LP, Limited Edition, Reissue, Yellow Vinyl
BMG (2023) EU
Limited-Edition Transparent Yellow Vinyl
Modern Nature is The Charlatans’ twelfth studio album. Originally released in 2015 and featuring the singles ‘Talking In Tones’, ‘So Oh’ and ‘Come Home Baby’, the album was produced by The Charlatans and Jim Spencer, and mixed by Craig Silvey (Arcade Fire, Portishead). The record features a cacophony of contributors, from the band’s three temporary drummers - Pete Salisbury of The Verve, Stephen Morris of New Order and Gabriel Gurnsey of DFA's avant-disco group Factory Floor - to Kate Bush's backing singers Melanie Marshall and Sandra Marvin. Strings are by Sean O' Hagan and brass comes courtesy of Dexy’s' Big Jim Paterson.
Q described the album as “one the finest of their career", while the Guardian hailed it as "a triumph". The album was recorded after a difficult year for the band following the death from brain cancer of their old friend and drummer Jon Brookes in 2013. The band’s Tony Rogers said they were determined to carry on to honour Brookes' memory.