40 Music Week 23.11.12
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TRACK OF THE WEEK
Evolution Theory (Max Records/A&M)
MODESTEP
Evolution Theory is the long-awaited debut album from north London dubstep-rock band Modestep and promises to take their genre- hopping music to the masses. It contains all their hit singles - Sunlight, Feel Good, Show Me A
Sign, and To The Stars - plus new single Another Day featuring Popeska and other features from Dirtee Stank’s Newham Generals, Document One and D Power, Jammin, Frisco & Jammer. Modestep was born online in 2008, when brothers Josh and Tony
January 13 INCOMING ALBUMS
JOHNNY MARR The Messenger (Warner Bros) One of the most celebrated guitarists in the history of contemporary music, Johnny Marr is set to
release of his first ever solo album. The Messenger is said to contain
‘Marr’s vocals leading a sound which mixes elements of angular art-rock, indie and rock ‘n’ roll’. Marr said of the inspiration for the
record: “The underlying idea of [it] is my experience of growing up in Europe. “When you’re away from your home
city you’re more compelled to write about it... Growing up in the city influences you, and I’ve continued to see stories and energy in it.” Marr was first known for his work
alongside Morrissey in The Smiths, releasing four classic studio albums and the live set Rank, all of which peaked at No.1 or 2 on the album chart.
FEBRUARY 25
PEAKING LIGHTS Lucifer In Dub (Weird World) Following this year’s new album Lucifer, LA duo Aaron Coyes and Indra Dunis, aka Peaking Lights, will
release of Lucifer In Dub – a special collection of dub edits created by Coyes. The Sonic Boom-mastered, six-song
collection takes strands of krautrock, minimal house, analogue dance music, skewed pop and the band’s core influence – dub - and fuses them together resulting in ‘a seductively heavy surrealist-soundsystem monster that acts as a perfect companion piece to the hypnotic groove and intricately patterned melodies of its parent record’. Coyes said: “Both of us really love
how Lucifer in Dub turned out. Sonic Boom really understood the sound we were after, there was no compromise in the low end, he gets our zone - warm; lush, round, heavy on the psychedelics.” DECEMBER 20
ED HARCOURT Back Into the Woods (CCCLX Music) To introduce his sixth studio album, Back Into the Woods, Ed Harcourt has released free
download track, The Man That Time Forgot. The LP will be released through
CCCLX Music - a new label set up by Sean Adams, the founder of Drowned in Sound - and Harcourt said of it: “I have no regrets… I’ve certainly learnt a lot about love, lust and loss since my last record.” He will headline London’s Cecil Sharp
House on December 19 and will also perform at a Union Chapel charity gig on November 23. Aside from collaborating and writing
many songs with others, Harcourt has scored songs for documentary For No Good Reason, as well as the follow-up to Donnie Darko, S.Darko.
FEBRUARY 25
Friend started Modestep Radio. By late 2010 they were writing their own songs, one of which was Feel Good, for which they made a cheap video which they gave exclusively to YouTube channel UKF - within weeks it had 4 million hits. By early 2011 Modestep were on the Radio 1 A-List and the hottest unsigned property in UK music and had added drummer Matt and guitarist Nick to ramp up their live offering. A&M won the race to their signatures, with the band creating their own imprint Max Records. Boasting 50 million YouTube views, a combined live audience over
2012 of 1.5 million people and a US record deal with Interscope, Modestep have the potential to be the UK’s biggest rock/dance crossover band since the 1990s.
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS Finally Found You
feat. Sammy Adams (Universal Republic)
Enrique Iglesias returns with brand new track, Finally Found You, taken from his new album, due in 2013. In just over a decade Iglesias
has become an international superstar, selling over 60 million albums in both English and Spanish, with three million of those in the UK where he has had 13 Top 20 singles. He burst on to the music
December 10
scene in 1995 winning a Grammy for his first-ever Spanish release and in 1999 his eponymous English language debut LP sold six million, went double-platinum in the US, and achieved gold or platinum status in 32 countries. Last year’s Euphoria album
generated over 1 million UK single sales - including the global smash Tonight (I’m Lovin’You) and Heartbeat.
STAFF PICK: KARMA BERTELSEN, SALES EXECUTIVE
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION Afterglow (Mascot Records) The beginning of this year brought a certain
excitement to the fans of old-school hard rock, such as myself. Black Country communion had announced its plans to record their third studio album at the beginning of summer and just four months after they started recording in the studio, they released Afterglow. This hard rock, blues rock, super-
group formed of four rock ‘n’ roll lyrical and instrumental masters shaped together three years ago to grace the followers of bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple with their true classic rock
continuation. Their first two albums Black Country and 2 did just this, they followed the old school roots of rock but in Afterglow they’ve decided to progress into a slightly different style. With more hooks and melodic guitar
solo’s by Joe Bonamassa and deeper lyrical content from Glenn Hughes, the album has a more wild-bluesy feel to it, you can certainly hear this in tracks Midnight Sun and Confessor. In addition to Bonamassa adding a
bit more rhythm to his guitar (like his solo releases) the album has let Derek Sherinian take away on the keyboards and enhance the harmonious content as seen on Afterflow and Big Train. This 11-track album is full of dynamic rock that should not be missed out on.
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