Modern English release new single ‘Crazy Lovers’
Modern English has unveiled their newest single, ‘Crazy Lovers’, from their upcoming album, 1 2 3 4.
According to the band’s Robbie Grey, producer Mario J. McNulty, who is known for collaborations with the likes of David Bowie, Lou Reed, and Nine Inch Nails, served as the essential element behind the creation of ‘Crazy Lovers’.
“Originally, it was a very slow song that the producer Mario J McNulty suggested we speed right up,” Grey said. “It was a great idea and gives it a lot of life, energy as well as a cool groove.”
Blending guitars, keyboards, and a moderate tempo, ‘Crazy Lovers’ embraces a new wave arrangement that skilfully captures the nostalgia of the band’s early era while presenting a contemporary sound.
1 2 3 4 marks Modern English’s first album following 2016’s Take Me To The Trees. Scheduled for an early 2024 release, the album currently lacks a specified launch date while pre-orders continue. In September, the band released another single from the album titled ‘Long in the Tooth’.
‘Long in the Tooth’ was inspired by the band’s collective experience since they began in 1979. As Grey explained, “Modern English and its journey, both musical and personal, has spread over 40 years, and ‘Long in the Tooth’ is a song about this part of that journey”.
The tune was particularly inspired by Modern English navigating the modern world: “As we have reached out into the world and all its changes over all those years, it’s a meditation of getting older in a world that still spins in a chaotic and always interesting way.”
Alongside ‘Long in the Tooth’ and ‘Crazy Lovers’, 1 2 3 4 will feature eight more new songs from the post-punk stalwarts.
Check out ‘Crazy Lovers’ below.
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