"If Modern Studies' winsome debut documented their genesis and first blush of pooled creativity, the Scottish chamber pop quartet's follow-up, Welcome Strangers, announces the full might of their communal power ... More often than not, Scott and St. John share lead vocals, regardless of which one wrote the song, further adding to Modern Studies' collective feel of creative unity. Somehow more sophisticated and savage, Welcome Strangers is quite a leap from the bucolic folk of their debut and quite a bit more exciting too".