Modern Nature will release their new album, The Heat Warps, on August 29, 2025 via Bella Union, a collection through which Jack Cooper, the band’s main creative force, “continues to explore themes of collectivism, our relationship with the natural world, the weight of consciousness with more directness and purpose.”
The band have also recently announced a new January East Coast leg to their North American tour and have shared the new album single, “Alpenglow”, a song that “encapsulates the beauty of its namesake.”
Jack Cooper shares:
“Alpenglow is an optical phenomenon and the name given to the colours around a setting sun. It ties in with the album title in terms of how unseen forces affect the physical world.
I wrote the words in their entirety after a long drive through New Mexico in 2024. It was beautiful… mini-tornados (dust devils) in the distance, US government surveillance drones in the sky over the Mexican border and for a moment, a Will-o’-the-wisp on the prairie. A strange fire that moved through the undergrowth. I’m sure there was a logical explanation, but sometimes it feels better to believe in something more elusive. It’s about borders, folklore magic and letting something feel euphoric at the expense of logic.
We wanted the music to represent that and to make music that people might move to. I like songs that creep up on you and then before you know it; you’re moving! A song that sat alongside “I Want More” by Can, Malcolm McLaren’s “Double Dutch” or “That’s Us/Wild Combination” by Arthur Russell.”
Tour Dates:
West Coast
12/10/25: Arcata, CA @ The Miniplex
12/12/25: Seattle, WA @ Clock Out Lounge
12/13/25: Portland, OR @ Holocene
12/14/25: Point Reyes, CA @ Dance Palace
12/15/25: San Francisco, CA @ 4 Star Theater
12/17/25: Los Angeles, CA @ Gold Diggers
12/18/25: Los Angeles, CA @ Gold Diggers
East Coast
1/13/26: Boston, MA @ The Rockwell
1/14/26: Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo
1/15/26: Toronto, ON @ Monarch Tavern
1/16/26: Detroit, MI @ Moodor Cafe
1/17/26: Chicago, IL @ Constellation
1/19/26: Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
1/20/26: Asheville, NC @ Ayurprana Listening Room
1/21/26: Durham, NC @ Perfect Lovers
1/22/26: Washington, DC @ DC9
1/23/26: Philadelphia, PA @ Milkboy
1/24/26: Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
