"Black Tambourine" is the first single from Withered Hand's album "New Gods," and features guest appearances from Pam Berry (vocals) and Eugene Kelly (guitar).

Get it from iTunes: http://smarturl.it/withered-bt-itunes

Fortuna POP! (UK/Europe) and Slumberland Records (US/Canada) are proud to announce the new album by the Edinburgh based folk-rock troubadour Dan Willson who records as WITHERED HAND. “New Gods” is his stunning second album, following his critically acclaimed debut “Good News”.

Active in the world of visual art and dabbling in music for many years, Withered Hand’s Dan Willson came late to singing and songwriting at age 30, in a period of reflection between the death of a close friend and the birth of his first child. The resultant material, much of which went on to become the album “Good News,” has been praised for its depth and startling honesty.

Withered Hand has been embraced by Fife-based musical powerhouse the Fence Collective (whose sovereign King Creosote guests on the new album), seen his songs picked up on MTV and cult series Skins, and gained a legion of fans including Jarvis Cocker and Rolling Stone Magazine USA (who decreed him “Artist to Watch”).

A prolific live performer, recent Withered Hand shows have included collaborations with Pam Berry of seminal 90's US noise-pop band Black Tambourine and a rotating cast of musical friends embellishing Dan's exuberant and original songwriting alongside fragile and uplifting solo performances.

The long-awaited second album (produced by Tony Doogan – Mountain Goats/Belle & Sebastian etc - and part-funded by arts council body Creative Scotland) features guest appearances from the likes of Pam Berry, Eugene Kelly of The Vaselines and members of Belle & Sebastian and Frightened Rabbit.

The five years since “Good News” was recorded has seen Willson honing his songcraft, building his audience and gaining critical momentum. “New Gods” is a beautifully executed collection of songs from one of Scotland’s most gifted songwriters.


“Beautifully constructed lyrical frameworks ... on this banjo-tinged brand of Caledonian gospel” – **** MOJO

“the UK’s best lyricist” – King Creosote, in The Independent

“Killer melodies ... wobbly folk grooves ... tunes full of warm, woozy sing-song charm” – 'Artist to Watch' - Rolling Stone – 2011


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Withered Hand - Black Tambourine

If My Dreams

Taken from the forthcoming Now Wakes the Sea album, Bildungsroman, to be released on Mini50 Records on 26th May 2014. 
Single available as a free download from here: http://goo.gl/5WVepq
http://nowwakesthesea.com
http://mini50records.co.uk 

Now Wakes the Sea - Original Bone

Haunted Melodies (Demo)

21st century man

'Juan Antonio' is taken from the wonderful collaborative debut between Andrew Pearson & Lovers Turn to Monsters - 'Everything We Miss'. Out on vinyl and cassette on August 11th 2014. Pre-order here: http://commonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/everything-we-miss

Muriel Spark described Scotland as a ‘nevertheless’ country: a country where apparent contradictions and paradoxes sit side-by-side to create a nation which is all the better for its multi-faceted nature. Andrew Pearson & Lovers Turn to Monsters make ‘nevertheless’ pop music. They write songs of unusual lyrical depth and sophistication, nevertheless delivered with a lightness of touch and common unpretentiousness that makes 'Everything We Miss' one of the most charming and likeable releases of the year. They are almost morbidly obsessed with writing about death, loss and loneliness; nevertheless their music is relentlessly upbeat, uplifting and optimistic. It is homemade and DIY, nevertheless undeniably ‘pop’. In their brilliant collaborative debut, two of Scotland’s finest young songwriters have created an album of beguiling and ingenious indie-pop that thrives on its multifaceted nature.

Andrew Pearson & Lovers Turn to Monsters (a.k.a. Kyle Wood) were united by their love of comic books, Wes Anderson and lo-fi music. These influences shine through in their desire to make good ol’ fashioned entertainment yet with a sincere, and at times devastating, emotional core. 'Everything We Miss' is a must-listen.
credits
releases 11 August 2014
Written and performed by Andrew Pearson & Kyle Wood
Backing Vocals - Lidh
Percussion - Chris Marr
Clarinet - Tilly Rossetti

Recorded and produced by Chris Marr at Fall On Studios
Mastered by Robin Sutherland

Andrew Pearson & Lovers Turn to Monsters - Juan Antonio

'Another Dawn' is taken from the wonderful collaborative debut between Andrew Pearson & Lovers Turn to Monsters - 'Everything We Miss'. Out on vinyl and cassette on August 11th 2014.

Muriel Spark described Scotland as a ‘nevertheless’ country: a country where apparent contradictions and paradoxes sit side-by-side to create a nation which is all the better for its multi-faceted nature. Andrew Pearson & Lovers Turn to Monsters make ‘nevertheless’ pop music. They write songs of unusual lyrical depth and sophistication, nevertheless delivered with a lightness of touch and common unpretentiousness that makes 'Everything We Miss' one of the most charming and likeable releases of the year. They are almost morbidly obsessed with writing about death, loss and loneliness; nevertheless their music is relentlessly upbeat, uplifting and optimistic. It is homemade and DIY, nevertheless undeniably ‘pop’. In their brilliant collaborative debut, two of Scotland’s finest young songwriters have created an album of beguiling and ingenious indie-pop that thrives on its multifaceted nature.

Andrew Pearson & Lovers Turn to Monsters (a.k.a. Kyle Wood) were united by their love of comic books, Wes Anderson and lo-fi music. These influences shine through in their desire to make good ol’ fashioned entertainment yet with a sincere, and at times devastating, emotional core. 'Everything We Miss' is a must-listen.
credits
releases 11 August 2014
Written and performed by Andrew Pearson & Kyle Wood
Backing Vocals - Lidh
Percussion - Chris Marr
Clarinet - Tilly Rossetti

Recorded and produced by Chris Marr at Fall On Studios
Mastered by Robin Sutherland

Andrew Pearson & Lovers Turn to Monsters - Another Dawn.

Thanks to a cast of unlikely characters, the fantastic support of Creative Scotland and the ever wonderful Olive Grove Records we have a new 10 track album to release named "The Things I Love Are Not at Home". 

The sleeve features artwork courtesy of acclaimed artist/photographer Alastair Cook and there are collaborations with RM Hubbert (courtesy of Chemikal Underground) and Pete MacDonald from our label mates The State Broadcasters. 

"The Things I Love Are Not at Home" will be available to buy on October 27th in record shops and online via Olive Grove Records & our Bandcamp on heavyweight 12 inch vinyl (and download).

Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Simon Johnston, Blind Spot Audio Recorded in Granton, Leith, Portobello, Gorgie, Shandon, Edinburgh & Aberdeenshire! 

Cover photography by Alastair Cook (www.alastaircook.com) 


Death, With Castanets

Sample track from Bill & Aidan's new album 'The Most Important Place In The World'.

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'This Dark Desire' by Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat

Lovers Turn To Monsters is the non-de-plume of perennial miserablist Kyle Wood who, on a stolen tape machine, has forged an impressive niche in the lo-fi anti-folk scene of West Lothian. His relentless work rate has led to a sprawling and formidable back catalogue of arresting immediacy, rawness and beauty that chart an engaging narrative of his life. He approaches the subjects of love and death with a bitter wit which twists clichés and mundanities into fresh and illuminating lyrical phrases. Nothing exemplifies this better than the three songs on his new release The Skeletor EP which sees Kyle enter the studio for the first time and set these lyrics on the background of intricate guitars, samples, electronics, bells and massed vocals. It doesn’t completely eschew his love for crackle and hiss but instead highlights the musicality and poignancy of these songs.

The Skeletor EP is released on June 24th on Common Records with an accompanying and intertwining cassette-only album Fireflies. The launch will be at the inaugural 'Common Rooms' series of house shows on the June 21st at a secret location in Glasgow. The single Skeletor will be available for free download from 3rd June.

Lovers Turn To Monsters - Skeletor

We are an independent-sub-micro-DIY Scottish record label. We do albums, eps, concerts, films, seances and cuddle sessions. 

We are: Algernon Doll, Where We Lay Our Heads, Now Wakes the Sea, Andrew Pearson & Lovers Turn to Monsters, Hamish James Hawk, Lightning Papa Tam, Oj Wicksted, Wullie Mammoth

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Lovers Turn To Monsters - Skeletor

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