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Photo by Jonny Nolan Before Black Country, New Road became one of the most distinctive and unpredictable bands to emerge from the South London scene, drummer Charlie Wayne was a Classics student at King’s College London, spending his evenings playing shows and his days immersed in ancient texts. It’s a split life that makes surprising sense for someone whose musical instincts were born long before university: as an eleven-year-old sneaking every lunch break to the school drum

Just four days before the release of Ants From Up There, the follow-up to Black Country, New Road’s collectively lauded debut, the band’s...