Pre-order for the CD, CD/DVD and Digital is now available HERE and a vinyl version of the performance will be exclusively available on Record Store Day on Black Friday, Friday, November 26. Check out “Someone’s Calling” from After the Snow: Live From Indigo At The O2 HERE.
Modern English's tour picks back up on 2020’s After the Snow tour in which the band was to perform its 1982 album in its entirety. The run will begin August 31 in Minnesota. A full listing of dates can be found below, and more dates for spring and summer 2022 will be announced soon.
Frontman Robbie Grey had the following to share about the upcoming run, in a prepared statement:
“We can’t wait to explode back on stage. It’s been a tough year for everyone and we want to bring some energy and excitement to everybody. We look forward to seeing you and all being together in the same room.“
Modern English is also offering a downloadable version of its popular “I Melt With You” (Lockdown Version) through its Bandcamp. Benefitting The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) and its mission is to preserve and nurture the ecosystem of independent venues and promoters throughout the United States, the sale of the reimagined, 2020 version of the band’s most popular song is now being made available to fans for the first time HERE.
"I Melt With You" is a New Wave era staple. It garnered heavy rotation on the then-thriving Modern Rock radio format, MTV and dance clubs across the globe, and was prominently featured in the classic 1983 film Valley Girl, starring a young Nicolas Cage.
It's a song so popular that the band was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2020 BMI Awards for six million plays on radio. After the Snow was produced by the acclaimed Hugh Jones whose production credits include albums by Echo and the Bunnymen, Simple Minds, The Damned and many more, and the LP was released on the legendary 4AD Records in the UK and licensed to Sire Records in the U.S.
Formed in Colchester, England, the band self-released its first single on its own Limp Records label prior to signing to 4AD, home to such like-minded acts as Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance. Laying the foundation for future musical movements such as goth and industrial, Modern English would gain the attention of renowned BBC DJ John Peel, who featured the band twice on his program.
Modern English would record various records over the years, and most recently, the band released its latest album, 2017’s Take Me To The Trees, an album that reconnected the band to their youth, in the fervent and fecund world of late 1970s/early 1980s post-punk Britain. Given Modern English’s roots were post-punk icons Wire and Joy Division – dark and austere while still melodic and passionate – Take Me To The Trees is a return to the sound and vision of their very early work that even James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem has described as “a sneaky secret that everyone writes off, because they just think it’s going to be a ‘I Melt With You’ but it sounds way scarier than any Joy Division record [Mesh & Lace].”
Modern English would record various records over the years, and most recently, the band released its latest album, 2017’s Take Me To The Trees, an album that reconnected the band to their youth, in the fervent and fecund world of late 1970s/early 1980s post-punk Britain. Given Modern English’s roots were post-punk icons Wire and Joy Division – dark and austere while still melodic and passionate – Take Me To The Trees is a return to the sound and vision of their very early work that even James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem has described as “a sneaky secret that everyone writes off, because they just think it’s going to be a ‘I Melt With You’ but it sounds way scarier than any Joy Division record [Mesh & Lace].”
Purchase Mesh & Lace and After the Snow reissues featuring reimagined artwork
by Vaughan Oliver (pictured above) in LP and CD formats via ETA HERE
Modern English will be making the following U.S. appearances during August and September. Dates below with more performances for spring/summer 2022 to be announced soon.
AUGUST
31 – St. Paul, MN – Turf Club *
SEPTEMBER
01 – Chicago, IL – SPACE *
03 – Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest #
04 – Three Oaks, MI – The Acorn *
05 – Detroit, MI – Magic Bag *
08 – New York, NY – Sony Hall
10 – Asbury Park, NJ – Asbury Lanes ^
12 – Amityville, NY – The Warehouse ^
14 – Pittsburgh, PA – Crafthouse ^
15 – Philadelphia, PA – Ardmore Music Hall ^
17 – West Springfield, MA – The Big E
18 – West Springfield, MA – The Big E
19 – West Springfield, MA – The Big E
* = Ganser supporting
# = festival appearance
^ = Bootblacks supporting
# = festival appearance
^ = Bootblacks supporting
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