‘Evolution Theory’ is the highly anticipated debut album from north London dubstep-rock band Modestep, released February 11th on Max Records/A&M. Containing all the hit singles – ‘Sunlight,’ ‘Feel Good,’ ’Show Me A Sign,’ and ‘To The Stars’, plus new single ‘Another Day’, the album was written, recorded and produced by the band. Cohesive yet continually surprising, ‘Evolution Theory’ promises to take Modestep’s thrilling, genre-hopping music to the masses.
Aside from the singles – whose videos have received over 50 million views on YouTube – other album highlights include the immense, hook-heavy ‘Burn’, featuring Dirtee Stank’s Newham Generals, and the intense ‘Praying For Silence’ (featuring Document One), written about the 2011 riots. Modestep vary the pace with the spacey dub-rock of ‘Time,’ the lighters-in-the-air epic ‘Saved The World’ – which sounds like the theme tune to a future Bond film – and awesome title track ‘Evolution Theory’ (featuring D Power, Jammin, Frisco & Jammer) which builds from downtempo, grime beginnings into a full-on dubstep monster. The deluxe version of the album will include a bonus CD containing remixes from MJ Cole, xCore, Zomboy, Smooth, Teddy Killerz, Popeska, and Document One, plus two new tracks, including Modestep’s incredible cover of The Pointer Sisters ‘Slow Hand’ – a live favourite.
Modestep are Josh Friend (vocals, keyboards), Tony Friend (decks, guitar), Matt Curtis (drums) and Nick Tsang (lead guitar). The Modestep live show is a beast that has ignited crowds from Reading to Sydney to Las Vegas to Moscow to Ibiza – the band played to 1.5million people in 2012 alone – making Modestep a truly international act, able to sell out gigs all over the world. Signed to Interscope in the US, they have the potential to be the UK’s biggest rock/dance crossover band since the 1990s.
‘Evolution Theory’ tracklisting:
1 Show Me A Sign
2 Another Day feat. Popeska
3 Evolution Theory feat. D Power, Jammin, Frisco & Jammer
4 Sunlight
5 Praying For Silence feat. Document One
6 Freedom
7 Time
8 Burn feat. Newham Generals
9 To The Stars
10 Leave My Mind
11 Take It All (Modestep & Koven)
12 Feel Good
13 Bite The Hand
14 Up
15 Saved The World
Deluxe album bonus CD tracklisting:
1 Flying High
2 Slow Hand
3 Another Day (xKore Remix)
4 Another Day (Smooth Remix)
5 Another Day (MJ Cole Remix)
6 Sunlight (Zomboy Remix)
7 Feel Good (Document One Remix)
8 Show Me A Sign (Popeska Remix)
9 Evolution Theory (Teddy Killerz Remix)
Catch Modestep on their ‘Evolution Theory’ headline UK tour next month, many dates already sold out:
EVOLUTION THEORY TOUR, FEBRUARY 2013
Saturday 2nd Feb – Newcastle, O2 Academy2 (SOLD OUT)
Sunday 3rd Feb – Manchester, University – Club Academy (SOLD OUT)
Monday 4th Feb – Glasgow, O2 ABC2
Wednesday 6th Feb – Liverpool, O2 Academy2
Thursday 7th Feb – Bristol, Thekla
Friday 8th Feb – Birmingham, O2 Academy2 (SOLD OUT)
Sunday 10th Feb – Oxford, O2 Academy2
Monday 11th Feb – Norwich, Waterfront
Tuesday 12th Feb – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Thursday 14th Feb – London, Koko
Friday 15th Feb – Exeter, Lemon Grove
Saturday 16th Feb – Brighton, Concorde 2 (SOLD OUT)
Sunday 17th Feb – Plymouth, Covert