The soul influenced Wonderland followed in before the more traditionally 'Charlatans' sounding Up At The Lake was released in The band released their ninth full-length album on April 10, , their first for new label Sanctuary Records. The album reached the top 10 in its first week of release, but dropped out of the charts shortly after. The band seem in a good place now, happy with their level of success and keen to record their next album in , as they told STV in this interview in November In an interview for their Simpatico album, the band mentioned lack of shower facilities and bad bus drivers as the worst aspects of touring.
They don't want you on the bus, yet you're paying them a fortune to drive you. They'd rather drive around the whole of the country with nobody in the back. A recording of Live At Delamere Forest was released as a download only via the official website in five parts for a very limited time only. At a guess, the past year or two has been spent listening to Krautrock and the early Eighties Euro-influenced new-wave grooves of the young Simple Minds and New Order.
The opener "Oh! Vanity" chugs along like Neu! It's but one of a string of songs rooted in disaffection and break-up, delivered by Tim Burgess with the ingenuous reproach of Bernard Sumner. The split reaches crisis proportions on the self-explanatory "My Name Is Despair" and the organ-driven mid-tempo rocker "A Day For Letting Go" "This is the sound of a drown and a dream spilling down" , though whatever betrayal or disappointment Burgess has suffered, it clearly hasn't dimmed either his spirit or the band's knack for engaging melodies.
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Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Mike Walsh, the head of music at Xfm, said the download service, which starts on 22 October, would remain active "for as long as there's demand". He said: "We thought it was an irresistible opportunity to do something that had not been done before. We could provide listeners with exciting and unique music and embrace something that we feel will inevitably become more common in the future.
Receive today's headlines directly to your inbox every morning and evening, with our free daily newsletter. Enter email address This field is required Sign Up. Walsh said he understood the logic of the band's stance. Charlatans to give away new album as free download. To coincide with the acoustic tour the band released Warm Sounds EP. On 13 August the band's drummer Jon Brookes succumbed to brain cancer after having been diagnosed earlier in and having undergone several operations and treatment for the condition.
The charity have set up The Jon Brookes Fund as a lasting tribute to the drummer. The Charlatans announced details of their 12th studio album entitled Modern Nature , due for release on the 26th January on their new label BMG.
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