{"id":2604,"date":"2012-04-21T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2015-10-20T08:00:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T12:00:14","slug":"mode-moderne-announce-new-ep-north-american-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2604","title":{"rendered":"Mode Moderne announce new EP + North American tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver&#8217;s Mode Moderne have announced the North American release of the latest EP, &#8216;Strange Bruises&#8217; available on May 15 via Light Organ Records. Mode Moderne&#8217;s sound can best be described as gloom-pop which is equal parts dreary darkness and beautifully melodic. Watch the video for the EP&#8217;s first single <em>Nightly Youths<\/em> below.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/39757534\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;You have these bands like The Fresh and Onlys or The Go Betweens that were never part of the Lo-fi scene or the Flying Nun scene&#8221;<\/em> Mode Moderne&#8217;s singer Phillip Intil\u00e9 explains, <em>&#8220;they weren&#8217;t associating themselves with any sound or any genre. When you call your debut album Ghosts Emerging as we did and you have a song that mentions suicide people go a certain direction, but it&#8217;s really not that simple.&#8221;<\/em> Mode Moderne has a depth that defies the obvious categorizations, although there are some identifiers that member&#8217;s of the band find too appealing to totally write off.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Not that I want to align myself with a genre,&#8221;<\/em> Intil\u00e9 laughs, <em>&#8220;but if I did it would be mope pop. We&#8217;re the sad book club.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/mode-moderne.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2605\" title=\"mode moderne\" src=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/mode-moderne.jpg?w=148&#038;resize=178%2C181\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><strong>&#8216;Strange Bruises&#8217; track list:<\/strong><br \/>\n01. Nightly Youths<br \/>\n02. Foul Weather Fare<br \/>\n03. Strange Bruises<br \/>\n04. Guns<br \/>\n05. Private Library<br \/>\n06. Electrocute Me<br \/>\n07. Open Air<\/p>\n<p>The band will be kicking off a tour on May 19 with a record release show before hitting the road for a North American tour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tour dates:<\/strong><br \/>\n5\/19 Biltmore, Vancouver, BC<br \/>\n6\/01 Parts N Labour, Toronto, ON<br \/>\n6\/02 Magic Stick, Detroit, MI<br \/>\n6\/03 Now That&#8217;s Class, Cleveland, OH<br \/>\n6\/04 TBA, Philadelphia, PA<br \/>\n6\/07 Lit Lounge, New York, NY<br \/>\n6\/08 Shea Stadium, Brooklyn, NY<br \/>\n6\/09 Jackie &amp; Judy, Montreal, QB<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Mode Moderne, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/modemoderne.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">modemoderne.tumblr.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Vancouver&#8217;s Mode Moderne have announced the North American release of the latest EP, &#8216;Strange Bruises&#8217; available on May 15 via Light Organ Records. 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