Alongside the practical necessities of their new incarnation, Forever Howlong marks a huge and undeniable shift in sound because of the voices at the centre of it. Coming through amid a scene centred around Brixton’s mythical venue The Windmill and the almost entirely male bands (Black Midi, Squid and more) that fronted it, for the women of Black Country, New Road, it’s about time. “Where were all the ladies at?! Quiet in the back. That’s kind of what it felt like,” suggests Hyde. “Not that anyone was bad or anything, but we just didn’t really know how to be heard. You get so used to it — well, I did — where sometimes I’d be upset or lost, but most of the time I’d just be like, ‘Well this is just how it is.’”