Modern Studies and Tommy Perman

Scottish quartet Modern Studies unite pastoral chamber pop and folk with a gently experimental approach. Incorporating lush harmonies, jazz-tinged rhythms, and subtle electronics, the band have produced a string of elaborate full-lengths including 2018's Welcome Strangers and 2022's We Are There. Modern Studies formed in 2015 around the songwriting of Glaswegian musician Emily Scott. Having recently written a set of songs on an antique pedal harmonium, which she was about to donate to her friend Pete Harvey's studio, Scott's material soon became the center of a new collaborat...