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HOT TRACKS

ELLA EYRE –IfIGo: Rising to fame after featuring on Rudimental’s brilliant Waiting All Night, Ella’s voice is as big as her hair. This bittersweet track is perfect for her beautifully cracked voice and drum-and-bass elements keep it current. 4 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Come To: Boy-girl vocals and joyous chorus are reminiscent of Arcade Fire. This is the latest single from No1 album So Long, See You Tomorrow. 3.5 GRUFF RHYS –Liberty (Is Where We’ll Be): There isn’t room for the narrative lyrics to fit into this track. But, the percussion-led production is strong and the storytelling makes sense in the context of concept album American Interior. 3 GOT AGIRL –Did We Live Too Fast: Incorporates IF YOU’RE looking for the pure, By SIMON COSYNS It’s agreat band, I’ve played with vintage flourishes without Kenneth Blevins for more than 20 sounding pastiche. authentic sound of American So here,exclusively for SFTW, Hiatt years we have alanguage and under- Bollywood strings and Mary rock music, look no further than standing. I’ve been playing with Elizabeth Winstead’s shedslight on his life and work ... Doug for about five years, he has a femme-fatale performance John Hiatt. What fascinates you about the blues and very unique talent. When you hear a are awinning combo. 4 He’s been bottling it up and spread- those greats like John Lee Hooker and note, you know it’s him. Howlin’ Wolf that you name check on Baby’s FAMILY OF THE YEAR – ing it across his richly atmospheric It was ajoy to work with him in NEW MUSIC BY JIM GELLATLY records for more than 40 years. Gonna Kick? the studio. Hero: Asingalong chorus is Ithink the blues is the well from the centrepiece of this And if you judge an artist by associ- Nathan Gehri has been with us which it all springs and through the about three years, he’s agood solid open-hearted piece of folksy ation, you need to know that his songs Indianapolis and how do you remember your have been covered by Bob Dylan, Iggy Thirties, Forties and Fifties, it was the young bass player while Brandon or pressofficers, it’s very much aDIY pop. If you like Mumford popular music of its day. Young’s singing seems so opposite of upbringing there and your introduction to ALPHABETICAL ORDER and Sons, you’ll love this. 3 Pop, BB King, Willie Nelson, Eric music? affair —Chris added: “In away it’s Clapton and countless more greats. You sing some great stories in character mine, very choirboy like but the combi- ORCHESTRA but to what extent are your songs Iwas just there as amatter of fact. really nice to have complete control, CHERYL COLE FT. TINIE Hiatt’s latest album, Terms Of My nation works, almost like the sacred WHO: Chris Deveney (vocals/guitar), autobiographical? and the profane. We played ashow at the beginning of but we’re also kind of making it up as TEMPAH –Crazy Stupid Surrender, finds him exploring the Gary Deveney (vocals/guitar), Tiziano we go along.” Love: Araucous horn Well Ithink I’m just another charac- Ilove the old typewriter on the album the summer. Galli (guitar), Al Carlisle (bass), Ryan blues in amore immersive way than ter in the song. These are stories about Iremember my upbringing fondly, The new EP was financed through section and memorable ever before. The songs find his keenly cover ...do you yearn for simpler times King (drums) people, Iguess I’m in there somewhere. before the high tech of today? hanging out with friends, passing the the crowd-funding platform Kickstarter. chorus make this adecent observed narratives set to laid-back WHERE: Glasgow The campaign was so popular, they comeback by Chezza. It’s What are the abiding themes of your new No, I’m grateful to have my iPad. I guitar around, learning songs from each FOR FANS OF: Arcade Fire, REM, The arrangements, expertly realised by Hiatt album Terms Of My Surrender? can’t even read my handwriting any- other and listening to records we had exceeded their target and are now just just ashame she has no (mostly on acoustic guitar) and his ace National waiting for the EP to return from the vocal range to speak of. 3 That there are no terms given. more. If Ihad to write lyrics on an ordered from the local record shop. JIM SAYS: Alphabetical Order Orches- band, The Combo. What motivates you to keep playing and You’ve played with some amazing people. manufacturers. NICK MULVEY –Fever To 8x10 legal pad like Iused to, I’d be up tra may be anew name, but they do As well as physical copies, it will be Love, loss, mortality and, ultimately, singing? acrick. Canyou tell us which associations you’re have some history. The Form: Agently redemption all come into play. Classic I’ve done it since Iwas 11 years old, But that is abeautiful shot, Michael most proudof? available to download next month. strummed guitar, asteady Brothers Chris and Gary, along with It’s the first of aseries of EPs the long, dark night of soul kind of stuff. it’s who Iam. Wilson the photographer had found that Well I’ve been fortunate to play with Ryan King, were in My Latest Novel. beat and Mulvey’s He can sound brooding (Wind Don’t Tell us about your band The Combo, typewriter down by acreek in his such great people over the years. Play- band are set to release. Chris said: “We passionate vocal are the Signed to Bella Union Records, they made adecision pretty early on to Have To Hurry) or humorous (Old what they mean to you and especially backyard where we took that photo. ing with Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe and released two critically acclaimed main components of this People). Either way, he hits the mark. the work of guitarist/producer Doug Lancio? Do you ever get back to your hometown of Jim Keltner remains very special to me. release it ourselves. We’ve lived in the simple but effective track. 3 albums. They music industry long appeared at TInThe enough to think we BIPOLAR SUNSHINE – Park and even knew what we were Deckchairs On The Moon: opened for Pixies at doing. House piano, killer beats Meadowbank as well “We wanted to and crowd-pleasing chorus as touring the world. release something equals pop perfection. 4 It is five years since quickly and figured that JUDITH OWEN –InThe My Latest Novel’s sec- releasing aseries of Summertime: Atasteful and ond stunning debut EPs was agood way of intimate cover of Mungo EP, so is it atotally keeping us active and Jerry’s classic. 3.5 new band or just a continually giving us POPPY COSYNS rebranding? something pretty tangi- Chris said: “We’d JIM presents Drivetime on XFM ble to work towards. taken abreak from Scotland, Monday to Friday, “We had amassive making music then 4-7pm. See www.xfm.co.uk and pot of ideas we’d accu- myself, Gary and www.jimgellatly.com mulated over athree or SUICIDE SILENCE 4 Ryan shared some four-year period so it You Can’t Stop Me ideas. Last year we was just acase of picking some of the NOVEMBER 2012 saw decided to start writing and recording. better ones, ripping them apart and Soon after that Tiziano and Al joined. California’s surging Suicide putting them back together again.” Silencelose their wild-eyed “It certainly doesn’t feel like My Lat- So far they’ve only played acouple est Novel. This is something different frontman Mitch Lucker in a with some of the qualities of MLN and of gigs, with further shows planned for fatal motorbike smash. some of the same people. the autumn. July 2014, however, All the evidence is on the EP though witnesses the band’s rebirth – “The name Alphabetical Order with awesome new vocalist Orchestra has actually existed since we —Alphabetical Order Orchestra are going to be aname to be reckoned Eddie Hermida and their recorded Deaths And Entrances. We strongest album to date. had avariety of session musicians with. Each of the four tracks is as strong as the others, with no obvious Their explosive strain of come in and play on that record and deathcore has evolved with no we wanted to credit them as the Alpha- single. If you were afan of My Latest Novel, you’ll lap it up. loss of intensity –asInherit betical Order Orchestra on the album. The Crown and Cease To “There would have been all sorts of Otherwise you are in for an aural treat from one of the most exciting new Exist serve to prove. Musicians Union stuff so it didn’t really But it’s Sacred Words and go beyond an idea. Since then we’ve bands I’ve heard this year. Ouroboros that really impress, always like the name.” MORE: facebook.com/alphabeticalor- with their rabid Lamb Of With no management, label, agents derorchestra God-esque qualities clearly marking Suicide Silence as one to watch for the WATCH ALPHABETICAL ORDER ORCHESTRA AT: future –and WWW.THESCOTTISHSUN.CO.UK enjoy right now. RL