Modal Melodies / Modal Melodies LP Black Vinyl
Modal Melodies / Modal Melodies LP Black Vinyl
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Modal Melodies 'Modal Melodies' LP Black Vinyl
CAT: ANT - 080
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Format: Vinyl 12" Black
Label: Anti Fade
Release Date: May 13, 2022
Thirteen perfectly balanced, keyboard saturated songs flutter like flags threaded on a string: a collection of fleeting thoughts stirred by the winds of Eighties pop. Riffs soar, the drum machine gallops and vocals are as carefully blended as a mango smoothie on a white-sky day.
Modal Melodies is the duo made up of Violetta Del Conte-Race (Primo! / The Glass Picture) & Jake Robertson (Alien Nosejob, etc.) The group stemmed from a loose chat at Geelong’s Jerkfest in early 2021, where they made plans to help each other complete some unfinished demos. After emailing ideas back and forth through lockdown, they were soon able to be in the same room together to structure their quickly blossoming songs. Vio added vocals from home and Jake mixed them into their sessions. Six to eight months after making their first arrangements, Modal Melodies had matured into this debut record.
There’s something about a duo - something intimate and serious: it requires full trust and an act of balance. These are people who have listened to so much music they know how to make tunes in a way that seems intuitive. Karen Marks, Saada Bonaire and Lena Platonos have been mentioned as influences, but it seems like the biggest inspiration to cite came from each other. There’s an untamed instinct for melody, and layers like clouds, slowly rolling in. Drenched with colours and understated tension in parts, coupled with reckless joy, this album speaks to this moment.
Anti Fade Records is ecstatic to announce the Modal Melodies debut will see the light of day as a full length, self-titled LP from May 13th, 2022.
All songs by Violetta Del Conte-Race & Jake Robertson, 2021.
Mastered by Mikey Young, 2022.
Tracklisting:
1.Occupants
2.Niki
3.Driving
4.The Sun
5.Fourth Stage
6.The Horizon
7.Starting Point
8.Standing Still
9.In The Rain
10.Glass Harmonica
11.Clearer Path to Hutton Street
12.Disco Hotel
13.Changing Lights