New Music – Modern Nature – Source 

Modern Nature are just about to return with their new album ‘The Heat Warps’ on 29th August. They’ve just released a single off the album called Source, which is surprisingly politically charged, despite its downbeat sound. You can check it out below…

Modern Nature return with their anticipated new album The Heat Warps due out 29th August via Bella Union. Following lead track “Pharaoh”, the band today share new single and LP highlight “Source”, a politically-charged track which touches on the recent riots in the UK directed towards asylum seekers and the misinformation spread online. Watch the video HERE.

Commenting on the track frontman Jack Cooper says: “Source was written in the aftermath of the 2024 UK riots, which were sparked by a campaign of misinformation aimed at asylum seekers. I found myself watching live streams of them unfolding on YouTube, despairing at what I was seeing but oddly gripped. These communities are like the one I grew up in. It’s easy to condemn them and of course their actions were appalling, yet amongst all that hate, you could see people desperate for community and collectivism. I wanted to write something about how I saw it and it turned into this strangely uplifting song in the vein of ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ or the Beta Band’s ‘Dry The Rain’. I was going to send it to Liam Gallagher but then Oasis reformed…”