180-gram limited edition

Features the single "November Tale"

Album download included

"The results rate with (the band's) best work, by turns reflective and attacking, on which lyrics sparkle and music breathes and flows with a sure touch." — The Telegraph, January 2015

The Waterboys' long-awaited new album Modern Blues was recorded in Nashville, produced by Mike Scott and mixed by the great Bob Clearmountain. Modern Blues is an electric, soulful, bold, freewheeling rock'n'roll record with a skinful of killer new songs, some of which have been premiered live over the past few years. Ralph Salmins, a mainstay on drums for the past four years, appears alongside the talismanic Steve Wickham, who weaves a dizzying fuzz fiddle spell on several tracks.

Fresh to the ranks are Memphis keyboard player 'Brother' Paul Brown and David Hood, legendary bassist from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Additional lead guitars are played by 2013 U.S. Waterboy Jay Barclay and Austin soul guitarist Zach Ernst. Guest backing vocalists include southern soul legend Don Bryant.

Track Listing
Side 1
1. Destinies Entwined
2. November Tale
3. Still A Freak
4. I Can See Elvis

Side 2
5. The Girl Who Slept For Scotland
6. Rosalind (You Married The Wrong Guy)
7. Beautiful Now
8. Nearest Thing To Hip

Side 3
9. Long Strange Golden Road

Side 4
10. Long Strand Golden Road (acoustic demo)