"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

Kid Canaveral - A Compromise (radio edit)

Babe is a Scottish/French band created by Gerard Black (ex-Findo Gask and current member of Francois & The Atlas Moutains). They release their debut album in March 2014. 

Pre-order "Volery Flighty" here: smarturl.it/BabePreOrder and get an instant free download of "Aerialist Barbette".

www.babeband.co.uk / www.facebook.com/babeband / www.twitter.com/babe_band

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Babe - Tilt

Hi. This is our first offering to you. It was recorded by David McAulay and produced by Miaoux Miaoux in Chem19 studios, Glasgow. Photos by Sarah Dempsey and Stephanie Gibson. Costumes by Urara Tsuchiya. 

Single available to buy NOW! http://bdyprts.bandcamp.com/track/i-d-l-u

Email: bdyprts@gmail.com

IDLU

Caught In The Wake Forever - For Those That Left Along The Way

"Sweeps across genres so effortlessly and brilliantly, you wonder why people bother to categorise music at all."- Gold Flake Paint
“Adam Stafford...is confidently becoming one of Scotland’s most vital live performers." - The Skinny
"Lyrically vivid, vocally striking and roundly impressive..." - The List Magazine
"Often incomparable... Armed with a loop pedal, a guitar and a head filled to the brim with eccentric arrangements."  - The Scotsman

Album launch night at the Glad Cafe, Glasgow, with support from Siobhan Wilson and Robbie Lesiuk:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/383780


Adam Stafford is the former frontman of indie stalwarts Y’All is Fantasy Island and an acclaimed film director, as well as running his own record label, Wiseblood Industries. We are delighted to be releasing Adam’s 2nd album (after 2011's excellent Build a Harbour Immediately) in July 2013, on limited edition 12” vinyl.  

The release will be done in conjunction with Vancouver-based imprint Kingfisher Bluez who are a label we’ve admired for a while now, and just by coincidence happeneded to be working on a single with Adam at the same time we were discussing releasing his album.

A close cousin to Stafford's Harbour record, Imaginary Walls Collapse sees him progress his fascination with looping, textural, repeating rhythms, ornamenting them with melodic alt-pop flourishes. The set is also a direct reflection of Stafford's intense, electrifying live performances which have earned him the nickname “The Slow Motion Preacher”.

Recorded in The Picturehouse in Glasgow in early October 2012 by long-standing collaborator (and multi-instrumentalist on the album) Robbie Lesiuk, the album includes notable contributions from Elgin-born Scottish/French songstress Siobhan Wilson, Zoey Van Goey drummer Matt Brennan, Maple Leaves singer Anna Miles and Over The Wall Trumpeter Ben Hillman.

The album is being launched at The Glad Cafe in Glasgow Southside on Saturday June 28th, with support from Siobhan Wilson.

Adam Stafford - Please

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