Celebration's self-titled debut album, released at the end of 2005, was a blast of white hot, ecstatic energy as you might expect from a band whose live performances are little short of phenomenal. The Baltimore-based three piece - Katrina Ford (vocals), David Bergander (drums) and Sean Antanaitis (everything else) - have spent most of the last two years on the road, touring with the likes of TV On The Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Blood Brothers. In the process, they have gathered an steadfast fanbase while at the same time refining their sound and their songwriting into something more nuanced and more kaleidoscopic. Musically, The Modern Tribe sees the Celebration taking a great leap forward it's an album of sublime colours, rich textures and glorious, ascending melody. And if tracks like Pony and Fly The Fly have the dense groove and full-throated impact of past classics like War and Foxes, they're balanced by the swooning swirl of Evergreen, the heady gospel of Heartbreak and the cosmic, chanted Tame The Savage. It's a development which has to be heard to be believed, and one that establishes Celebration as one of the most distinctive bands at work in the world today.