Editing Modulate (album) (section)

==Release==
In the February 9, 2002 issue of ''Billboard'', ''Modulate'' was announced for release the following month, and was expected to be followed by two more albums from Mould that same year.<ref>White ed. 2002, p. 13</ref> It was issued on March 12, 2002 through the label [[Granary Music]], which Mould founded.<ref name=IWreview/> A year prior, he had nearly signed to another label,<ref name=Magnetinterview/> before deciding to start his own. It stemmed from an instance where [[HBO]] wanted to license one of his past songs, "Sunspots" from ''Workbook'', from his previous label [[Virgin Records]], but were unable to due to the high cost Virgin wanted. Mould looked for other avenues of distribution, until his publicist Carla Sacks suggest contacting [[Michael Hausman]] from [[United Musicians]], who were located two blocks from Mould's residence.<ref name=Morris87/> Design company Gay Power Elite did the artwork for the album, while Lisa Pearl contributed a picture of Mould. In the UK, the album was issued through [[Cooking Vinyl]], who included videos for "Slay / Sway", "Comeonstrong" and "Sunset Safety Glass" on it.<ref name=Modulatebooklet/> Two months into its release, Mould said he was "already six figures [[wiktionary:in the red|in the red]]", and that [[Music leak|the album had leaked]] earlier than its release.<ref name=Magnetinterview/>

Mould subsequently enlisted [[Radio promotion|radio pluggers]] from [[Campus radio|college]] and [[Adult album alternative|triple-A]] stations to help promote ''Modulate''. He planned to embarked on the Carnival of Light and Sound tour, which was held in small theatres across the US, which would see him split the set between the new album and his back catalogue. With Mould in charge of the production, 32 videos were made to accompany the shows, utilizing a [[Rear-projection television|rear-projection]] setup. For the older songs, he was expected to play different renditions of them, "I don't know how people are going to take to the drum'n'bass version of Hüsker Dü" material.<ref name=Morris87/> "Soundonsound" was released as the album's sole single in 2002, with "Slay / Sway" and "Sunset Safety Glass" as its B-sides.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title="Soundonsound"|author=Mould, Bob|year=2002|type=sleeve|publisher=Cooking Vinyl|id=DEMRECBOX50X}}</ref> The music video for "SoundonSound", which was directed by Scott Stuckey, features footage of Mould playing a guitar, interspersed with animation of a couple interacting with various animals.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pACQDY4SbQ|title=Bob Mould 'Sound On Sound'|via=[[YouTube]]|author=Stuckey, Scott|date=August 14, 2008|accessdate=July 3, 2023}}</ref>

''Modulate'' was reissued on CD as part of the career-spanning box set ''Distortion: 1989 – 2019'' (2020),<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Distortion: 1989 – 2019|author=Mould, Bob|year=2020|type=booklet|publisher=[[Edsel Records]]/Granary Music|id=EDSL0072/EDSL0072X}}</ref> and on vinyl as part of the smaller ''Distortion: 1996 – 2007'' (2021) box set.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Distortion: 1996 – 2007|author=Mould, Bob|year=2020|type=booklet|publisher=[[Demon Records]]/Granary Music|id=DEMRECBOX50X}}</ref> Alongside this, "180 Rain" was included on the compilation album ''Distortion: The Best of 1989 – 2019'' (2021).<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Distortion: The Best of 1989 – 2019|author=Mould, Bob|year=2021|type=booklet|publisher=Edsel Records|id=EDSL0075}}</ref>