Name: Life Flows in Endless Song / The Body is a Tide (Double EP)
Brand: Modern Studies

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Bonus disc: No

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FIRELP631

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Black

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Download code: No

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-09-04

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Signed copies: No

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Standard:20

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809236163110

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Modern Studies

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label GB

Fire Records

Fire Records is an independent record label headquartered in London, England, UK. Founded in the mid 80s, Fire Records has been a prominent force in the music industry for decades. They have released early records from Pulp, Teenage Fanclub, Spacemen 3, Blue Aeroplanes, and many other influential artists. In the early 90s, the label was home to notable acts such as Neutral Milk Hotel, The Lemonheads, Built to Spill, and Urge Overkill.With a rich history of discovering talent and nurturing their careers, Fire Records remains dedicated to supporting groundbreaking musicians across various genres. Their diverse roster showcases both established names and emerging talents who push boundaries and challenge conventions.

Modern Studies is a folk rock band hailing from Scotland, specifically Perthshire, Glasgow, and Lancashire. The band consists of Emily Scott on vocals, organs, piano, and double bass; Rob St. John on vocals, guitar, synths, harmonium, and tape loops; Pete Harvey on cello, bass, and piano; and Joe Smillie on drums, mellotron, and vocals.

Their unique blend of instruments creates a captivating sound that draws inspiration from various genres such as folk rock. With *Emily Scott's* enchanting vocals leading the way alongside the mesmerizing melodies produced by *Rob St. John*, Modern Studies delivers an unforgettable musical experience.

If you enjoy artists like Pictish Trail or Kathryn Joseph or if you appreciate the sounds of Modern Nature or Lightning In A Twilight Hour then Modern Studies is sure to be your cup of tea. Their music has also been compared to Death and Vanilla and Constant Smiles among others.

Life Flows In Endless Song / The Body Is A Tide EP is released on vinyl for this year’s Love Record Stores. Following the release of The Weight Of The Sun LP, Modern Studies shift from light to dark over two new EPs brought together as six track 12-inch Life Flows In Endless Song / The Body Is A Tide, a record that further cements their reputation for innovative craftsmanship. Life Flows In Endless Song showcases the band’s increasingly expansive sound, swelling with orchestrated drama behind the rich vocal pairing of Emily Scott and Rob St John, before their otherworldly dreaminess is pin-pricked at its height by Emily’s beautiful alto on ‘The Failing Light’. The Body Is A Tide hails from ominous darker terrains, scratching further into their own psyche; it’s heady and baroque, ornate and super-detailed, an opus that climaxes with ‘High Hymn Summers’ and its slowly-rolling drone, created by processing all the songs from The Weight of the Sun played at once. "The EP nods at the idea of our collective bodies weathering rough times, played out with massed strings, prepared guitars, slow bass grooves, hypnotic drums, wobbling saw, xaphoon and mellotron. We shook off our usual song structures in favour of something repetitive, slow and heavy; life flows in endless song."

Life Flows in Endless Song / The Body is a Tide (Double EP)

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