Tim Burgess Announces New LP 'I Love The New Sky', Airs "Empathy For The Devil"

Tim Burgess (The Charlatans) has announced the release of his fifth solo album 'I Love The New Sky'.

The the follow-up to 2018's As I Was Now, will arrive on May 22 through Bella Union, and according to the press release, "it features wonderfully connective songs of everyday minutiae and universal experience, of love and anger, of loss and belonging, all united by elaborate yet natural arrangements and an effortless but deceptively expert way with melody."

I Love The New Sky differs from its predecessors in that all twelve tracks were self-penned. I Love The New Sky lands somewhere between Paul McCartney's RAM and Brian Eno's Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) and certainly that recipe covers both the all-pervasive tunefulness and high quality. Stylistically, though, it runs the widest gamut, from Empathy For The Devil's gospel style rockabilly skip, through to the sophisticated song-craft of Sweetheart Mercury and the Nilsson-esque Sweet Old Sorry Me, with the angst-y gravitas of Undertow, which Tim describes as “a mood-changer, influenced by 10cc.”

Pre-order the album here, check out the tracklist and the video for lead single "Empathy For The Devil", below.

I Love The New Sky Tracklisting:
01. Empathy For The Devil
02. Sweetheart Mercury
03. Comme D’Habitude
04. Sweet Old Sorry Me
05. The Warhol Me
06. Lucky Creatures
07. The Mall
08. Timothy
09. Only Took A Year
10. I Got This
11. Undertow

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Watch: The Charlatans Unleash Music Video For "Hopelessly Hoping"

UK indie rock/psych band The Charlatans have unleashed the video for "Hopelessly Hoping".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their just recent EP 'Totally Eclipsing'. Buy it here.

The video was directed by Chris Walker and Darren Groucutt. Check out below.

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Watch: The Charlatans Share Music Video For "Indefinitely In Your Debt"

UK indie rock/psych band The Charlatans have shared the video for "Indefinitely In Your Debt".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their just recent EP 'Totally Eclipsing'. Buy it here.

The video was directed by Chris Walker and Darren Groucutt. Check out below.

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Watch: The Charlatans Unleash Music Video For "Standing Alone"

UK indie rock/psych band The Charlatans have unleashed the video for their new song "Standing Alone".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their just released new EP 'Totally Eclipsing'. Buy it here.

The video was directed by Chris Walker and Darren Groucutt. Check out below.

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The Charlatans Announce New EP 'Totally Eclipsing', Share Title Track Video

UK indie rock/psych band The Charlatans have announced they will release their new EP titled 'Totally Eclipsing' on June 8th.

The EP follows up 2017’s album Different Days with 4 fresh new tracks from the band.

The Charlatans have reached a higher state of grace. Twenty-eight years since they first bagged a Number One album with “Some Friendly”, they’re still achieving fresh career highs, dreaming up new music that redraws their own map, increasingly assured of who they are as a band.

Pre-order the EP here, check out the tracklist and the video for the title track below.

Totally Eclipsing tracklist:
01. Totally Eclipsing
02. Standing Alone
03. Indefinitely in Your Debt
04. Hopelessly Hoping

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Watch: The Charlatans Drop Music Video For "Over Again"

UK indie rock/psych band The Charlatans have dropped the video for their next single "Over Again".

The song is part of our current playlist,and it is taken from their thirteenth studio album 'Different Days', released back in May through BMG. Buy your copy here.

Watch the clip below, it was directed by Ashley Shakibai.

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Watch: The Charlatans Share "Different Days" New Video

UK band The Charlatans have shared video for their next single "Different Days" .

The song is part of our current playlist, and is the title track from their thirteenth studio album 'Different Days', released last month through BMG. Buy your copy here.

Watch the clip below.

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Watch: The Charlatans Drop Lyric Video For "Over Again"

UK band The Charlatans have dropped a lyric video for their current single "Over Again" .

The song is part of our current playlist, and is taken from their thirteenth studio album 'Different Days', released last week through BMG. Buy your copy here.

Watch the clip below.

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Watch: The Charlatans Reveal "Plastic Machinery" Music Video

UK band The Charlatans have revealed the video for their latest single "Plastic Machinery" .

The song is part of our current playlist, it features Johnny Marr on guitar, and is taken from their upcoming thirteenth studio album 'Different Days', set to arrive on May 25 through BMG. Pre-order your copy here.

Watch the clip below.

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New Entry: The Charlatans Release New Single "Plastic Machinery"

UK band The Charlatans have released their new single "Plastic Machinery" featuring Johnny Marr on guitar and Anton Newcombe.

The song is taken from their upcoming thirteenth studio album 'Different Days', set to arrive on May 25 through BMG. Pre-order your copy here.

Have a listen below.

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The Charlatans Announce New Album 'Different Days' Ft. Johnny Marr, Paul Weller and More

UK band The Charlatans have announced the release of their  thirteenth studio album 'Different Days'.

The follow up to 2014's Modern Nature, will be released on May 25 through BMG, it was self produced at the band’s studio in Crewe and features contributions from Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, Kurt Wagner, New Order’s Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert, crime writer Ian Rankin and writer/actress Sharon Horgan among others. Pre-order your copy here.

For this new album, the core quartet of vocalist Tim Burgess, bassist Martin Blunt, guitarist Mark Collins and keyboard player Tony Rogers opened their doors to allow an enviable cast of friends to contribute to their latest work including Pete Salisbury, the former Verve drummer Anton Newcombe from Brian Jonestown Massacre, Johnny Marr, Stephen Morris of New Order, Ian Rankin, Kurt Wagner and Paul Weller on the expansive, album finale ‘Spinning Out’.

Check out the tracklist and an intro video of the album's guest artists below.

01. Hey Sunrise (Drums Pete Salisbury, Programming Stephen Morris)
02. Solutions (Drums Stephen Morris BV’s Nik Void)
03. Different Days (Guitar Johnny Marr, BV’s Sharon Horgan)
04. Future Tense (Spoken word intro Ian Rankin)
05. Plastic Machinery (Guitar Johnny Marr & Anton Newcombe)
06. The Forgotten One (Spoken word intro Kurt Wagner)
07. Not Forgotten (Guitar Johnny Marr, Organ Anton Newcombe)
08. There Will Be Chances (Drums Pete Salisbury)
09. The Same House (Synthesiser Gillian Gilbert, Drums & Programming Stephen Morris)
10. Over Again (Percussion Donald Johnson (A Certain Ratio) BV’s Nik Void (Factory Floor)
11. Lets Go Together (Drums Pete Salisbury)
12. The Setting Sun – Instrumental
13. Spinning Out (Co written by Weller. Piano and BV’s Paul Weller)

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Watch: The Charlatans Air "Let The Good Times Be Never Ending" New Video

British indie rockers The Charlatans have aired the video for their next single "Let The Good Times Be Never Ending". 

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from the band's latest album 'Modern Nature', released earlier this year via BMG Chrysalis. Get your copy here.

The video was filmed on the band's recent tour of Japan, and directed by Libby Burke Wilde, who also directed the video for "So Oh". Watch it below.

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Watch: The Charlatans Premiere New Video For "Come Home Baby"

British indie rockers The Charlatans have premiered the video for their new single "Come Home Baby".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from the band's forthcoming new album 'Modern Nature', which will be released on January 26, 2015 via BMG Chrysalis. Pre-order your copy here.

Take a look at the video below.

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Watch: The Charlatans Share Music Video For "So Oh"

British indie rockers The Charlatans have shared the video for their excellent single "So Oh".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from the band's forthcoming new album 'Modern Nature', which will be released on January 26, 2015 via BMG Chrysalis. Pre-order your copy here.

Take a look at the video below.

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The Charlatans Confirm Details Of New Album 'Modern Nature'

UK britpop band The Charlatans have confirmed details of their new album 'Modern Nature'.

This is the band's 12th studio effort to date and their first without drummer Jon Brookes, who died in August 2013. Tony Rogers, the band’s keyboardist, stated that "Jon was adamant that there was going to be another Charlatans record, and you have to put that into your own thoughts."

The 11-song LP will be released on January 26, 2015 via BMG Chrysalis. Pre-order your copy here.

The band have also revealed their excellent new single "So Oh", which is are current Single of the Week and will be released officially on December 1, it follows on from the previously-released "Talking In Tones". 

Check out the tracklist, and have a listen to "So Oh" below.

01. Talking In Tones
02. So Oh
03. Come Home Baby
04. Keen Enough
05. In the Tall Grass
06. Emilie
07. Let the Good Times Be Never Ending
08. I Need You To Know
09. Lean In
10. Trouble Understanding
11. Lots To Say
*We Sleep On Borrowed Time (Bonus Track)
*Walk With Me (Bonus Track)
*Honesty (Bonus Track)



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Watch: The Charlatans Premiere Music Video For New Single "Talking In Tones"

British indie rockers The Charlatans have premiered the video for their brand new single "Talking In Tones".

The song will be released as limited edition 7" single on September 29 via The Quietus Phonographic Corporation, and is the first track taken from the band's forthcoming as-yet-untitled 12th album, which has just been finished at the band's Big Mushroom studios.

Pre-order the single here.

The video was directed by Nik Colk Void. Take a look below.

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The Charlatans Drummer Jon Brookes Dies Aged 44

The Charlatans drummer and founding member, Jon Brookes has died this morning at the age of 44 after a battle with brain cancer.

Brookes was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2010 after collapsing onstage during a concert in Philadelphia. He had continued working on new material with the band despite undergoing several surgeries, including one in July. Though the band said the most recent operation had gone well, Brookes had remained in the hospital for further treatment. He is survived by his wife and three daughters.

The Charlatans formed in 1989 in the West Midlands region of England. Brookes was a founding member of the band, whose 2010 LP Who We Touch is the most recent of their 11 studio albums. The group has had 22 Top 40 hits in Britain, including "The Only One I Know" and "One to Another."

Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess tweeted that the band was "torn apart" at the news: "Jon Brookes, my friend, our drummer and inspiration to so many, passed away this morning. We are torn apart. Love & thoughts to Jon's family." 

He also thanked "everyone for their messages and memories of Jon. So much love on such a sad day".

A further statement from the band read: "Jon was a brilliant drummer, an inspiration, a founding member of The Charlatans, part of our family and a friend to everyone in and around the band. Losing someone who was always so full of life is a tragedy that will be shared by so many. Our thoughts are with Debbie and all of Jon's family."

RIP Jon Brookes.

Watch: Tim Burgess New video for "White"

Tim Burgess (The Charlatans) has unveiled a new video for his latest single "White" taken from his upcoming solo album 'Oh No I Love You', released  via his own O Genesis imprint, on 1st October. The song is part of our regular rotation www.koolrockradio.com

Watch it below.

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The Charlatans To Perform 'Tellin Stories' In Full On UK Tour

The Charlatans will be performing their celebrated 1997 number 1 album ‘Tellin’ Stories’ live in its entirety at London HMV Hammersmith Apollo and Glasgow Barrowland in June 2012.

The performances will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the band’s fifth studio album. ‘Tellin Stories’ saw The Charlatans enjoy their commercial peak in the mid 90s, and spawned enduring fan favourites such as ‘North Country Boy‘, ‘How High‘ and ‘One To Another‘. It is also notable for being the final Charlatans record to feature contributions from original keyboard player Rob Collins, who died in a car accident during the recording of the LP.

Tickets for the two shows are due to go onsale from this Friday, December 9th, at 9.30am, with a pre-sale available on the band’s official website tomorrow (December 7th), also from 9.30am.