WFPK Song of the Day: Modern English "Long In The Tooth"

Post-punk innovators Modern English will be headlining our next WFPK Waterfront Wednesday on July 31 . Their career spans more than four decades beginning with their debut album, Mesh and Lace in 1981. Earlier this year they released their ninth album, 1 2 3 4 , their first in seven years.

The first single released from the new project was “ Long in the Tooth. ” The song takes a reflective look at their extensive history, both musically and personally.

“I don’t have any answers / To all of the questions / It’s taken a lifetime / I’m long in the tooth,” sings frontman Robbie Grey on the track.

He shared, “Modern English and its journey, both musical and personal, has spread over 40+ years, and ‘Long in the Tooth’ is a song about this part of that journey. As we have reached out into the world and all its changes over all those years, it’s a meditation of getting older in a world that still spins in a chaotic and always interesting way.”

Listen below.

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