The Modern Medieval

The Modern Medieval is the seventh studio album by Melbourne band Something for Kate, released on 20 November 2020.

The Modern Medieval
Studio album by
Something for Kate
Released20 November 2020
StudioLa Cueva Recording, Byron Bay, Australia
Length39:26
LabelEMI
Producer
Something for Kate chronology
Leave Your Soul to Science
(2012)		 The Modern Medieval
(2020)
Singles from The Modern Medieval
  1. "Situation Room"
    Released: 2 April 2020[1]
  2. "Waste Our Breath"
    Released: 17 July 2020[2]
  3. "Supercomputer"
    Released: 4 September 2020[3]
  4. "Come Back Before I Come Back to My Senses"
    Released: 2 October 2020[4]
  5. "Blue Bird"
    Released: 19 March 2021[5]

Background and recording

The songwriting process for The Modern Medieval began almost immediately after Dempsey released Strange Loop in 2016 and by the end of 2017, the musical side of things was relatively established. With a sense of where things were going, the trio entered La Cueva Recording with studio co-owner Nick DiDia to formally begin work on the record. Once the recording process had finished, the trio allowed the record to settle before embarking on the mixing process with Howie Beck in Canada.[6]

Paul Dempsey told Rolling Stone "All our other records have been recorded in the same studio, with the same person. You start recording, and immediately as soon as you finish recording, you start mixing, and you keep on going until it's done, and then it's all finished. We decided this time, before we even started, that we wanted to break it up into segments. We wanted to record it one place with one person, and then go home for a month, live with the rough recording, and then go somewhere else and mix it with somewhere else again. So it was three blocks, and it almost gave us three opportunities to imagine what the record could be."[6]

The recording and mixing process was officially wrapped up in November 2019. The album was scheduled for mid-2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Beat Magazine[7]

The Modern Medieval received critical acclaim.[8][9]

Jeff Jenkins from Stack Magazine said "Paul Dempsey knows how to craft a multi-layered masterpiece. His songs are beautifully constructed soundscapes" calling the album "a fine return".[10]

Mary Gleeko from Beat Magazine wrote: "The Modern Medieval is an album of ten polished and slick tracks that dance with spirit and ferocious intensity."[7]

Track listing
  1. "All the Great Minds" – 4:08
  2. "Come Back Before I Come Back to My Senses" – 3:33
  3. "Situation Room" – 4:30
  4. "Inside Job" – 4:04
  5. "Supercomputer" – 4:00
  6. "Waste Our Breath" – 4:01
  7. "Our Extinguished Colleague" – 3:06
  8. "Bluebird" – 3:51
  9. "Last Resort Town" – 2:52
  10. "I Will Defeat You" – 5:21

Charts
Chart performance for The Modern Medieval
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 4

Release history
Region Date Format Edition(s) Label Catalogue
Australia 20 November 2020
Standard EMI Music 0710368 / 0875192

References
  1. "Situation Room – single". Apple Music. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. "Waste Our Breath – single". Apple Music. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. Gallagher, Alex (3 September 2020). "Something for Kate Announce First Album in Eight Years The Modern Medieval". Music Feeds. Evolve Media. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. "Something For Kate Unveil New Single "Come Back Before I Come Back to My Senses"". Music Feeds. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  5. "Something For Kate Share Video for Blue Bird". Amnplify. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  6. "The Modern Revival of Something for Kate". Rolling Stone. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  7. Gleeko, Mary (20 November 2020). "Something For Kate make a spirited return with their first album in eight years, The Modern Medieval". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  8. "Something For Kate share video for new single "Blue Bird"". Hi Fi Way. 23 March 2021. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  9. Varvaris, Mary (16 December 2020). "Interview: Stephanie Ashworth of Something For Kate". Chorus FM. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  10. Jenkins, Jeff (19 November 2020). "Something for Kate, The Modern Medieval review". Stack Magazine. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  11. "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
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