The Modern Strangers release new single ‘Pass The Lighter’ on October 18th
UK HEADLINE TOUR OCT 16-26TH
The Modern Strangers release their new single ‘Pass The Lighter’ - a sun drenched, future yacht rock classic - on October 18th through Hoolay Records. The new single follows on from recent heavy Radio 1 support from Annie Mac and comes on the eve of their UK headline tour, which includes a London date at Oslo (Hackney) on Oct 26th.
Listen to ‘Pass The Lighter’ on Soundcloud / Spotify
Speaking about the new single frontman Max Davenport says, “We wanted to change the set up for our tour, so people who may have seen us before get a set they're not expecting. We've had this song Pass The Lighter sitting in the demo pile for a while and decided it would be great to put out just before tour and to play live for the first time at these UK venues!”
The Modern Strangers are off on their first ever UK headline tour, hitting the following cities:
19/10/19 SOUTHAMPTON
21/10/19 BRISTOL
22/10/19 GLASGOW
23/10/19 BIRMINGHAM
25/10/19 LIVERPOOL
26/10/19 LONDON
Ticket link: bit.ly/TMStour
‘Pass The Lighter’ is the follow up to The Modern Strangers second EP ‘Visions’ which was released this summer and features four glorious tracks; the electro-pop gem 'Visions', previous single, the bewitching, disco infused ‘Magic Hour’, plus two brand new tracks ‘Parallel’ and live favourite, ‘Be Your Lover’.
Listen to the ‘Visions EP’ HERE
The EP was produced by Gordon Mills Jr and was written and recorded in LA and London. Lead single ‘Magic Hour’ was met with a rapturous response on release, hitting the #2 spot on the Hype Machine Chart and is accompanied by a video shot on a glacier in Iceland as well as their homeland of Dungeness and Camber. Watch the video HERE
Fronted by brothers Max & Archie Davenport, the Tunbridge Wells band first sprang to life off the back of debut single 'Vanilla', earning them early support from BBC Introducing and BBC Radio 1. Subsequently self-releasing seminal singles 'Hot Rain', 'Margarita' and 'Coco Hello' in the midst of a busy summer of shows. Winning over new fans eager to hear more from their incendiary live set and leading to signing a publishing deal with BMG. Last summer saw them hitting stages across the UK on their first tour, a plethora of festivals (Latitude, Isle of Wight, Standon Calling and The Great Escape amongst others) to their first European dates, supporting Flor, including shows in Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam (along with a headline set for Gibraltar's National Day celebrations).
This was followed by the release of the band's debut EP 'Meltdown Mechanics' in June 2018 to wide support from key blogs, tastemakers and streaming platforms (clocking up over a million plays on Spotify).
2019 saw them start the year with sell out shows in London, Manchester and Coventry, along with being picked by Annie Mac for her first "Future sounds" feature of the year and Jack Saunder's "Next Wave"; further showing the band to be far more than just algorithm approved purveyors of perfect guitar pop. (You can’t fault scientific research, see the clip here). They recently toured the UK in support of Flor for the second time and also supported All Twins at Oslo, Hackney.
Their unique brand of spiralling, euphoric electronic indie pop is continuing to inject a sense of fun back into guitar music.
‘Pass The Lighter’ is out October 18th
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