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Simply Thrilled Records of Glasgow, Scotland are delighted to announce the debut album by lo-fi tropical-cosmic pop two-piece Miracle Strip. Titled Magic Milk, the 7-track collection will be released on cassette and download on May 25, 2015, with a limited number of copies available in select independent shops for Record Store Day on April 18. It’s preceded by the single ‘Took A Running Jump’, which is streaming and shareable now, plus a launch party at The Old Hairdresser’s in Glasgow on Saturday, May 23. Miracle Strip have been announced for the End of the Road Festival in Dorset, September 4-6 as one of the winners of their unsigned bands competition, and will feature on the forthcoming End of The Road x Rough Trade Shops compilation.

Produced and engineered by Gavin Thomson
Cover photograph by Anatole Barde
Cover design by Craig Clarke

Took A Running Jump

The new single by Miracle Strip, taken from the debut album 'Magic Milk', out now on cassette/download via Simply Thrilled Records: miraclestrip.bandcamp.com/

- Cover photo by Anatole Barde

“SONOROUS, AFFECTING SYNTH-POP ANTHEMS WITH A TROPICAL BENT AND CLANGING GUITAR LINES LIKE MID-PERIOD NEW ORDER” – THE LIST
“FRAGRANT, TROPICAL, WOOZY, OTHERWORLDLY POP MUSIC… DELIRIOUSLY FUN” – CLASH MAGAZINE
“LO-FI SYNTH SOUNDS HARKING BACK TO BANDS SUCH AS FICTION FACTORY AND FURNITURE” – DAILY RECORD
“EACH SONG HAS ITS OWN CATCHY DIMENSION” – THE SUNDAY HERALD
“A DELIGHTFUL MENU THAT RECALLS EARLY SIMPLE MINDS AND THE HUMAN LEAGUE THROUGH TO HOT CHIP” – THE SCOTTISH SUN
“THINK SIMPLE MINDS FRONTED BY YONI WOLF RECORDED ON EIGHT-TRACK” – SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

Daydreams Of Crashing

Miracle Strip are a duo comprising of brothers Fergus Christie Jack (vocals, synths, lyrics) – formerly of meteoric noise- pop trio Dirty Summer – and Malcolm Bruce Jack (guitars, synths, programming). They hail from rural Fife, where they still write and rehearse, and are based in Edinburgh and Glasgow. They'l release their debut album 'Magic Milk' on cassette/download on May 25, 2015 via Simply Thrilled Records.

“FRAGRANT, TROPICAL, WOOZY, OTHERWORLDLY POP MUSIC… DELIRIOUSLY FUN” – CLASH MAGAZINE

“THRUSTING, ROUGHED-UP POP MUSIC, IMBUED WITH A NARRATIVE FLARE THAT SEEMS RARE IN MUCH CONTEMPORARY SONGWRITING” - TINY MIX TAPES 

“THINK SIMPLE MINDS FRONTED BY YONI WOLF RECORDED ON EIGHT-TRACK” - SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

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