Randolph’s Leap
Howling at the Sun (bandcamp download)
Adam Ross has been very productive during lockdown
Album review
Jill Lorean
Not Your First (self-released)
Adoptive Scot Jill Lorean has certainly been in and about the Scottish music scene for a good few years
Mogwai
ZeroZeroZero (BandCamp / Rock Action)
Mogwai were always destined to do soundtracks and do them well.
God’s Wonderful Railway
Broadcast From Test Room A (Santa Mira)
The prospect of more God’s Wonderful Railway material, especially at this dark hour
Various Artists
The Isolation Sessions (Last Night From Glasgow)
There are a lot of really shit things about current times, obviously – but it has led to some highs – and this is definitely one!
Anna Calvi
Hunted (Domino)
Since the release of her debut, self-titled album in 2011, singer, songwriter and musician Anna Calvi has not shied away from much merited success.
Marlin’s Dreaming
Quotidian (MD)
First track, ‘Cabbage Tree’, is a dead ringer for Depeche Mode’s ‘Policy Of Truth’
Fire In The Radio
Monuments (Wednesday)
There is nothing like a bit of true and direct music for when you are in lockdown.
The Fast Camels
Full of Strange (download)
This is 12 tracks of blissed out guitar pop, with the lead single ‘Blissful Serenity’ just the start