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Following their 5 star Oran Mor, Glasgow and Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh gigs, the band announce 2 intimate acoustic shows at Brel on Monday 23 and Wednesday 25 November in the conservatory of the venue where they played a series of never to be forgotten concerts in 2003.
Capacity restricted to 80. 7.30 doors. No support. Band onstage 8pm. £15 plus bf. Tickets on sale now via Ticketweb (www.ticketweb.co.uk) and in person at venue (no booking fee) from Tuesday 17 November. Brel, Ashton Lane, Glasgow G12 8SJ 0141 342 4966. www.brelbarrestaurant.com
Also Trashcan Sinatras are pleased to be playing an outdoor stage in the town centre as part of Kilmarnock’s Homecoming celebrations at 4pm on Saturday 28th November. It is the band’s local area where their celebrated Shabby Road studios were located. TCS and in particular John Douglas have been vociferous and eloquent opponents of the Diageo withdrawal from the town. Many of the workforce are mates of Frank, Stephen, Paul and John who themselves know what its like to be kicked when you’re down.
Its a free gig – come and support the cause and celebrate the switching on of the Christmas lights the next day”
In the five years since we last heard a full album from Trashcan Sinatras, things have been looking up. After two decades in the business the guys behind the 1990’s GO! Discs albums Cake, I’ve Seen Everything, A Happy Pocket and 2004’s Weightlifting have decided to throw caution to the wind, fall in love and get happy.
With a triumphant Fujirock Festival, Japan appearance and 18 date US tour under their belts this July / August, the band can’t wait to play their first UK dates for 4 years and from the critical response neither can we!
Combining smooth melodies with wry bittersweet lyrics, the new songs – full of relaxed harmonies, typical Trashcans – were set to arrangements in a back room in the South Side of Glasgow over the summer of 2007. Just over twenty years after first gigging in Glasgow the last two decades have seen the band conquer the musical landscape on both sides of the Atlantic with their blend of Caledonian melody and harmony.
People is the third single taken from the bands fifth studio album In The Music and builds on the mass of trans-Atlantic plaudits the band have received throughout their career. The single will also be supported by a national video release. Last year saw the band release the first single Oranges and Apples, a song inspired by the late, great Syd Barrett with all proceeds from the download only single going to the Syd Barrett charitable trust.
In early summer they released “I Wish You’d Met Her” which received BBC Radio 2 support as well as BBC Radio London & BBC6 plays. Clash magazine described the single as ‘…one of the most beautiful songs of the year’. Now the opening track “People” should see the band attract a new army of devotees hypnotised by the smooth hooks and beguiled by the musicianship that has become the hallmark of the band.
In The Music was written in Scotland, recorded in New York and the band even managed to attract Carly Simon to lend her legendary vocals to one track. Confirmation if needed of the bands status in the music industry. “People” shows Trashcan Sinatras at their effervescent best and shows just how effortlessly the band craft and create music of such beauty.
As The Word simply said ‘Seek them out…let this beguiling band be your friend’
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