Take Our Chances

Ahead of their upcoming UK tour, Modern Nature today share a short film titled Take Our Chances about the making of their hugely acclaimed new album The Heat Warps (released last month on Bella Union). Filmed on location in English countrysides, cityscapes and rehearsal rooms in November 2024, the absorbing 20 minute film was made by Michael Stasiak who essentially becomes a fly on the wall as Modern Nature, led by songwriter Jack Cooper, head into the recording studio to make their fourth album.

Commenting on the film, Jack Cooper says: “The main aim when I thought about the recording of this record was for it to be a document of four people playing in a room; to capture the discrepancies and movement in tone, volume, dynamics, rhythm and pitch when four humans play together. We decided to have ten days together; two days rehearsing between my house and Jim’s studio. Two days of shows in Cambridge and London. Four days in the studio recording. My friend Michael Stasiak is a brilliant photographer and short film maker. He has a unique eye for detail and more importantly; he’s one of the gang. When I told him about my plan, he booked a plane ticket and decided to make a film about our project. His presence and input ended up being an essential element of the music, so this documentary is as much about him, as it is us.”

Watch the film below.