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Glasvegas - Biography
| 17-10-2008 08:40 | 0 reaction(s) | add reply |
Glasvegas are:
James Allan (vocals)
Rab Allan (guitar)
Paul Donoghue (bass)
Caroline McKay (drums)
Glasvegas' debut album is being released on 8th September to huge critical acclaim seemingly only shortly after initial interest from their MySpace Demos and Alan McGee's blogs about the band. The self-titled album was co-produced by James Allan & Rich Costey (also worked with Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, Muse) and recorded in New York.
The winners of the 2008 NME 'Philip Hall Radar Award' for most promising new band, they've released two hit singles from the album in Geraldine and Daddy's Gone and were a must-see band at this year's Glastonbury, T In The Park, Latitude, Underage and Reading/Leeds.
The band play their largest headline shows to date in the UK in November/December which will coincide with a special Christmas release.
Glasvegas are a Scottish band from Dalmarnock in the east end of Glasgow. The band comprises James Allan (vocals, rhythm guitar), Rab Allan (lead guitar, backing vocals), Paul Donoghue (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Caroline McKay (drum kit). Since their formation in 2006, they have released five singles.
History
Formation and early years (2000-2007)
The band's line-up did not come together in early 2006 as recently speculated, but back in 2000. After gigging around Scotland, mostly Glasgow (where they played Glasgow's Barfly dozens of times) a mutual friend approached Alan McGee at Death Disco and asked him to check out their friends' band "Glasvegas". At first he paid no attention, and yet the friend approached him several times. Eventually Alan had a listen to the band and has backed them ever since. On October 30, 2006, the band released their first self-funded limited edition 7" single, "Go Square Go!". Following the release of a second limited edition 7" single, "Daddy's Gone" in November 2007, Glasvegas found themselves at the centre of a bidding war from several major record labels. "Daddy's Gone" sold out and was voted the Number #2 single of the year by the NME.
Signing and Glasvegas (2008)
After releasing third limited edition 7" single, "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" on February 14, 2008 the band opted to sign for Columbia. They then won the prestigious Philip Hall Radar Award at the NME Awards two weeks later. Glasvegas recorded their eponymous debut album at Brooklyn Recording Studios in New York, produced by James Allan and Rich Costey. The album was released on 8 September 2008, and includes re-recordings of "Daddy's Gone" and "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry", the former being the second single from the album, as well as previously unreleased songs "Polmont On My Mind", "Lonesome Swan","S.A.D Light" and "Geraldine", which was the debut single from the album.
Second Album
Having only just released their debut album, the NME claim that Glasvegas are putting together the plans to record their second album in Romania, in an old Transylvanian church. Speaking with The Skinny in a July 2008 interview, singer James Allan confirmed not only this, but that it would in fact be a Christmas album. |
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