What's on the stereo? Vol. 1

We receive hundreds of tracks a month at Fresh On The Net and - as I explained in a recent blog post - there's only room for 25 tracks on our Listening Post each week and even fewer on my BBC Introducing Mixtape. Inevitably I get to hear loads more interesting tracks (in all kinds of styles) that we simply don't have room to feature. So here's a selection of 20 extra tunes from the past week for your additional listening pleasure - I hope that you'll like them as much as I did...  

For full list of artists and titles see below:

SCULPTURE MUSIC - Only Human (remix)
EAT YOUR ROBOT - Holy Fallout
THE HIGH WIRE - Still
The Leg - Switches
AUTIZMO - Way To Go
K A Morton and The Wellwishers - All The Yellow Fishes
ADMIRAL TWIN - No. 1 Fan
ROBERT FARRUGIA - Lavender
THE GALLEONS - Rise
NOLITA VIEW - Bricks
BEAT AREVALO - Teenage de Sade
QUIET AS A MOUSE - Casketcase
OLD MAN DIODE & RICK HOLLAND - Keep On Running ft. BETH ROWLEY
ANGUS POWELL - Hole in my Heart
PATH UNKNOWN - Viral Parasitoid
UMBRELLA ASSASSINS - Crab claw
JOSH SAVAGE - Mountains In Hurricanes
TUNNELMENTAL - Dub City 1 (Failure)
OLIVER GINGER - The Colour Blue
GLASS HARBOURS - Tides


Extra Gems 7 Feb 2014

Quiet as a mouse

The Big Moon touring their new album 'Love in the 4th Dimension', supported by Francobollo and Quiet As A Mouse. Tickets £10 + booking fee (or use DICE app on mobile phone for fee-free e-ticket).
http://www.songkick.com/concerts/28661164-big-moon-at-mash-house
Note: link will only work in advance of gig

Up and Coming Edinburgh Gigs - The Big Moon @The Mash House Sun 23/04/17

Quiet as a Mouse (Music Taster)

Written by Alex Moran

Produced by Marcus Mackay (Frightened Rabbit, Snow Patrol, Sparrow & The Workshop) and mastered by Chris Potter (Arctic Monkeys, Anna Calvi, Suede & Primal Scream)

http://www.quietasamouseofficial.com/

QUIET AS A MOUSE - Home Is The Hardest Place To Find

Lavender

Released as part of our Five Records for Five Years box set, this is The Leg's album from just before they signed with Song, by Toad. It was actually nominally released by their previous label, but done just as that label ceased to operate, so ended up getting a bit lost, and we think it deserves a bit more attention than that. It's one of the most aggressive and dissonant albums on the label.

Buy on vinyl

The Leg - Switches

Written by Alex Moran

Released 17th February 2014

Produced by Marcus Mackay (Frightened Rabbit, Snow Patrol, Sparrow & The Workshop) and mastered by Chris Potter (Arctic Monkeys, Anna Calvi, Suede & Primal Scream)

QUIET AS A MOUSE - Casketcase

A song from our new album Cloud Physics

Written by Ben Brockett

THE GALLEONS - Rise

THE HIGH WIRE - Still

Released on Monday 11th August 2014.
Written by Alex Moran
Engineered and mixed by Liam Watson at Toe Rag Studios
Mastered by Noel Summerville

QUIET AS A MOUSE - British Flag

Final Fight

The last track to be released for our first studio album x

Future

Released on Monday 13th April 2015.
Written by Alex Moran
Engineered and mixed by Geoff Allan at Ca Va Studios

QUIET AS A MOUSE - Snowflake

Vladimir release new single ‘In My Head' on April 27th. The band play a London date with The Fall at the Brixton Electric on April 24th.

“Addictive melodies that smack you in the face like a belligerent drunk at a funeral” 
Q Magazine
 
“A sepulchral atmosphere and a gravestone grey aura… Fiercely uncompromising” 
Clash Magazine
 
“Vladimir hit the middle ground between Drenge and Interpol”
NME
 
“Talented way beyond their years” 
Artrocker
 
“A symphonic maelstrom of morose shimmering guitar stabs, attack-cease drum marches, and a vocal that pleads to the heart and soul” 
The Line Of Best Fit
 
“The noisiest band in Dundee…once made a sound engineer cry with their levels” 
Daily Record



In My Head

Cupid

@francobollo
www.facebook.com/francobollouk
twitter.com/francobolloland

Written and performed by Francobollo.
Recorded at Iguana Studios.
Produced by Charlie Andrew.
Engineered by Brett Cox.
Published by Big Tree Publishing.

Wonderful EP released 18/11/16 on Square Leg Records.

Wonderful

Formidable

@francobollo
www.facebook.com/francobollouk
twitter.com/francobolloland

Written and performed by Francobollo.
Recorded at Iguana Studios.
Produced by Charlie Andrew.
Engineered by Brett Cox.
Published by Big Tree Publishing.

Released 03/02/2017 on Square Leg Records.

Good Times

'Dandelion Tea' is now available to purchase via http://overthehedgemusic.com/songs.html & http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/misery-lake-ep/id525010293

QUIET AS A MOUSE - Dandelion Tea

Quiet as a Mouse - An Accident Waiting To Happen (Awoo Woo Woo)

QUIET AS A MOUSE - An Accident Waiting To Happen (Awoo Woo Woo)(DEMO)

Quiet as a Mouse are an indie/alternative band formed by singer/songwriter Alex Moran in 2012.

The group’s live reputation has quickly grown as QAAM have supported Hinds (Deers), The Orwells, Palma Violets, The Big Moon, The Orielles, Coasts and The Crookes. Their first batch of London shows were with Club Fandango at Bull & Gate & Buffalo Bar as well as headlining Birthdays and The Old Blue Last.

These outstanding performances have earned them “Gig of the Day” from Ruth Kilpatrick at Amazing Radio, airplay support from Tom Robinson (BBC 6 Music), Vic Galloway (BBC Radio Scotland), Chris Martin, Charlie Ashcroft and Jim Gellaty at Amazing Radio.

On the back of the free download track ‘An Accident Waiting To Happen (Awoo Woo Woo)’ the band released their debut single ‘Home Is The Hardest Place To Find’ in August 2013.

Quiet as a Mouse released their next single ‘Casketcase’ in February 2014. ‘Casketcase’ like ‘Home Is The Hardest Place To Find’ was produced by Marcus Mackay (Frightened Rabbit & Snow Patrol) and mastered by Chris Potter (Arctic Monkeys).

In August 2014 QAAM released their debut EP ‘British Flag’ which was engineered and mixed by Liam Watson (The White Stripes ‘Elephant’) at Toerag Studios (Metronomy, Tame Impala & The Wytches) in London and mastered by Noel Summerville (The Clash & Aphex Twin).

The band released their 2nd EP ‘Memorybox’ in April 2015, which coincided with launch shows in Edinburgh, Glasgow & London. 

Quiet as a Mouse released their debut album 'Is It Funny When It Hurts?' (Part funded by Creative Scotland and produced by Kris Pohl (Idlewild) at Post Electric Studio) in 2018.

Alex returned to Brisbane, Australia in 2019 and released his latest QAAM release 'Passport' a 6 track mini album in 2022. A 2nd full length Quiet as a Mouse album is completed and to be release in late 2025/early 2026.

"Melodic indie pop-rock with a decidedly ’90s flavour, aided by the fact singer-songwriter Alex Moran’s vocals are somewhere between Dave Grohl’s and Neil Young’s" - The Courier Mail (QLD, Australia)

“Is It Funny When It Hurts? Is a debut full of relaxed confidence and is a leap forward for the band.” The Skinny

“Is It Funny When It Hurts? Gets a big thumbs up, we applaud the edgy guitar sound and thought provoking lyrics reminiscent of Pixies and Idlewild.” The Metro

The Daily Record called Alex “a genius and a prophet” and said of the ‘British Flag’ EP “like The Smiths, Orange Juice and Brian Jonestown Massacre; its knowing, fragile and indie-tastic.” They also mention QAAM's first single ‘An Accident Waiting To Happen (Awoo Woo Woo)’ calling it “one of the best songs they have heard in over ten years.”

"QAAM are no strangers to the BBC Introducing Mixtape. We featured An Accident Waiting To Happen (Awoo Woo Woo) in February and Casketcase in June. Despite alarm bells ringing from the word “Christmas” in the title, this track comes from their splendid debut EP British Flag which was actually released in August. In any case, the groove and performance on this track are simply irresistible – the band’s strongest work to date. Roll on 2015." Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music

"Quiet as a Mouse are fast becoming one of Scotland's hottest prospects...'Home Is The Hardest Place To Find' is a soaring anthem packed full of melody...it reminds me of Snow Patrol's edgier moments." The Sun

“They’re picking up a wee buzz about themselves.” Vic Galloway BBC Radio Scotland

"This (QAAM upcoming 2nd EP) is the indie genre churning out one of its finer offerings of the past few years." The Metro

"Some bands don't even achieve such a great track as ‘An Accident Waiting To Happen (Awoo Woo Woo)' let alone give it away for free. It's a contender for Scottish single of the year." The Daily Record

"There is enough in Alex Moran’s band’s armoury to sink a battleship…New single Casketcase is a heady mix of Weezer and Nirvana, its Goth for the new millennium…I love this band." The Daily Record

'Home Is The Hardest Place To Find' was selected by The Herald's Martin Williams as the 51st best song of 2013 and 27th best Scottish song of 2013 calling it "Majestic offkilter alterno-indie."

"Inspired in part by the shimmer of Teenage Fanclub and the heaviness of Nirvana. This blend seems to have won them a few admirers, mohawk-haired Scottish music impresario Jim Gellatly among them." Edinburgh Evening News