11 GBP (USD).
The digital release of the song included an abridged four-and-a-half minute long edit of the song.
A different, 10-minute re-recording of the song was made for Black Country, New Road's debut album, For the First Time, which was released through Ninja Tune. This version features a slow distorted guitar intro not included in the 2019 version, along with subtle differences, such as lines being changed. Isaac Wood's spoken word vocals become a more subtle singing, and have a more "conscious control over the song's sonic range" overall, as saxophonist Lewis Evans explains.[4]