Modern Nature
Modern Nature is the twelfth studio album by British rock band the Charlatans. It was released through BMG on 26 January 2015. After the release of the band's eleventh studio album Who We Touch (2010), drummer Jon Brookes was diagnosed with brain cancer, and subsequently died in mid-2013. In early 2014, the band met up at their studio Big Mushroom with Jim Spencer, and began working on a new album. The sessions lasted seven months, and featured recordings from the drummers of the Verve, New Order, and Factory Floor. Described as a pop album, Modern Nature featured contributions from the High Llamas frontman Sean O'Hagan, as well as gospel vocals from Melanie Marshall and Sandra Marvin.
How Critics See Modern Nature
Chorus pulls the clearest critic-consensus signals out of this discography: the highest-rated record, the tightest agreement, the sharpest split, and the best place to start.
The Heat Warps
2025
Highest ChoruScore in this discography at 80/100 across 2 reviews.
Modern Nature's The Heat Warps arrives as a deliberate pivot toward more straightforward songs, marrying electric instrumentation with the band's established folk-jazz-prog instinc...
The Heat Warps
2025
Best balance of score, review depth, and critic agreement for a first listen.
Modern Nature's The Heat Warps arrives as a deliberate pivot toward more straightforward songs, marrying electric instrumentation with the band's established folk-jazz-prog instinc...
