Black Country, New Road
Black Country, New Road
Black Country, New Road
Black Country, New Road
Black Country, New Road
Black Country, New Road
Black Country, New Road
Black Country, New Road
Black Country, New Road
Black Country, New Road
Black Country, New Road
“Basketball Shoes”, the closer to Black Country, New Road’s sophomore LP, was written long before the release of their debut album. For years prior to release, the multi-parted, twelve-minute track had been a centerpiece of the band’s live shows.
“Basketball Shoes” – a fan favourite and a staple of...
[Part 1 (0:00 - 5:25)]
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Concorde flies in my room
Tears the house to shreds
Defines the night as such
A home for us, stick insects
And leaves no trace of luck
At every market town that we intersect
I die, like, fifteen times
The dark blue stem brings me to their breast
And I'm feelin' kinda normal with a packed lunch
Train rides don't hurt much these days
And we're all working on ourselves
And we're praying that the rest don't mind how much we've changed
So if you see me lookin' strange with a fresh style
I'm still not feeling that great
And then it's in soft focus all around you
You can't see the football game
On my dad's sofa, we are still
And we never look at our phones anymore
[Part 2 (5:25 - 7:50)]
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
Oh, I can't think of anything better
Pick a hair off my sweater
And drown in me
Like boyfriend jeans
Oh, I haven't felt this way in, like, ever
I am the convo, you are the weather
And the clamp is a cracked smile cheek
And it tortures me
And I haven't felt this way in, like, ever
I am the convo, you are the weather
And the clamp is a cracked smile cheek
And it tortures me
[Interlude (7:50 - 9:46)]
[Part 3 (9:46 - 12:37)]
[Verse 3]
In my bedsheets, now wet
Of Charli, I pray to forget
All I’ve been forms the drone, we sing the rest
Oh, your generous loan to me, your crippling interest
In my bedsheets, now wet
Of Charli, I pray to forget
All I’ve been forms the drone, we sing the rest
Oh, your generous loan to me, your crippling interest
Oh, in my bedsheets, now wet
Of Charli, I pray to forget
All I've been forms the drone, we sing the rest
Oh, your generous loan to me, your crippling interest
Basketball Shoes was written by Charlie Wayne & Georgia Ellery & May Kershaw & Tyler Hyde & Isaac Wood & Lewis Evans & Luke Mark.
Basketball Shoes was produced by Sergio Maschetzko.
Black Country, New Road released Basketball Shoes on Fri Feb 04 2022.
Tyler Hyde:
It’s essentially a medley of the whole album. It’s got literal musical motifs that are repeated on different songs in the album. It touches on all the themes that we’ve been exploring, and it’s the most climactic song on the album. It wouldn’t really make sense to not finish with it, it...