I am Dave Ayling and I write songs and play guitar and various other instruments under the moniker 'We Looked Like Giants!'. Im from the west coast of Scotland, from a fine wee town by the name of Oban. 

Growing up on a diet of Brit Pop, Pop-punk, Folk, Country, Indie, a big old slice of Hip-Hop, Electro and all matters in between, I started playing electric guitar at about fourteen or fifteen but hardly seriously. I put down my guitar to concentrate on the rigours of growing up, riding bikes, snowboards and chasing girls. 

I started really playing again at the age of nineteen when I was diagnosed with cancer and was pretty much stuck indoors every day. I started playing acoustic then and fell in love with the sound, It seemed to suit me more than my electric. Writing songs became a means of escape and I plugged away writing songs and playing in my bedroom for the next four or five years whilst I recovered from illness. 

So that kind of brings me up to present day of sorts. I held a big party for the fifth year clear of my cancer and got some of my friends bands to play at it and was convinced to play a few songs of my own. It went pretty well and people really liked my songs.... I had fell in love with performing my songs to the mightily scary public. 'we looked like giants' was born. 

'we looked like giants' is basically putting a name to something which has existed since I first started writing songs, after struggling to put a name to whatever it was I was trying to create, 'we looked like giants' jumped out, due to a love of all things Death Cab. 

We Looked Like Giants! is a solo project, but friends who are far better musicians have since joined up on occasion and then to put me to shame by pointing out I dont know the names of the chords im playing. Thanks for reading and let me know what you think of my songs. 

cheers, dave / w.l.l.g! 

LUCA are Mark Rankin (vocals/guitar) David McManus (drums) Andrew McLaughlin (bass) and Jonny Cairns (guitar).

“Sectioned” Is the debut mini album featuring the three self-released singles Anywhere, Summer and Hospital by the band. Recorded in Manchester’s Moolah Rouge Studios with Dan Broad (happy Mondays, I am Kloot) “Sectioned” is the result of endless hours in the studio writing and rehearsing finding their own sound.

Propelled forward by a pulsating bass line and a tom heavy drum groove, Channelling the pounding rhythms of early Interpol with a hint of Mogwai in its explosiveness, Sectioned envelops the listener is a wall of noise, placing them within the heart of the protagonist’s predicament.  

To accompany the sectioned LUCA have also release a three part short film with parts one and two really well received and garnering hundreds of view on YouTube despite the early stages of the band.

Sectioned can be found on the bands YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/weareLUCAband 

Formed in late 2011 after meeting through friends and a shared passion for the same music. Luca spent their early months with endless rehearsal sessions looking for the right sound before taking to the stage for their debut show as part of King Tuts New Year revolution festival and taking to the infamous Glasgow venues stage a further twice in that year. 

2013 started once again at King Tuts New Year revolution festival as the band were asked back to perform for the second year running before heading to Dumfries to play the “Big Burns Supper” alongside such acts as The Imagineers and Three Blind Wolves.

In march LUCA played at “The Tenement Trail” in a stellar line up of the best unsigned acts Scotland has to offer before their own headline tour in May sea them take in 5 dates through Scotland before various festival appearances are announced. 

The First of which was to be invited back to King Tuts Wah Wah hut as a special midnight guest for 2013’s Summer Nights festival as a midnight guest alongside such great acts as Carnivores, Kitty The Lion and Honey blood.

August will see LUCA play This Feeling, London’s premier Club night 

2012 was the year to record and prepare... 2013 comes the Launch


Mark Rankin - Vocals, Guitar 
Jonathan Cairns - Guitar 
Andrew McLaughlin - Bass 
David McManus - Drums
Discography

"Anywhere" single - 12/11/12 
"Summer" Single - 15/02/13 

Sectioned - Mini Album - 01/05/13


WeAreHunted is a very lo-fi self recorded, produced, funded project with an ambient mood. All done with just a guitar and mic on a laptop. 

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