Articles tagged with Mode Moderne

Twin River – “Can’t Keep This Alive”

Twin River
Twin River’s bio notes that the Vancouver-based band is “comprised of members of Red Cedar, Sun Wizard, Capitol 6, White Ash Falls, Chains of Love, Mode Moderne, Pleasure Cruise and more.” Twin River has strains of those bands, but its stripped-down sound is more rustic and folksy than any of its associated acts.

Below is the twangy, faintly surf-tinged “Can’t Keep This Alive,” which comes from the recent Rough Gold EP. Get it from Bandcamp.


 
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A message to articulate

Le freak, c'est chique
Mode Moderne’s “Undiscovered Country” has a strange tension between darkness and light. It begins with a bouncy, bubblegum-y synth figure, but even by the second chord, a faint tension begins to creep in. The eeriness fully sets in once singer Phillip Intilé enters with his deep, Ian Curtis-esque croon. If you love gloomy, ’80s-tinged electropop, then this Vancouver band is for you.

This infectious song appears alongside “Real Goths” on a new 7″, released through Light Organ.


 
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