'Island Family' is Pictish Trail’s contrarian view of arcadia; a search for the euphoric in the bucolic, bound up in sometimes conflicting ideas and feelings around nature and environment, sincerity and artifice, escapism and belonging. It’s an album about how no man can remain an island, however hard he might try.
On their new album ‘We Are There’, an ambient muse moves through the shadows, analogue instruments creak and Laurel Canyon harmonies tingle in tape-echoed air; melody and magic conspire to create something way beyond the sum of its many parts, elevating Modern Studies from self-made innovators to poetic protagonists.
Check the gallery of our party at Studio 9294 (Hackney Wick) on Saturday December 4th featuring Jane Weaver (Manchester) & Vanishing Twin (London) plus supports from Marina Allen (USA), Marta Del Grandi (Italy) & Modern Studies (Scotland)
Hear shows from Rats On Rafts, Jane Weaver, Marta Del Grandi, interviews with Max Reinhardt, and a session from Marina Allen.
Jane Weaver's 'Flock' has landed on BBC6 Radio's Top 10. "Jane Weaver is an artist who is always doing fascinating things" Lauren Laverne - BBC6 Radio
Featuring essential & unreleased extras: b-sides, demos, covers & KCRW 1992 session track with unseen photos and new liner notes
René Laloux’s celebrated 1973 sci-fi animation ‘La Planète Sauvage (Fantastic Planet)’, is overhauled with a re-imagined soundtrack by electronic modernists Stealing Sheep and legendary sound innovators The Radiophonic Workshop. This exclusive release is part of Fire Records’ re-imagined score series, and is released on Delia Derbyshire Day 2021
Jane Weaver's 'Flock', Vanishing Twin's 'Ookii Gekkou' and Marina Allen's 'Candlepower' have landed on Rough Trade's Best Albums Of The Year
On their new album ‘We Are There’, an ambient muse moves through the shadows, analogue instruments creak and Laurel Canyon harmonies tingle in tape-echoed air; melody and magic conspire to create something way beyond the sum of its many parts, elevating Modern Studies from self-made innovators to poetic protagonists.