NEW SCOTTISH BANDS
‘WE JUST STAYED
IN THE STUDIO AND WROTE AND WROTE UNTIL WE HAD SOME STUFF WE WERE HAPPY WITH'
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Moguai and mist it all into ne\\ \hapex. adding an idiox_\neratie l_\rieal and muxieal \L‘ll\llillll} \kliiL‘ll i\ all their on ti.
'l‘raekx like '(‘old l)a_\\ trom the Birdhouxe‘ and "l‘hat Summer. At Home I Had lieeome the lm'ixihle nay are as melodie as the} are noixe— tilled. and \till hate _\ou \xalking doun the street \itli—‘lllél inttk‘netrahle lines like '.-\tttl tliix ix \\l]L‘l'L‘ lour arm ean‘t 1:0. or "l‘he kidx are on lire in the hedroom' hel‘ore _\ou know \xhat _\ou‘re doing.
llax'ing formed in late 2003 alter a l‘ortuitous meeting at a bus stop between Maeliarlane and Duet. the hand exeheu'ed the normal endlexx gigging route in lamur ol' hunkering do\\tt in the studio until they felt the} had something to present to the world.
'\\'lietl \\ e deeided to do it \et'iottxl}. \\ e .ltl\t \tayed in the studio and \\ rote and \\ rote until we had some \tul‘l' that we were happ} \xithf saw Maeliirlane. '\\'e kieked about in there until \xe \\ ere happ} with tlllttgx. rather than jump out and play loads and loads ol- gigx. “hieh seemed quite pointless. to us an} way
The end result \\a.\ a demo \xhieh so impresxed l-at ('at. they signed them the lit‘xt time the) Mt“ the hand li\e. at their third e\ er \hou in (ililsgl)\\".\ Barfly. l‘rom there it \\a\ haek into the studio to \x'ork on that endlexsl) imprexxix e dehut alhum.
For all that that reeord is a dense. layered allair \\ith stringx. aeeordion and piano in the mix. the hand preter to keep it \imple on li\'e Utltitlgx. stripping e\'er_\thing haek to guitar. haxs. drums and (iraham‘x dixtinetixe \oeals. \\'llll \peetaeular results.
'“I‘ ill\\';l}\ l‘L'L'l that ll. tltL‘ llVL‘ \llti\\\ \(llllltl e\aetly the \ame as the reeording. t'olk might as \\ ell just \ta} at home and listen to the reeord. \o \\ e lll\\';l_\\ H} to make it \ound dit'l‘erentf explains Mael‘arlane.
‘Somehoth had the record on not that long ago. and I‘d l‘orgotten hoxx dill'erent it \tltltttlx to us lixe.‘ he adds. ‘.-\part trom amthing elxe. \\ e enjoy pl;i_\ing t‘ull-on noise a lot hetter than the quieter hits aii_\'\\'a_\ .'
He's not kidding. :\t a reeent (‘hieago \llo\\. the hand were so loud that the pint glasses \tarted falling oil the gantr} behind the bar. \\hile in New York. someone went to the ho.\ ot‘tiee alter a gig to ask for their mone} haek. heeauxe the \llt)“ had been too loud.
The) .im mitt him in urr.‘ .\laeliu‘lane laughs. '\\'e'\e aetuall) had quite a ten people eomplain. and I suppose it‘s era/_\ l10\\ loud it is sometimes. but we don‘t eare. \\e H) to make their ears hleed C\Cl'} time.‘
The Nilight Sad play the Arches with Vashti Bunyan and Frightened Rabbit, Thu 20 Dec.
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NEW FOUND SOUNDS
Malcolm Jack and Mark Robertson present five more aspirant acts to look out for
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Honourable mention must also go to these fine bands: Correcto, Y’all is Fantasy Island, Damn Shames, Genaro, The Pictish Trail, Swimmer One, Desalvo, Found, 0 without U, Make Model, Action Group, Underling, Fangs, Sixpeopleaway and Beecake.
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