Album: The Modern Tribe *

Song Title

Time

Evergreen

Pressure

Heartbreak

Pony

Fly the Fly

Tame the Savage

Hands off My Gold

In This Land

Comets

10)

Wildcats

11)

Our Hearts Don't Change

Album: The Modern Tribe *

Song Title

Time

Evergreen

Pressure

Heartbreak

Pony

Fly the Fly

Tame the Savage

Hands off My Gold

In This Land

Comets

10)

Wildcats

11)

Our Hearts Don't Change

Performer Notes

Personnel: Tunde Adebimpe (vocals, spoken vocals); Sean Antanaitis (vocals, guitar, Hammond b-3 organ, Wurlitzer organ, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, vibraphone); David Andrew Sitek (vocals, acoustic guitar); Stuart Bogie (vocals, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone); Dave Bergander (vocals, drums, percussion); Katrina Ford (vocals, percussion); Chris Coady , Akwetey Orraca-Tetteh, Kyp Malone, Noah Rubin, Raedawn, Aku Orraca-Tetteh, Tatiana McCabe, Akwetey Orraca-Tetteh, Alianna Kalaba, Jaleel Bunton (vocals); Nick Zinner (guitar); Martin Perna (flute, baritone saxophone); Eric Biondo (trumpet); Ryan Sawyer (drums); Richard Harper, Richard Harper (hand claps); Gary Sitek (gong).
Recording information: Stay Gold Studios, Brooklyn, NY (02/2007).
With 2007's THE MODERN TRIBE, the Baltimore-based indie-rock trio Celebration builds on its bold, post-punk-influenced 4AD debut. Produced by TV on the Radio's David Sitek, the album features other members of that lauded NYC act on various tracks, but the real draw of the record is singer Katrina Ford's powerful voice, which often recalls a more soul-inclined Siouxsie Sioux, particularly on the thrillingly percussive opener, "Evergreen." Evidence of an inventive ensemble hitting its stride, THE MODERN TRIBE is one of the finest left-field surprises of the year.

Professional Reviews

Alternative Press (p.130) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he space between Katrina Ford's yowl and drummer David Bergander's tribal thumping is amply filled by multi-instrumentalist Sean Antanaitis."