Miss The Occupier - Keeping Company With Wolves

Album Review: Miss The Occupier - Keeping Company With Wolves

I'll start with a confession (very topical). I didn't really know much about Miss The Occupier. The name was familiar but I'm not 100% sure why. Age doesn't come alone it seems. Regardless of all that, these guys latest offering, Keeping Company With Wolves, is my first album after a break of a few months. As with most bands that are new to me, there's an element of nerves when I listen. Within about ten seconds of this album, I knew it was all going to be fine. There's a decidely fat bassline rumbling away before a self assured vocal comes in from Roz Davies that literally swaggers. Some crisp drumming underpins the song ('Keeping Company With Wolves' - neglected to mention that). The grimey guitar gives the song a bit of depth and all in all it's a cracking opener.

'Smoke + Mirrors' follows the lead of the opener with a solid bass guitar. Overall it's a little more contained that the first track. The swagger and confidence is here in abundance though. A synth in the background adds a new dimension, while that rhythm section push the song forward. As the song progesses we get some visceral screams from the lead vocals that make my throat hurt in sympathy. Where the first couple of tracks are almost dirty sounding in terms of production, 'Song For the Miserable' is somewhat ironically more upbeat. The guitar sounds lovely and jangly, while the drums and bass keep the tempo high. The vocal is gentler also and overall there's more pop than punk in this track. There's a catchy hook on the chorus and I found myself nodding along and tapping my feet, which while not something you really want to see, is a good sign in terms of my enjoyment.

'Your Fairytales' starts with a quick drumbeat and another killer bass. A keen guitar note joins in with the vocal before the song picks up on the chorus lifts the song, before dropping off again on verses. The rhythm section ensure a good tempo though and the synth adds depth underneath. The lyrics are slightly sinister though, which is also pretty good. ('killer in the bedroom wondering when you're gonna get  home/fingering all your underwear/talking on your phone" - creepy!) The structure of the song is slightly different to, with the bass dropping out for a spell, leaving a guitar plucking out a discordant note. The impact when the bass comes back in is pretty good though and it all works well. We're back on poppier ground with 'When Engines Won't Start'. The tempo is excellent, with a really catchy vocal. The drums skip along at a good pace, while the bass rumbles away happily. There's a pretty good guitar part over the top of the track too, which stops very abruptly.

Penultimate song 'Rapture' keeps the tempo high, but feels a little more fractured than some of the other tracks. This one goes for a big guitar sound, battering you with a wall of sound on the chorus, before dropping back into choppy snatches of drums, bass and guitar. The synth is more prominent on the chorus too, adding to the wall of sound.  Towards the end of the song the bass ramps up a little, creating a nice meaty sound while the guitar gets more urgent. Closer 'Wish me Luck' has a really nice guitar and synth from the outset, over rapid drums and a more subtle bass. The chorus changes the feel and tempo of the song slightly, but it retains the feel of being more punk than pop with the disjointed tempo. It's a good closing to what has been an enjoyable album.

There were times when I felt there were glimpses of Sonic Youth or maybe Elastica, but during it's poppier moments there were shades of Kid Canaveral. These are mere signposts I used in my own mind though and should not be treated as anything else. Regardless, when Miss The Occupier play the more punk oriented songs they're very good. When they head down the pop street they are also very good. To sumarise, Keeping Company With Wolves is very good. Check below for some links and pick yourself up a copy.

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Scots Way-Hay - The Artists Albums of the Year 2011 (Part 1)

And so it begins... I did warn you at the end of last week I did warn you that I would be starting on my numerous end of year polls. Following on from the success of last years series of posts I have decided to run my Artists Albums of the Year, which basically meant that I went back to any of the bands and artists that have featured in my Scots Way-Hay posts over the past couple of years. To kick us off here are the choices of Happy Particles, Discopolis, John Knox Sex Club, Come on Gang! , Trapped in Kansas and Miss The Occupier.

Belong - Common Era chosen by Steven Kane (Happy Particles/Remember Remember)

I had been a fan of Belong for a while before Common Era came out, their previous efforts sitting somewhere between Stars of the Lid and Tim Hecker at his most rusty. I was pretty surprised by the departure i heard on first listen, it's still engulfed in the usual 'tumble dryer' ambience but there is a really strong melodic heart to this record along with some almost subliminal rhythms. One of the reasons i like it so much is that it can be hard to tell where the source of a lot of the cacophony is coming from, although it all sits prettily in harmony. Your brain connects melodies and perhaps makes up some new ghost melodies too. I get that nice nostalgic cozy feeling from it that you do from some Boards of Canada records where melody and memory seem to bind in a beautiful wonkiness. It certainly owes something to some bands from the Shoegaze era but i think they have achieved something distinctly fuzzy and their own. Not just my favorite of 2011 but one of my all time favorite records.

Bon Iver - Bon Iver chosen by Laurie Corlett-Donald (Discopolis)

An incredible follow up that I think captures the simplicity and beauty of his debut ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ butmanages to chart new territory with epic 80’s sounding ballads to fully instrumented rock songs. I cannot wait to spend the winter months listening to this record on repeat in my room while enjoying large glasses of mulled wine.

Sparrow & The Workshop - Spitting Daggers chosen by Rory Anderson (John Knox Sex Club)

Sparrows first album was cracking, this is ten times better. Nick is a complete geek with equipment so all the guitars are a step ahead of the previous album, plus the harmonies perfect. Jills vocals are incredible, she has a delicate quality but also wails (not like zep, I mean in a good way) like fuck which can kick the arse of most singers. As I said, the harmonies are great, Gregor has an amazing voice as well, and the two match so well, never been able to explain why.... I guess everyone talks about the vocals when Sparrows come up in conversation, but the lyrics are lovely too. Jill is a really sincere writer, we played with them up in Aberdeen, and they soundchecked 'Old Habits', everyones jaws dropped in John Knox, we all were really taken by that song, the performance was great, but the lyrics were really beautiful. Anyway, that was pretty much 5 sentences of rambling. The record is really well put together, it's hard just to put on one song from it, but my favourite is 'Against The Grain". If I could drive and put a driving tape together, that song wid be on it.

P.S. The intro of Soft Sound Of Your Voice sounds like Dirty Diana by Michael Jackson, which is bawzoot.

FOUND - factorycraft chosen by Michael Morrison (Come on Gang!)

My album of 2011 is factorycraft by FOUND. Since it was released in March, nothing else has got much of a look-in on the annual roundup stakes, and I’ve subsequently played it dozens and dozens of times.

As perennial overachievers, it was great to finally see FOUND get snapped up by Chemikal for this record and, thankfully for both parties, everyone seems in agreeance that factorycraft is a solid step-up from their first two albums proper. Anyway…

It’s dark, funny, very very smart and instantly arresting. It also plays as a record – with two distinct sides – which is a rare treat these days. Though it’s experimental in approach, factorycraft is a solid pop record which is never ‘out there’ for the sake of artiness, and instead just occasionally trips the listener up a little along the way. I always think it’s pretty easy to create something unique, but to make something unique and good is nigh on impossible, and that’s what FOUND seem to do on an almost bi-annual basis these days.

Each song is killer, with Blendbetter’s epic drop being a stand out for me, but it’s the obvious range of influence on offer that keeps the record leap years ahead of the crowd. Part The Cure and part Arab Strap, but with really weird bits thrown in, factorycraft is impossible to date – if I was an idiot, I would absolutely believe that this record was a vintage relic sent back through time from the future. If I lived in Hoxton I would call it 'small-town- industrial-hawick-soul-pop'.

Colin Stetson- New history of warfare volume 2-judges chosen by Sean (John Knox Sex Club)

A record that I struggle to compare to anything else I have ever heard. In fact to go on about it and attempt to 'review' it would be pointless so I won't other than to say it is beautiful, apocalyptic, baffling, furious and desperate.



The Cosmic Birth & Jounrey of Shinju TNT by Akron/Family chosen by Chris Ward (Trapped in Kansas)

I stumbled across Akron/Family one late night trawling the recommended artists on iTunes and since I heard the first minute of opening track 'Silly Bears', I was hooked. This album opens up a world of epic and cosmic proportions, every song invites you into a radiant phantasmagorical soundscape. For me it's like listening to the best elements of Grizzly Bear, Maps & Atlases, Animal Collective and Beach Boys all rolled into one!

Like most albums you've never heard before the first port of call was the incredible artwork on the cover, which is a volcano spewing out lava into the night sky. It's a beautiful wash of deep colours and it defiantly added a peacock moment which lured me in and I'm glad to say I was not disappointed. Wanting to know a bit more about the band I read a few articles which led me to find out the album was written in a cabin built into the side of an active volcano in Japan and then recorded in an abandoned train station in Detroit and that they lost one of their founding members when he went off to become a Buddhist monk!

These guys are special, their music is special and I think more people should be listening to Akron/Family and the cosmic birth & journey of Shinju TNT.



Simon Werner a Disparu by Sonic Youth chosen by Magnus (Miss The Occupier)

Simon Werner a Disparu is a film soundtrack released this January on Sonic Youth's SYR label, an outlet for occassional albums and EPs highlighting the band's more experimental extremes. These haven't exactly been radio friendly unit shifters (1999's double disc Goodbye 20th Century is hard going by most people's standards) but this new release is probably the most accessible of the SYRs, more reminiscent of, say, Tortoise or the Dirty Three. Simon Werner a Disparu is entirely instrumental and is heavy on atmospherics and white noise, but there are plenty of Providence-esque pianos and jangly guitar melodies. The closing track Theme d'Alice is ace and politely rocks out in a similar way to Pink Steam from Rather Ripped.

The recent speculation about Sonic Youth's future has given the band headlines in 2011 for all the wrong reasons. Certainly more focus will be on Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore's respective solo projects in the near future, so it's only right to give credit to the actual music Sonic Youth have put out this year rather than the very un-Sonic Youth celebrity gossip that's been doing the rounds.

Scots Way-Hay - The Artists Albums of the Year (Part 1)

As it's that time of year when every man and his dog is drawing up their end of year album lists. I thought it would be a fun idea to ask some of the bands that have done interviews for me this year as part of my Scots Way-Hay, to tell me what their favourite albums of 2010.
Kicking it all off we have Call To Mind, Eagleowl, Ghost Pants, I Build Collapsible Mountains, Miss the Occupier, Seafieldroad and the Son(s) telling us a bit about what was floating their boat in 2010.

'Deerhunter - Halcyon' Digest

chosen by Paul Carlin, Ghost Pants/Dananananaykroyd/American Men

"I got into Deerhunter by accident about three years ago and remember walking around in the sunshine listening to their album 'Cryptograms' a LOT. They've steadily become better and better since then and this new album, Halcyon Digest, is, by far, their most concise and complete collection of songs to date. They've somehow managed to come up with a body of work that has a 4-track recorder for a heart but is significantly more shiny on the outside. Everything that Deerhunter has done up until now has culminated in this great album and in Desire Lines, they've written pretty much the perfect indie rock song. There's perhaps less ramshackle charm on this record compared to their earlier work but when the songs are THIS good, who cares? Halcyon Digest is darkness and light in equal measure and a fine starting point if you're new to the band"

'Marnie Stern by Marnie Stern'

chosen by Magnus Hughson, Miss the Occupier

"The basic idea of taking the none-more-metal musical technique of guitar shredding and placing it within the context of non-metal, quirky, Deerhoof-ish songs with sweet vocals was refreshing enough on Stern's first two albums. Here she expands on this massively with the epic For Ash, the bruised Transparency Is The New Mystery, and the understated The Things You Notice. With lots of awesome choruses and riffs in between. For what it's worth, the rest of my top ten albums of 2010 list is as follows: Quasi, The Fall, Manic Street Preachers, Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, Neil Young, M.I.A, Kristin Hersh, Emma Pollock, and Scout Niblett."

'The Phantom Band - The Wants'

chosen by Jamie Ross, Call To Mind

"We were lucky enough to play one of our first gigs opening for them. It's really pleasing to see a band who've taken their time and done things their own way deliver a really solid first album. With The Want's though, it shows a definite step forward: diverse, more grooves on there, lots of melodies.. You can tell they don't take themselves seriously, but at the same time it's a more intense record than Checkmate Savage. They've really stepped up in terms of song craft, and we've all got a different favourite track ('The None of One' being mine just now). Weird and lovely sounds + weird and lovely blokes to boot"

Field Music - Measure

chosen by Bart, Eagleowl

"This was released way back in February - but it's one I've kept coming back to all year. Field Music always floor me. I guess they're very much a musician's band. The two brothers - the songwriting core of the band - are really proficient, both musically and in terms of the production. It's amazing that they can create such interesting rhythms and structures, have such intelligent lyrics, and yet still retain a real sense of fun. Still keep it so light and accessible. It always seems like they're having the time of their lives, despite the complex nature of the music. This came after a three year break from Field Music. And where most bands take time out to concentrate on other things, or have a rest to recharge the creative batteries, Field Music spent the intervening time concentrating on two side project 'solo' albums - School of Language and The Week That Was. And still had time to write this rather stunning double album. It's as impressive as it is expansive. I think their secret is economy. There's 20 songs, but only one breaks the 4 minute mark. They're never afraid to experiment or play around with ideas, but it's always within the confines of a pop song. Also they always seem to take influences from the most unlikely, most unfashionable places (prog rock, 80s pop), and turn it into something that sounds, for want of a better word, really cool. They're really quite an inspiring band"

St Vincent - Actor

Andrew Eaton, Seafieldroad/Swimmer One

"There are two albums I've had pretty much on repeat this year -Everything Everything's debut, and Actor by St Vincent. If I had to pick one I'd go for Actor. It's called Actor because in every song she plays a character in a different imaginary movie. So the words are very evocative and the music is very cinematic - there are shades of Michael Nyman, Ennio Morricone, Yann Tiersen, Ryuichi Sakomoto and David Arnold, but it's never just pastiche. It’s audacious, unpredictable, really inventive and ambitious in the structure and arrangements, and every song has its own distinct atmosphere. I love it"

Admiral Fallow - Boots Met My Face

chosen by Luke Joyce, I Build Collapsible Mountains/The Gothenburg Address

"I've been a fan of this bands music for quite some time starting back when they were Brother Louis Collective. They were one of the few bands that I knew after the first live show i saw that they were going to be moving on to great things. They took their sweet time mind you. A few years later and a name change in tow, they finally released their awesome debut album for all who had been patiently waiting. The high expectation was easily met. The songs had become favourites from hearing them live so it was Christmas come early to get them in hard copy. The album is being re-released next year and i have no doubts it will find its way in to many a new fans hand"

John Grant - Queen of Denmark

chosen by Karl, the Son(s)

"I must admit there are songs on here I habitually skip but it's also the album I've listened to the most this year, from it's release and still now. Fireflies, Caramel, Marz, Sigourney Weaver.... I love those songs. They seem so naive and unforced. I think you can hear that it is music recorded without an audience in mind, as if it was made to be listened to just by the people who recorded it. I like that here. It came out months ago and it's not spent a week unplayed"

Friday Freebies

Amazon
For a limited time, the online retailer is giving away over 150 albums for free, a lot of is pish, but there are some cracking wee samplers to be found, including albums from Saddle Creek and tunes from The Morning Benders and Girls.

Define Pop EP
Our fellow blogger mate Kowalsikiy of Kompimentary Korner fame has knocked up a cracking free in celebration of tomorrow's Define Pop festival. If you want some free tracks from Tango in the Attic, Little Yellow Ukuleles, I Build Collapsible Mountains, Aspen Tide, So Many Animal Calls and Campfires in Winter, then look no further.

Esperi
On Wednesday I had Mr Esperi as my Scots Way-Hay starlet for the week, if you liked what you heard then check out this free download of his song 'Dialled'.

Ash
Mrs Peenko got to go and see these boys on Tuesday there, apparently it was amazing. I wouldn't know as I was on babysitting duties on my own for the first time. Thankfully we both lived to tell the tale. The band are set to play a big gig down in London Town, to celebrate they're giving away some tracks, one from them and one from each of their support acts, The Crimea and The Lines, get it here.

Telekenisis!
Their self titled debut album was one of my favourite releases of last year, a class find from the now defunct and sadly missed Planet Sound (the music page that was on Teletext). Anyway, the band are due to release their second album early next year, as a taster of what to expect you can download new track 'Car Crash' for free here.

Night Noise Team
The Edinburgh outfits new single, 'Burning' came out on Monday, keeping with the theme of continuing to surprise folk, the band seem to have shed their 'dance pop' sound and taken on a Joy Division-esq sound. It's up for download as one of those 'Name Your Price' deals, which you can download from their bandcamp. To celebrate it's release the band have made their two previous singles 'Menolick' and 'You Won' available to downloaded for free.

Martin John Henry
Our friend Mike up at Manic Pop Thrills celebrated his 500th blog post in style this week with a wee interview with former De Rosa front man, Martin John Henry. It's a cracking a wee read, which should check out (once you've finished on here that is). He also alerted me to a cracking free download of Martin's electro take on his former bands song ‘All Saints Day’, cleverly changed to 'All Saintz Dayz'.

Maxwell Panther
You might remember me posting about Maxwell Panther a while back, he's a Mackem and he's signed to Song By Toad Records. He was all celebrating a special occasion this week, I can't for the life of me remember what it was, birthday? Barmitzva? Whatever it was, he's decided to celebrate in style by putting all of his back catalogue up for free download.

Miss the Occupier
The female led punk trio and also Scots Way-Hay club members have already promised us that they'll be back with new tunes early next year, until then you can quench your thirst with this free download of new song 'All Day'

Zoobizaretta
Another Scots Way-Hay band that have posted up a free tune for your listening pleasure are the fabulous Zoobizaretta who have made their track 'Something New' available for free download.

Jonathan Sebastian Knight
The My Cousin I Bid You Farewell frontman has posted a couple of live recordings of him playing at Tchai-Ovna, get em here.

The Rock of Travolta
I hadn't heard of this band in years, I remember hearing a lot about them about 4 or 5 years ago, then nothing. That's possibly because I disappeared up my big Scottish arse. Anyway, they have a free tune up for grabs in exchange for your email address.

The Lost Generation
They kicked this week off as my Fresh Meat victims, if you liked what you heard or you missed the post then you can check them out now by downloading their tune 'Lose Your Love' for nowt here.

Darren Hayman
The former Hefner frontman has posted a free download of his song, 'When the King Enjoy's His Own Again ' which you can find here.

Cloud Nothings
There is a free download of their song 'Understand at All' over on the NME's website.

Murder Mystery
A very late addition to this weeks freebies comes from New York outfit, Murder Mystery, who have posted up their new single, 'Problems' up for free download. I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but they describe it as'Aphex Twin meets Madonna', sounds fucking mental to me.

Nouveaunoise
They have an EP called 'Panaka' available for free download on their Bandcamp.

Wildlife
Here's another band that got in touch to let me know that they have a wee freebie up for grabs, this one comes from Toronto outfit, Wildlife, who have three free songs on their Bandcamp.

Derek Webb
You can download his 'What Matters More' EP here.

Black International
There are a couple of tracks up for free download on their Bandcamp.

Pherranda Knightes
Download 5 Track EP Pherranda Knightes for free here.

North Atlantic Oscillation
I am not normally one to miss sessions, but their last session on the Beeb completely passed me by, thankfully though the are giving it away as a free download.

Friday Freebies

Son(s)
They come from Aberdeenshire, they now reside in Edinburgh, they sound cracking. That's about all you need to know for now, don't believe me, then go and check out their Bandcamp where you will find a couple of free downloads.

Mates of State
The husband-and-wife indie pop duo have posted a free download of their cover of Daniel Johnston's "True Love Will Find You in the End", which features on their forthcoming album 'Covers' album. Also, in case you missed it last time round, their cover of Girls track "Laura" is still available for nowt too.

Miss the Occupier
The Glasgow female fronted punk trio have posted their song 'Dead Pirates' up for free download over on their lastfm page.

Bad Veins
The Cincinnati's power-indie-pop outfit have posted their song 'Falling Tide', which is taken from their eponymous debut album up for free download

The Second Hand Marching Band
There's bloody thousands of them, and now there's a shed load (ten to be exact) free songs up for download on their lastfm page. If you haven't already heard/got a copy, check out the wonderful 'A Dance Half To Death', class song.

Something In Construction
The uber cool London label have teamed up with the NME to give away new and exclusive tracks from Memory Tapes, Phoenix, Class Actress, Air France, Phoenix, Freelance Whales, Washed Out and There Will Be Fireworks.

The Dodos
Here's on for the hipsters, or at least the hipsters that were for the initial buzz, the rest of you, well you're in for a treat. Give 'em your email and they'll send you a download of the Dodos Live From Akropolis (Prague), recorded in November of 2008. Cue some crap pun about them being extinct or the like, sorry but I'm not witty/shitty enough to do that.

Jesus H Foxx
With their debut album due out sometime in October, these Song By Toad-ers have posted a free download of their song 'J&J'. Get stuck in here.

Randolph's Leap
Now for a public apology (I feel like the Daily Star, they're always apologising for making shit up aren't they?). Last week I said that Randolph Leap's latest release was Eerie Indie Adam, turns out I had got my facts wrong, yes I know it's not like me, it is actually the oldest rather than newest release on their Bandcamp. They have a new single 'Squeamish', which is available for free, oh and it's a wee beauty.

Crystal Fighters
Their new single, 'In The Summer' isn't out until the 5th of July, however, you can get yourself a free copy now in exchange for your email address/a tweet on their homepage.

A Band Called Quinn
In anticipation of their headline set at Limbo Live (which was yesterday, oops), a free download of their song 'He's a Dog' is up for free download here.

Stars
I love this band, love em! Chuffed to bits to hear that a new album is in the offing. As a taster Stereogum have posted new song 'Wasted Daylight' up for free, sweet!

Kowalskiy's Komplimentary Korner

Futuristic Retro Champions

You might have spotted this on his blog last week, well now it's up for download it's time to give it another mention. Head on over to their Bandcamp page and get yourself a free copy of their 'LaChunky EP'.

Scots Way-Hay #10 - Miss the Occupier

I guess a lot of folk read blogs to find something new and exciting, I must admit that before I started my own site I tried to be a bit of hipster. The thrill of the chase can be a lot more exciting than the end product. Being able to say you were into a band ages before anyone else gave you that degree of credibility in the very snobbish world that is alternative music. Now that I am in a position to be seen to be a tastemaker (in my own head at least), I do find that there is part of me that wants to be the first to 'discover' a new up and coming Scottish artist(s), with the number of blogs that focus mainly on this scene it does feel as if new bands can be hyped slightly out of proportion. The race to be their first often often means that some bands who have been seen to be doing the 'circuit' for a while are easily dismissed. I guess that Miss the Occupier could fall into this category, which is the main reason why I asked Magnus from the band to answer a few questions for me.
Forming from the ashes of now defunct indie-punk outfit Josephine, I first came across the band as I worked with their ex-drummer. I remember thinking at the time that they seemed pretty good, then over time they somewhat drifted off my radar. It wasn't until Magnus (who also had the misfortune of working with me) got in touch to send me over their new EP, that I realised quite how good they'd become. Their new EP, The Heart Is Deceitful (Above All Things) is an absolute belter and deserves your attention.

Would you care to introduce yourself?

Roz plays bass and sings. Magnus plays guitar. Ione plays drums.

How would you describe the music you make?

When we started we were described as "itchy punk pop" but that's not entirely accurate anymore. The more recent songs are noisier and darker and there's more of a dance undercurrent to the rhythms from Ione's drumming.

How did you start out making music?

Collectively, through meeting each other in Glasgow at various points during the last decade. Individually I started playing guitar for Music modules at school when I was 15, which I didn't pass.

Who writes the songs and what process goes into the way you create them?

Generally I'll have a basic chord progression or riff which i'll take to rehearsal and it'll have vocal melodies, lyrics and beats added to it and be molded into a finished song. For example, Glue Me To Thee originally sounded like Hunkpapa-era Throwing Muses in my head, but it ended up being totally different, faster, and better.

Who are your big musical influences?

Nick Cave, Sleater Kinney, Yummy Fur, Sonic Youth, Kristin Hersh, Kraftwerk, no wave, Detroit techno. Rolling Stones, lots of other things.

Miss the Occupier - The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (stream)

What are you all listening to at the moment?

I really like the new Hole single. It's a shame Eric isn't in the band anymore, but people are too hard on Courtney Love. Mark E. Smith is probably worse in terms of bad behaviour and sacking band members but he's seen as a legend while Love is derided for it. As far as local bands go, Oscar Charlie and The Red Show.

Roz and Ione aren't here but they would probably say Les Savy Fav and techno from the Transmat label respectively.

You have been recording new material with Thomas McNiece (Gang of Four), how did that come about?

Thomas is from Glasgow and has a studio on the south side. He was asked to join Gang of Four a year or so ago after their original bass player quit.

And how do you feel that he helped you with your sound?

Thomas has a good attitude, he didn't try to change the sound much, as we recorded the songs very quickly in a short space of time, but he concentrated a lot on getting a full sound from the bass.

What can we expect to see/hear from you in 2010?

Maybe some remixes of the EP tracks, and we'll definitely be recording new stuff at some point this year. Next gig is on April 10th with Scragfight in the 13th Note.

Miss the Occupier - Dead Pirates (MP3)

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