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Y’all is Fantasy Island Back Cat Re-issued

Posted: May 1, 2011

Wise Blood Industries are proud to re-issue Y’all is Fantasy Island’s entire back catalogue digitally for the first time and for FREE!

The zipfile contains all 4 of YiFI’s official albums and a 5th LP of previously unreleased and unheard demos and rarities, from 4-track sketches to instrumental jams to album outtakes.

The group properly assembled in Falkirk in the summer of 2005 after songwriter Adam Stafford had been recording under the YiFI guise since 01. They quickly became a mainstay on the Scottish Live scene in the ensuing years, playing with everyone from Frightened Rabbit, Lach, The Radar Bros and The Handsome Family and becoming something of a roving collective with a revolving-door line-up of members between 06-11.

Despite massive acclaim from the national and local press, the group never found a label that would help them realise their full potential and thus, all of their albums were self-released, their appeal remained small and contained. After guitarist and chief recording engineer Tommy Blair departed in 2010, the unit played only three more live shows before announcing their split in February 2011.

Their legacy lives on in The Complete Recordings.