'A Modern Rage' Gatefold Double Vinyl

'A Modern Rage' Charlotte Carpenter's debut album is available on gatefold double vinyl, with lyric sheet. 

The album’s bluesy first single ‘Spinning Plates’ sets the tone for the record and recounts her experiences at the helm of the producer that sparked such an emblazoned cry of defiance and strength. Equally as powerful is the exhilarating chunky riff laden ‘Like A Hurricane’, a song about crippling effects of anxiety.

Amongst the more raw tracks, ‘Not Good Enough’ is a gentle and heart-breaking tale of how toxic people can lessen our own self-worth. Equally vulnerable but utterly beautiful is the self-described “dystopian love song” ‘You’re My Reason Why’, one of several songs influenced by Charlotte’s love of dystopian art. Elsewhere, the focus turns to grief (‘Molly’s Ballad’ and ‘The Call’), on addiction and depression (‘Fine Line’), and on the complexities of female relationships (‘Bigger Than You’), all told through the complex, multi-faceted lens of womanhood.

With newfound expressive freedom each song on A Modern Rage has its own distinctive voice, representing a different aspect of Charlotte’s experience but also her personality. It’s an album that cradles nostalgia with the present day, paying homage to Charlotte’s favourite singer-songwriters and bands of the 70s and 00s in one place, from Elvis to Avril Lavigne, The Killers to Sheryl Crow, accounting for her deft ability to cross genres of rock, pop, blues with subtly country twangs and moments of old soul.