The Early Years - Modern Moonlight (2026) Mp3 / Flac / Hi-Res

The Early Years release their new album, Modern Moonlight, via Sonic Cathedral. It’s their first in a decade and just their third in 20 years, following their eponymous debut for Beggars Banquet in 2006 and II, which was released on Sonic Cathedral in 2016 and recently named as one of Uncut’s Greatest Albums of the 2010s.

It was worth the wait. It’s a stunning mix of Davids Bowie and Byrne, John Cage, Conny Plank, Brian Eno, Radiohead. “All the usual stuff,” says nominal frontman Dave Malkinson. “Loved ones and Italian red wine played a part, too, Oblique Strategies…”

There is nothing particularly oblique about the ten tracks here, though. ‘A New Way Of Living’ is a nod to not only Berlin-era Bowie, but also their own single ‘Like A Suicide’, the band’s first release for Sonic Cathedral back in 2008. The febrile funk of ‘Get Up Get Out’ is like The Stooges recoding the DNA of ‘Here Come The Warm Jets’. ‘The River’ – which snuck out as a single late last year – aims for an Eno / Moroder cross, but ends up sounding like James Holden. ‘Heaven Over There’ is huge and heartbreaking, a ballad for our times, up there with The Verve or even Elbow at their most anthemic and vulnerable. ‘Tired Eyes’, meanwhile, recalls ‘Fading Frontier’-era Deerhunter.

Tracklist
1. The Early Years - A New Way of Living
2. The Early Years - Get Up Get Out
3. The Early Years - The River
4. The Early Years - Heaven Over There
5. The Early Years - Tired Eyes
6. The Early Years - Shimmering Stone
7. The Early Years - The Gift
8. The Early Years - Three Quarters
9. The Early Years - Modern Moonlight
10. The Early Years - Silver Lips (Champagne Eyes)

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