![]() Since then the only way to get it has been on CD or digitally. It is moody new wave at its finest and has aged amazingly well.Īfter The Snow saw its last vinyl pressing happen in the 1980’s. This album is every bit as enjoyable as their first, just in a different way. I will tell you though that if I was ever listening to a radio or watching MTV, I never once turned it off when that song was on and always enjoyed it. Much like their first album, which I was never even aware of until the recent vinyl reissue came out, aside from their radio hit, “I Melt With You” (one of the most catchy songs of the early 1980’s that you’d be lying if you said you didn’t like), the rest of the album, and the band in general, flew completely under my radar because they weren’t a punk rock band. It was definitely closer to new wave than to post-punk, but they still had traces of that post-punk sound, this time with more prominent keyboards and less abrasive guitars. The band softened their sound a bit which resulted in a more accessible sound, more akin to something like Duran Duran or A Flock Of Seagulls. ![]() After The Snow was released in 1982 on the 4AD label (and a bit later here in the US on Sire Records). One year after their début album was released, Modern English returned with a follow-up that saw a shift in direction for them and found them to be pop stars with their smash hit, “I Melt With You”.
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