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“We’re trying to do something different. People forget that music doesn’t have to be just bass, guitar and drums. It can be just as loud and exciting with glockenspiel and trumpet” – Broken Records
Hotly tipped Scottish seven piece BROKEN RECORDS announce the release of their debut album Until The Earth Begins To Part out July 7th on 4AD Records.
Broken Records is David Fothergill (bass, guitar), Andy Keeney (drums), Arne Kolb (cello), Dave Smith (keys, trumpet), Rory Sutherland (violin, accordion), Jamie Sutherland (vocals, guitar, keys, ukelele, bass), Ian Turnbull (guitar, glockenspiel)
The group, who formed in Edinburgh at the end of 2006, have already been tipped for greatness by publications as diverse as NME, Q, The Word, The Sun, The Fly, News Of The World, Clash, The Skinny and Drowned in Sound – a series of three independently released singles released in 2008 led NME to call them “an incredible proposition – set to go stellar as soon as they decide on a lucky label to sign to”. They originally came together when Jamie had a plan to set up a small independent label and collective. The idea was to get a diverse group of Edinburgh bands and musicians together to self-record and release their own lo-fi projects They never quite got around to becoming a label, so Broken Records became the band name instead!
The album features ten tracks and was recorded in Monnow Valley studio in Monmouth with producer Ian Caple.
“One of the country’s most exciting new bands” - NME
“A good outside bet to win the Mercury Music Prize” – News of the World
“epic, swirling, joyfully mysterious music…with a warmth and heart” – The Guardian
“How Nirvana might sound had they formed in Belarus instead of Seattle” – Q Magazine
“Utterly unique.” – Clash