{"id":33677,"date":"2020-03-12T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33677"},"modified":"2020-03-11T12:16:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T16:16:49","slug":"modern-english-announce-40th-anniversary-north-american-summer-appearances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33677","title":{"rendered":"Modern English announce 40th anniversary North American summer appearances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Legendary British new wave band\u00a0Modern English have announced their upcoming North American summer headline tour. Celebrating its 40th anniversary and performing its breakthrough 1982 album,\u00a0\u2018After the Snow,\u2019 in its entirely, the tour will kick off\u00a0on Friday, June 12\u00a0in San Diego, CA and extend\u00a0through Saturday, July 11.\u00a0The tour will visit additional markets such as Los Angeles, CA\u00a0on June 14, Vancouver, BC\u00a0on June 20, Denver, CO\u00a0on June 23, New York, NY\u00a0on July 2, Atlanta, GA\u00a0on July 8, and culminate with a performance at Respectable Street in West Palm Beach, FL\u00a0on July 11.\u00a0A full listing of dates can be found below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Support will be provided by Vancouver and New York post-punk bands&nbsp;ACTORS&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bootblacks&nbsp;on select dates, and more information on tickets can be found on the band\u2019s Facebook page&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/bhmodd\/3m9fkn\/jf6gii\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frontman&nbsp;Robbie Grey&nbsp;had the following to share about the upcoming run:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cRecording \u2018After the Snow\u2019 with Hugh Jones as Producer was an incredible experience.\u00a0To say it changed our lives forever would be an understatement.\u00a0The band wants to bring\u00a0this experience to a live audience as we play the album\u00a0in its entirety for the first time.\u00a0We want to bring a creative and memorable atmosphere to a tour which will be\u00a0very special for us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June<\/strong><br>12 \u2013 San Diego, CA \u2013 Casbah *<br>13 \u2013 Riverside, CA \u2013 Concert Lounge *<br>14 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA \u2013 Echoplex *<br>16 \u2013 San Francisco, CA \u2013 The Chapel *<br>18 \u2013 Portland, OR \u2013 Doug Fir *<br>19 \u2013 Seattle, WA \u2013 Triple Door *<br>20 \u2013 Vancouver, BC \u2013 Rickshaw Theater<br>23 \u2013 Denver, CO \u2013 Soiled Dove ^<br>25 \u2013 Milwaukee, WI \u2013 Summerfest<br>26 \u2013 Evanston, IL \u2013 Space ^<br>28 \u2013 Three Oaks, MI \u2013 The Acorn ^<br>30 \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA \u2013 Crafthouse ^<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July<br><\/strong>01 \u2013 Pawling, NY \u2013 Daryl\u2019s House ^<br>02 \u2013 New York, NY \u2013 Sony Hall ^<br>05 \u2013 Asbury Park, NJ \u2013 Asbury Lanes ^<br>06 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA \u2013 Ardmore Music Hall ^<br>08 \u2013 Atlanta, GA \u2013 Earl\u2019s ^<br>10 \u2013 Tampa, FL \u2013 Orpheum ^<br>11 \u2013 West Palm Beach, FL \u2013 Respectable Street ^<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* \u2013 ACTORS supporting<br>^ \u2013 Bootblacks supporting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I Melt With You<\/em> by\u00a0Modern English\u00a0is one of the most iconic songs of the New Wave\u00a0era. It garnered heavy rotation on the then-thriving Modern Rock radio format,\u00a0<em>MTV<\/em>\u00a0and dance clubs across the globe, and was prominently featured in the classic 1983 film\u00a0\u2018Valley Girl,\u2019 starring a young Nicolas Cage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LuN6gs0AJls?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On 1982&#8217;s&nbsp;\u2018After the Snow,\u2019 the band&#8217;s sound evolved from the dark, moody and challenging post-punk found on its debut,&nbsp;\u2018Mesh &amp; Lace,\u2019 to a more commercial and radio friendly mix of synthesizers, guitars, catchy drumbeats and singer Robbie Grey&#8217;s unmistakable vocals.&nbsp;As the title suggests, the icy sound featured on&nbsp;\u2018Mesh &amp; Lace\u2019&nbsp;melted away on&nbsp;\u2018After the Snow\u2019&nbsp;to reveal more concise and potent songs, highlighted by <em>I Melt With You<\/em> which brought the band&nbsp;up from the underground to the mainstream.&nbsp;It&#8217;s a song so popular that the band was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 BMI Awards for five million plays on radio.&nbsp;\u2018After the Snow\u2019&nbsp;was produced by the acclaimed&nbsp;Hugh Jones&nbsp;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.&nbsp;Laying the foundation for future musical movements such as goth and industrial, Modern English would gain&nbsp;the attention of renowned BBC DJ John Peel, who featured the band twice on his program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Modern English would record various records over the years, and most recently, the band released its latest album, 2017\u2019s&nbsp;\u2018Take Me To The Trees,\u2019 an album&nbsp;that reconnected the band to their youth, in the fervent and fecund world of late 1970s\/early 1980s post-punk Britain. Given Modern English\u2019s roots were post-punk icons Wire and Joy Division \u2013 dark and austere while still melodic and passionate \u2013&nbsp;\u2018Take Me To The Trees\u2019&nbsp;is a return to the sound and vision of their very early work that even&nbsp;James Murphy&nbsp;of&nbsp;LCD Soundsystem&nbsp;has described as&nbsp;<em>\u201ca sneaky secret that everyone writes off, because they just think it\u2019s going to be a \u2018I Melt With You\u2019 but it sounds way scarier than any Joy Division record<\/em>&nbsp;[&#8216;<em>Mesh &amp; Lace&#8217;<\/em>].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Modern English will be making the following North American appearances throughout June and July and release <em>I Melt With You<\/em> as an exclusive 12\u201d as part of this year\u2019s Record Store Day&nbsp;on Saturday, April 18&nbsp;which will also include a B-side featuring <em>Trees<\/em> and <em>Moonbeam<\/em> from&nbsp;\u2018Take Me To The Trees\u2019. 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