The Charlatans have a new album out tomorrow, Different Days. The single came out at the end of April, a chiming and clanging guitar led tune with some of the six string magic down to Johnny Marr.
The new album has all kind of special guests on it-Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert from New Order, Paul Weller, Anton Newcombe, Ian Rankin, ACR's Donald Johnson and Kurt Wagner among them. I hope it doesn't get weighed down by this multitude of guest stars. The previous album, Modern Nature, was a stunning record, full of songs shot through with sunshine and loss, a band writing their out of tragedy (the death of drummer Jon Brookes). The single above sounds like a Charlatans song to be played on sunny days from your car stereo or heard through open shop doors and windows. That's good enough for now.
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Really looking forward to the LP. The band played a very fine session for Lauren Laverne yesterday.
Can't wait to hear it. The single suggests something very different to the last one. Modern Nature took a little while to grow on me, but now it's one of my fave Charlatans records.
SA - your concerns about the new album mirror my own. The single, though, does seem to bode well for its parent album. It is a strong song!
Very impressive sounding song. Not listened to any of their more recent material but this is a promising sign for the new record.
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