UP&COMING
GUM TALKS TO FIVE UP & COMING bANDS
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November will see the Screens embarking on a UK tour and for
some this could cause delusions of grandeur, but not for the
LAURA-JAYNE HUNTER
Glasgow three piece: “In between we will be the city’s fine pubs
Laura-Jayne Hunter is a singer, songwriter from Northern and clubs in pursuit of celebration, sherry and cigars, that is all
Ireland whose folky style is not dissimilar to the likes of Imogen one really needs.”
Heap.
“She’s an incredibly creative artist, I love her use of harmony
and the fact that she can produce such incredibly powerful
SUPER ADVENTURE CLUb
An Edinburgh based three piece in the textbook formation;
sounds.”
guitar/vocals, drums and bass. However there is not much that
could be considered textbook about the bands material. From
Laura-Jayne has been singing since she was a child and soon
listening to their newly released debut album, “Chalk Horror” it
discovered a love of Prince and Eric Clapton. At the tender age
is evident that the band has been exposed to an impressive body
of 14 she started writing her own material and since then she
of music. They hop effortlessly from genre to genre fuelled by
has been in various bands and experimented with a number of
Bruce’s screeching and mind spanglingly crooked guitar riffs,
different styles. The singer graduated from Leeds Music College
with Mandy’s bass and Waz’s relentless drumming giving the
earlier this year and is currently gigging and recording some new
whole outfit some quite impressive cojones!
material. In between this she has done some studio work in
London and has even been involved in a Guinness world record
The origins of S.A.C. can be traced back to the glorious
attempt for ‘the most people singing together at once’.
pinnacle of human endeavour that is Jewel and Esk Valley
College where Bruce first met Mandy, who later drafted in Waz.
“I was asked by the producer to sing the song on the recording,
Although Chalk Horror’s musical influences are diverse to say
so basically I was doing some session work in a London Studio
the least, the lyrics stemmed from the bands own mindless
owned by Michael Wolf.”
ramblings and the actions of the people’s poet, Tommy
This is no small achievement considering that this particular
Sheridan.
studio has been used by the likes of Bonnie Tyler and Duke
Special. Between the release of this magazine and Christmas,
“I guess when you hear the lyrics, you can see that we’re
Laura–Jayne will continue to play gigs and will be collaborating
inspired by people like Tommy Sheridan, Sharky the Impaler
with a producer to record some new material for an E.P.
and Rik Waller etc. If they have done something that we think is
funny or worth singing about then we will.”
THE bLACK ALLEY SCREENS Over the next few months SAC will be gigging furiously, even
The Black Alley Screens consist of three Irish lads from leaving their homes and jobs to go on a one-month tour of
Warrenpoint, who have been making a name for themselves France. With their musical originality and execution on stage,
since moving to Glasgow two years ago. Super Adventure Club are well worth checking out.
Having played Live at Loch Lomond earlier this summer, the
guys have recently returned from Wales where they have been
recording their latest record. The Screens are a grimy indie-
punk band with some funky bass lines to boot. Two more
THE VELCRO QUARTET
additions to the screens armoury are the intelligent and acutely The Velcro Quartet, a quartet by name, not by nature, are yet
observed lyrics and the charismatic drumming of John Markey another three piece, whose music treads on the edge of insanity.
who is not unlike a certain Jim Henson puppet. A mish-mash of electro, ska, pop and rock mixed together in
a bowel of carnival lunacy creating a fruit cake of sublimely
Their latest recordings are a testament to how the band has organised chaos! The songs are incredibly accomplished, full
grown over the last few years. The material has become more of hooks and clichés delivered in an extremely surprising and
focused yet still maintains a punky edge that sets the Screens original manner, rich in delicious electronic beeps and whirs,
miles apart from other ‘indie rock by numbers’ bands. tasty bass-lines and the singing of a madman offering advice on
how to kill your wife!
“In terms of sound, the new tracks are definitely better
produced and in many ways they are more mature. A lot of As with their music, the story of Velcro Quartet’s formation is
more of our experiences of Glasgow are in the lyrics as well. not for the faint of heart: “Joe Rodger moved to Glasgow in
They’ve got a more alternative-Americana feel to them. The order to start his own pop group. As the long, cold nights living
pixies have always been a big influence on our writing, probably in a skip took their toll, Joe changed. He would metamorphose
more so in these records.” regularly into a hideous beast and would often be seen lurking
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