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Alexis Kings: We definitely want to get back up to Scotland soon
Alexis Kings have just released new single Addict, and have been touring the UK but sadly not Scotland. The four-piece from St Albans also just released the video for this track, following on from Velvet and Squire. Sam from the band spoke to The Fountain about the reception to the new single and he admitted some of his addictions.
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Foreignfox: It won’t be long until there’s crashing guitars, affected drums and borderline offensive electronic sounds
Foreignfox have recently dropped new single, Birthday Flowers, which came out on 15th March, via Scottish Fiction. The Dunfermline-based, alt-rock-four-piece, Foreignfox are soon embarking on a UK tour, so lead singer, Jonny Watt, took a moment out of schedule to speak with The Fountain about the new single and his favourite gig.
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Gypsy Circus: We just want to keep doing what we are doing
Edinburgh-based alt-rock quartet, Gypsy Circus, released new track,
Holy Lights and Shadows, at the beginning of the year, creating a sound for the fans of Biffy Clyro and 3 Doors Down. They recently toured with the new track and spoke with The Fountain about their 2019 resolutions.
Swimming Tapes: There is more variety than on anything we’ve released so far
Swimming Tapes are not far off releasing their debut album, Morningside, and have just dropped the video for their latest single Pyrenees. On top of all that, they are performing in Edinburgh’s Sneaky Petes very soon, and so the boys from Swimming Tapes spoke with The Fountain about the new album and the origination of the title.
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Carnival Youth: Creating our own was more convenient
Latvian trio Carnival Youth have a brand new release, a double A side single featuring Birthday and Phantom Planet, which was released on 16th March via their own label, Carnival Youth through The Orchard. The trio spoke with The Fountain about their new releases and their reason behind releasing it on their own label.
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Faith Eliott: The environment you record in really changes the sound of the songs
Glasgow-based artist Faith Eliott explores duality in their debut album Impossible Bodies, which is out on their own record label OK PAL Records on 19th April. Born in Minneapolis, Faith Eliott moved to Edinburgh at age sixteen and became immersed in the city’s DIY music and arts scene. They spoke with The Fountain about the new album and releasing it as the first for OK PAL Records.
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Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird: It’s a real kaleidoscope
Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird, one of the hottest new exports to come out of Melbourne, Australia in recent years will release their debut UK single Love is Heartbreak on 12th April via Double Drummer /AWAL. Lead vocalist, Lachy Rose, spoke with The Fountain about the band name and what to expect from their debut single.
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Super Inuit: We’re so happy Tectonic is out, we’ve been sitting on it for a while
Super Inuit, also known as Brian Pokora and Fern Morris, have released new single Tectonic, and have a couple of shows coming up, including summer festival gigs at Doune The Rabbit Hole and Flying Moon. Brian and Fern spoke with The Fountain about the formation of the band’s name and their plans for the year.
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Frog Costume: We wrote the song as a hypothetical conversation between two people
Frog Costume are back after the release of their debut EP in the latter half of 2018, with melancholic track A Daydream. With Scottish artist Josephine Sillars lending vocals to this song, adding a second layer of emotion, there is much to get from this daydream. Frog Costume, otherwise known as Cameron Gibb and Martin MacDonald spoke with The Fountain about the new track and moving from Aberdeen to Glasgow.
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Hand of Fate: Our songs aim to remind people they can still have hope
Hand of Fate have recently released their debut album, Messengers of Hope, an epic rock/metal culmination. They therefore spoke to The Fountain about the new album, its interesting title and how they came to be Hand of Fate.
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Stuart MacBride: It might be a much stranger interview than people are expecting
Featuring some of the biggest names in crime, Noireland is Northern Ireland’s Bloody Scotland, big crime writing festival. Two of those names are Stuart MacBride, Aberdonian writer renowned for the Logan MacRae thrillers, and Adrian McKinty, who writes the Michael Forsythe trilogy. They spoke with The Fountain about the event at Noireland as well as their plans for the coming year.
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Lankum: Played Edinburgh many times but never at Tradfest
Edinburgh Tradfest has announced that it will be returning this year thanks to continued support from Creative Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Tattoo Culture Fund. The Festival will kick off at the Queen’s Hall on Friday 26 April with live music from anarchic Irish folk band Lankum from Dublin, whose music combines vocal harmonies, musical arrangements of uilleann pipes, concertina, Russian accordion, fiddle, and guitar, with wonderful storytelling. The band spoke with The Fountain about performing at Tradfest as well as their combined efforts to get out an LP.
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