Albums of 2015 (10-1)

20-11  –  10-1  –  Tracks & EPs 10 Hector Bizerk – The Waltz of Modern Psychiatry If there is one thing Hector Bizerk are always on hand to offer, it is something new and for the Glasgow hip-hop act it perhaps doesn’t get more boundary-pushing than writing the soundtrack for Crazy Jane, a play about a 19th-century

Prehistoric Friends (album launch), eagleowl at The Hug and Pint, 23/10/15

After our struggle to find somewhere to eat in the West End on a Friday night, we arrive at The Hug and Pint slightly later than originally planned therefore sadly missing Dave Frazer and only catching the end of eagleowl’s set. What we catch of eagleowl is extremely entertaining as the band showcase a number

Prehistoric Friends – Prehistoric Friends [Yetts Yeti]

Bon Iver’s self-titled sophomore LP can’t help but cast a long shadow over Prehistoric Friends’ (similarly self-titled) debut record. On second album Bon Iver, Justin Vernon escaped the myth of the man who escapes to a log cabin and writes suitably introspective and haunting music; instead, on his second effort, Vernon embraced a range of

Doune The Rabbit Hole, 23/8/15

Sunday at Doune and we’ve found a touch of familiarity about the site, only today it seems to be filled with yellow as Colonel Mustard and the Dijon 5 closing things tonight and their fans seem to engulf the festival site in what could resemble a cult if you weren’t aware a silly, fun-times band

Prehistoric Friends – ‘Wisdom Tooth’

Prehistoric Friends is the project of Liam Chapman (Miaoux Miaoux/Friends In America) along with violist Nichola Kerr and their description of the project, as ‘organ & viola driven atmospheric casio-tone/dream-pop’, saves explaining new single ‘Wisdom Tooth’ and near enough writes this review. The gentle introduction sets the scene for an amazingly pleasant piece of music,

Prehistoric Friends – ‘Bermuda Triangle’

Prehistoric Friends is the solo project of Scottish multi-instrumentalist Liam Chapman and violinist Nichola Kerr and together they have created ‘Bermuda Triangle’, a dreamy pop song containing more sunshine than this Scottish summer. The track kicks off with a tranquil and sedate strings intro, then swings into action on a solid foundation of drums and

Mutual Benefit, Seoul, Prehistoric Friends at Mono, 21/5/14

You’d be forgiven for having only just having latched on to Mutual Benefit, it’s very unlikely his music reached much of Glasgow before latest album Love’s Crushing Diamond had a mini explosion causing it to be one of, it not the biggest success of the bandcamp releasing generation. Tonight it’s the quaint open and frankly

Prehistoric Friends Interview

Prehistoric Friends is the personal project of multi-instrumentalist and multiple band member Liam Chapman and Glasgow Chamber Orchestra violist Nichola Kerr; along with a whole host of ultra-talent musicians making up their live line up. With their debut single ‘Bermuda Triangle’ set for release I caught up with Chapman for a quaint wee chat over