Tiscali Showcase - The Modern

The Modern will headline the ninth Tiscali Showcase at the Carling Bar Academy Islington on Friday April 22nd 2005, and you will be able to hear audio and see video from the night the week after on Tiscali Music.

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The Modern bask in a sexier, synthetic and forward-thinking space. Obsessed with glamour, theatricality, synthesizers and style, they're pure pop with brains and balls, electroclash with warmth and tunes, with a sharp New Wave edge that makes them appealing to rubber-clad Goths, New Cross indie scenesters and unashamed pop kids alike.

As extravagant as The Darkness, as flamboyant as Scissor Sisters, The Modern are about low life and high drama, rainy streets and lost weekends, packed nightclubs and empty cinemas.

The Modern blend anthemic pop with post-punk intelligence in a way not achieved so successfully since the early Eighties. "People are finally seeing how influential bands like The Cure, XTC and Joy Division were, bands that were guitar driven but were also pop," says Nic. "We want to combine the electroclash, synth pop, edgy guitar image and production values with pop songs that people latch onto."