Membranes What Nature Gives Nature Takes Away CD

2019 album from the influential UK post punk band Membranes fronted by John Robb - and their first to feature a choir, adding a dark and thrilling epic edge to their songs. Follows the success of 2015's critically acclaimed Dark Matter/Dark Energy, which received positive reviews across the world. The album's environmental theme was inspired by a conversation with fellow nature and post punk fan Chris Packham (who guests on the album), about the beauty and violence of nature and the transient nature of life and love. Sixteen powerful and darkly romantic songs of powerful, epic post punk with several tracks using the BIMM. Boasts adventures into krautrock, dark dub, off kilter rhythms, death disco, tribal, dark opera, neo-classical and apocalyptic bass driven noise. Featuring guests such as 84-year old folk singer legend Shirley Collins, the original punk icon Jordan and Kirk Brandon from Theatre Of Hate.

1. A Strange Perfume 2. What Nature Gives... Nature Takes Away 3. A Murder of Crows 4. The City Is An Animal (Nature Is It's Slave) 5. The 21st Century Is Killing Me 6. Deep in the Forest Where 7. The Memories Linger 8. Black Is the Colour 9. A Murmuration of Starlings 10. On Blackpool Pier 11. Mother Ocean/Father Time 12. The Magical and Mystical 13. Properties of Flowers 14. Snow Monkey 15. Demon Seed/Demon Flower 16. The Ghosts of Winter Stalk This Land 17. Winter (The Beauty and Violence of Nature) 18. Nocturnal 19. Pandora's Box