Welcome Strangers is the second studio album by the Scottish chamber pop band Modern Studies, released on 18 May 2018 by Fire Records.[3]

Welcome Strangers
Studio album by
Released18 May 2018 (2018-05-18)
Studio
  • Forteviot Hall
  • Pumpkinfield
Genre
Length40:43
LabelFire
Modern Studies chronology
Swell to Great
(2016)
Welcome Strangers
(2018)
Emergent Slow Arcs
(2019)
Singles from Welcome Strangers
  1. "Mud and Flame"
    Released: 23 February 2018[1]
  2. "Disco"
    Released: 11 May 2018[2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [5]
The Skinny     [6]

Welcome Strangers was met with universal acclaim reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 86, based on 6 reviews.[4]

Track listing

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Welcome Strangers track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Get Back Down"4:21
2."Disco"4:39
3."Mud and Flame"5:16
4."Let Idle Hands"3:12
5."It's Winter"3:31
6."Young Sun"3:31
7."Horns and Trumpets"4:01
8."Fast As Flows"3:23
9."The House"3:57
10."Phosphene Dream"4:52
Total length:40:43

References

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  1. ^ "Mud and Flame - Single by Modern Studies". Apple Music. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Disco - Single by Modern Studies". Apple Music. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Modern Studies Announce New Album". Folk Radio UK. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  5. ^ Monger, Timothy. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  6. ^ Harris, Harry (18 May 2018). "The Skinny Review". The Skinny. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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