Mode Moderne Announce UK\/EU Tour
\nAlbum Strange Bruises out September 3rd on Light Organ Records<\/p>\n
\u201cParticularly shadowy\u2026” \u2013 Pitchfork <\/p>\n
”A classic blend of beauty and darkness” – This Is Fake DIY<\/p>\n
\u2018Upcoming ’Strange Bruises’ could be set to push the band to wider acclaim. At times pitch black, their noir songwriting is dominated by shimmering harmonies and guitars that veer out into a universe of fuzz.\u2019 \u2013 Clash<\/p>\n
\u2018Gloom pop Canadian bunch Mode Moderne\u2026Artrocker\u2019s very excited\u2019 \u2013 Artrocker<\/p>\n
Canada\u2019s gloom poppers Mode Moderne have announced the dates of their upcoming EU\/UK tour –<\/p>\n
September:
\n18 – Paris – Espace B
\n20-22 – Hamburg, Reeperbahn
\n23 – Glasgow – 13th Note
\n25 – Cardiff – Buffalo Bar
\n26 – London, Queen of Hoxton
\n27 \u2013 London, TBA<\/p>\n
The band formed in late 2008, when Clint Lofkrantz approached Felix Fung with plans to start a dance-oriented project. Teaming up with singer Phillip Intil\u00e9, the musicians spent the bleak winter months holed up in studio, listening to records and bonding over their love of classic indie and mope-pop. <\/p>\n
New album \u201cStrange Bruises\u201d is a follow-up to their self released acclaimed debut full length \u201cGhost Emerging\u201d on vinyl in 2009. As their reputation grew, they signed to Vancouver\u2019s Light Organ Records, who released new material from the band in the form of the 7\u201d single \u201cReal Goths \/ Undiscovered Country\u201d in 2011. This led to further attention from the likes of Pitchfork and live dates with the likes of Blouse, Fresh and Onlys and Raveonettes.<\/p>\n
The new album features 7 tracks of ethereal and atmospheric indie, evoking a goth-er Psychdelic Furs or a jangly-er Echo & The Bunnymen and the more current reference points of Primary Colours-era The Horrors, Crystal Stilts and Wild Nothing. It is always as elegant as it is elegiac, always as tuneful as it is mournful, and a fine introduction to an act who are fast becoming an institution in their home country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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