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Esperi is Scottish multi-instrumentalist Chris Marr. His songs and indeed sounds are both thought provoking and incredibly uplifting. Having already supported the likes of KT Tunstall, Gomez, Johnny Flynn, Olaf Arnolds and James Yorkston and being a regular at festivals like Wickerman, and T in the Park, Esperi is ready to take his wonderful music to a larger audience.

His music ranges from acoustic storytelling to colourful electronica looping and combining different sounds with his acoustic guitar. He uses a host of instruments from the conventional to the unusual including his signature rainbow-coloured bells, which he plays with his feet! He writes about his home, his dogs and his family. There are no airs or graces, he just writes about things as they are.

Chris' delicate voice and honest songwriting is akin to Mike Kinsella (Owen, American Football) but with softer, lilting Scottish undertones. However, Esperi is more than simply an acoustic artist but rather someone very special, writing stories that paint musical pictures, creating wonderful images that will touch your very heart and soul.



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Pensioner are an independent rock band from Dundee, Scotland. The band are: Ross Middlemiss (Vocals, Guitar), Mike Lennie (Vocals, Bass),Mark Keiller (Vocals, Percussion,Drums) and Callum Sutherland (Vocals, Guitar). Since forming in early 2009, they have already recorded and self-released their debut EP, a double a-side single and in May 2011 released their debut album 'Yearlings' on Olive Grove Records.They have also played all over Scotland with the likes of …And So I Watch You From Afar, The Twilight Sad, Tera Melos, Errors, LaFaro and The Phantom Band.

Highlights in 2010 included a successful showcase at GoNorth in Inverness, airplay on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio Scotland, Amazing Radio, Glasgow PodcART and Spain’s Cielo Liquido! Pensioner also recently featured on the ‘Bands to Watch in 2011' lists of Vic Galloway (BBC Radio Scotland) and Ally McCrae (BBC Radio 1).

Their debut album has been recorded with the impressive Robin Sutherland (Laeto, Stapleton, Avast!) and has had airplay on BBC Radio 1/Scotland, Amazing Radio and a growing variety of podcasts including the BBC Radio Scotland Introducing Podcast. 

The band recently did a live BBC Introducing session for Ally McCrae on BBC Radio 1 in Scotland, with a track also featuring on the BBC Introducing show UK-wide.

The album is available through Pensioner’s Bandcamp which you can find at http://pensioner.bandcamp.com

Full tracklisting is:
1. Intro
2. Big Trouble in Little Richard
3. Gadgie Weddin’
4. Enter Shakira
5. Annannannawiddecombe
6. Sports Science/Daniel O’Dickhead
7. Like, Epic!
8. Status Whoa
9. Bruce Forsyth’s ‘Chin It To Win It’
10. Massive Ferguson

"As unpredictable as it is brilliant, Pensioner already have a contender for album of the year" - Jim Gellatly (Scottish Sun)

“..full of angular rock classics” – Ally McCrae (BBC Radio 1)

"These are flighty songs in experienced hands" - The Irish Times

"The titles might suggest a band that don't take things too seriously; yet Yearlings is a deceptively accomplished record." - 4/5 Review, The Skinny (#2 in top 5 album of July 2011)

"...it’s absolutely important not to write-off Pensioner as anything less than one of the most exciting emerging groups in Scotland at the moment, and “Yearlings” is a fitting opening to this career." – Songs Heard On Fast Trains (shoft.org.uk)

"Pensioner exemplify the ever diminishing fissure between bliss and confusion on this glorious debut." – Glasgow PodcART

"The band, a four piece from Dundee in case you’re wondering, have crafted a hugely enjoyable rock record that will be difficult to pigeonhole." – The Tidal Wave of Indifference (thetidalwaveofindifference.com)



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