Scottish Fiction Podcast - 29th May 2013

After kicking off the show with the sweet summer vibes of Giant Fang, I welcomed Drew Wright, a.k.a. Wounded Knee into the studio as my session guest for the evening.  With a wonderfully obscure selection of tracks under his arm, we chatted, mused about protest songs, and discussed the Whatever Gets You Through The Night project.  And there was plenty rummaging in the infamous bawbag to choose the three live songs you'll hear during the show.

There's the usual serving of new Scottish music too, including tracks from the forthcoming Camera Obscura, Boards Of Canada, Quickbeam and Algernon Doll albums, plus a Cover Lover and Re-Mixing It Up track.  Huzzah!

Giant Fang - Aqualung

Davie Stewart - Macpherson's Rant - As chosen by Wounded Knee

Wounded Knee - Muckle Sang - Live in Pulse 98.4 FM Studio

Zwabesho Sibisi - Angihambe - As chosen by Wounded Knee

Wounded Knee - The Old Main Drag - Live in Pulse 98.4 FM Studio

Wounded Knee - The Herring Road - Live in Pulse 98.4 FM Studio

Alasdair Roberts - Firewater - As chosen by Wounded Knee

Blood Relatives - Dead Hip
Camera Obscura - Fifth In Line To The Throne
Quickbeam - Grace

Cover Lover - Cleavers - Transmission

Trapped In Kansas - Collapse Rebuild
The Pastels - Illuminum Song
Algernon Doll - Anti-them
Poor Things - Ice Cream
Boards Of Canada - Reach For The Dead

Re-Mixing It Up - Bwani Junction - Civil War (Discopolis Remix)

Song Of Return - Trapped Inside The Night
We're Only Afraid Of NYC - Blood
A Fight You Can't Win - Burning Sky


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That's My Jam #14 - We're Only Afraid Of NYC - Blood

There's something quite special about seeing a band progress from that giddy stage of writing and recording songs and instantly sticking them up on Bandcamp for people to hear, to the precise and calculated move of recording their début album.  We're Only Afraid Of NYC have made that step, and after four EP's worth of material, the are releasing their album 'Patterns' on 24th May.  Leading the charge for that album is 'Blood'.  Emphatic alternative rock, the blowout towards the end of the track is up there with anything Biffy have written.  Head-bangingly good.

EP Review - We're Only Afraid Of NYC - zero.four

Wooft! We're Only Afraid Of NYC sure know how to pack a punch. Their fourth EP 'zero.four' was made available to download for free on Friday 9th December and it's a cracker.

Opener 'Walls' is a track that had been about for a while, yet loses none of it's intensity and power, 'We Lived Here' slides off in a different direction at times, with parts of the track showing some restraint, and others experimenting with just how much noise the Glaswegian three piece can make.

The band have gathered a rather ample following which is no big surprise given the increasing quality of each consecutive output. Third track 'Matter' is a softer affair, almost like an interlude between 'We Lived Here' and forth track 'Y+M' which is awe staggeringly good.

The EP closes with 'Seeds' and 'Mirrorball', the former brooding with meloncholy, the latter a gentle affair, softly closing the lid on an all round sterling effort.

You can download 'zero.four' on the band's bandcamp for nowt, and their previous three offering are all there too. Go on, fill yer boots.