Electric Fields, 29/8/15

The journey down to Electric Fields begins post 9am and a ‘Happy Bus’ from Buchanan Bus Station; how anyone can muster up the energy to be “happy” at this time in the morning is beyond me and the atmosphere on the bus is as you’d expect from bed missing music lovers with not to many

Album of 2014

17 Andrew Pearson & Lovers Turn To Monsters – Everything We Miss [Common] A combination of two endearing singer-songwriters, brought together under the umbrella of Common Records in the dismal Glaswegian rain, resulting in an equally endearing collection of tracks. Taking a song each throughout the track listing, the single ‘Juan Antonio’ is a standout

Tracks of 2014

19 Atom Tree – ‘Sinner’ [Hotgem] The opening track of the Glasgow electronic trio’s latest EP, Clouds, introduced us to vocalist Julie Knox, who’s powerful and emotive voice slides brilliantly into Atom Tree’s deep synthpop, alerting people the trio on a much bigger scale than before, and rightfully so. 19 Call To Mind – ‘Breathe’

King Creosote – From Scotland With Love [Domino]

King Creosote’s latest offering, From Scotland With Love could be met with trepidation; considering the folk maverick’s seemingly endless discography, one could be scared that his approach to music veers to the quantitative rather than qualitative. The album, written to accompany a short documentary film for the Commonwealth Games relays a quiet and stoic celebration

New King Creosote album, From Scotland With Love, due for release on July 21

The new album from King Creosote, From Scotland With Love, released on July 21 on Domino, this is his first album since his Mercury-nominated collaborative record with Jon Hopkins, Diamond Mine. Watch the clip for album track ‘Pauper’s Dough’: Composed of eleven stunning and emotive tracks, From Scotland With Love was written by King Creosote