Album Info

Modern Blues

Alternative - 2015

The Waterboys’ 11th studio album features Scotsman Mike Scott in Nashville working with Music City’s veteran session men to best... more

Tracklist

1

Destinies Entwined

5:44 min
2

November Tale

5:18 min
3

Still a Freak

3:58 min
4

I Can See Elvis

5:47 min
5

The Girl Who Slept for Scotland

4:55 min
6

Rosalind (You Married the Wrong Guy)

5:09 min
7

Beautiful Now

3:57 min
8

Nearest Thing to Hip

5:41 min
9

Long Strange Golden Road

10:22 min

About Modern Blues

The Waterboys’ 11th studio album features Scotsman Mike Scott in Nashville working with Music City’s veteran session men to best capture his epic visions. At 56, Scott rages hard, opening with “Destinies Entwined,” as aggressive a rocker as he’s allowed his gypsy soul to wage, with longtime bandmate Steve Wickham fiddling his way to ecstasy. “Nearest Thing to Hip” bemoans the loss of book and record stores. “I Can See Elvis” relishes the need for heroes greater than ourselves, while “Long Strange Golden Road” begins with Jack Kerouac’s On the Road and recounts Scott’s life as a member of the counter-culture.