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Jamie Sturrock

Adam Stafford — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:09:50 +0000

Jamie Sturrock is from Falkirk, Central Scotland. He was a member of two prominent experimental acts from the town; Metal duo Ghost and his noise moniker Insythin. In 2009 he recorded and released a very organic, textural EP, “Giascape” on Wise Blood which utilised certain unorthodox techniques on the acoustic guitar.

He issues “EP2: Giascape” on Wise Blood in August 2010 and is currently working on an LP.

Paws

Adam Stafford — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:04:34 +0000

Paws are a three-piece melodic fuzz group based in Glasgow. Since their recent conception they have supported the likes of The Dum Dum Girls, Ariel Pink and No Age and have travelled to London to partake in a session for Tom Robinson’s show on BBC 6Music. “Violent Vicky Violet” was issued on Wise Blood Industries at the end of June and the group are working on their debut LP. A tour with Glasgow face-shreaders Bronto Skylift follows this Autumn (2010).

The Kays Lavelle

Adam Stafford — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:57:12 +0000

The Kays Lavelle were born in Dundee. They now spend most of their time in Leith, Edinburgh. Sometimes there are 6 of them, sometimes 5 or 4 but always 2. Their debut album was released in spring/summer 2010 on Wiseblood Industries, recorded and produced by Neil Pennycook (Meursault) and Alex Fenton (Fentek Audio).

The LP “Be Still This Gentle Morning” is now available directly from here now and from iTunes.

Burnt Island

Adam Stafford — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:48:55 +0000

Burnt Island is a band based around the songs of Rodge Glass (vocals, acoustic guitar). The line-up includes Rodge’s longest-serving collaborator Malcolm Jack (electric guitar, vocals), as well as Rik Evans (viola), Amber Comerford (flute, vocals) and Andy Campbell (keyboards, bass, vocals). Rodge (also a novelist and biographer) contributed to ‘Ballads of the Book’, an album of collaborations between writers and musicians, for which he co-wrote and performed the track ‘The Fire’ with influential folk legend Vashti Bunyan. The brainchild of Idlewild’s Roddy Woomble, ‘Ballads…’ was released in 2007 by Chemikal Underground Records. In2008-9 Burnt Island completed recording sessions at Chemikal Underground’s Chem 19 studios with Paul Savage (The Delgados, Arab Strap, Mogwai) at the helm, later recording with Dave McAuley (Terra Diablo, Strike The Colours) in the role of producer. Burnt Island’s debut single, ‘The Moments Before’, was released on Dead Light Records and for free download on Wise Blood.

on November 30th 2009. Their debut six-track mini-album, ‘Music and Maths’ was released to unanimously positive reviews on Chaffinch Records on March 15th 2010. The Scotsman called it “a beautiful collection of folk pop laments”, The Herald ”an impressive calling card” and the Scotland on Sunday said it “refreshes the parts that wistful indie does not normally reach.” Their new single, ‘Hiding Out/Gambler’s Dream, is available, free, on Wise Blood Industries now.

Buy Music & Maths @ www.chaffinchrecords.com or iTunes.

Y’all Is Fantasy Island

Wise Blood Industries — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:32:04 +0000

Formed in 2001 in Falkirk, Central Scotland as a solo outfit by Adam Stafford, the fully-formed band came to fruition in 2005 after Tommy Blair (guitar) and Jon McCall (drums/clarinet) joined out of the ashes of the Falkirk improv collective Chuck Norris Machine. They recorded their debut album “In Faceless Towns Forever” in Summer 2005, it was issued on local label Panic in Year Zero a year later.

The group un-did themselves around the Central Belt area in 2006, playing with the likes of The Handsome Family, Frightened Rabbit, Lach and Thomas Truax amongst many and were joined by Robbie Lesuik on bass guitar. In 2007 Jon and Robbie left the band to be replaced by Steven Tosh (drums/various other instruments) and Jim Macleod (bass).

In 2008 they issued three LPs (all self-recorded), “Rescue Weekend”, “No Ceremony” and “Infanticidal Genuflector”, which were all highly praised by the press. They recorded a BBC Radio One session for Vic Galloway in August 2008 and continued to play live regularly until the end of the year.

Jocky Venkataraman

Wise Blood Industries — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:25:49 +0000

Glasgow based singer-songwriter Jocky Venkataraman issued his debut album “My Heart’s in the Humber” independently in 2006, of which the song “Summertime Girl” is his most famous.

Jocky issued two albums on one disc entitled “Motorways Died Young/This is Not Food, This Isn’t Even Food” on Wise Blood Industries in 2009. In 2010 in issued an EP in collaboration with Jim Megaw, “Post Post Office”.

Size Of Kansas

Wise Blood Industries — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:19:16 +0000

SOK were formed in 2006 by Adam Stafford and Jon McCall. Originally they intended to issue an album a month in 2007, but only managed to release one: “Digital is Dead From The Beginning”.

Mainly centred around swirling guitar loops and odd instrumentation and recorded Live on a Mono Cassette recorder, Wise Blood re-released it in 2009 along with a new EP, “Four or Five Loose Horses”.