LABEL FANDANGO
Slow Parade - Slow Parade
Broken Records
Single
11 August 2008
[ Galagos 022 ]

Vinyl: £4.99


The Truth: BROKEN RECORDS are seven intense young men from Edinburgh called Andy, Dave, Gill, Rory, Arne, Ian and Jamie. Some of them have beards. Between them they take care of guitars, bass, violin, piano, mandolin, glockenspiel, cello, trumpet, drums and, of course, the accordian. As you do when your expressed aim is to fuse traditional European folk music with the alternative sounds of young Scotland.

** 'Slow Parade' is the second BROKEN RECORDS, uh, record release of 2008, marching proudly in the footsteps of the 'If The News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It' 7" on Young Turks in April. 'Slow Parade' starts with a falsetto, a tentative lyrical flourish, and there follows over four minutes worth of lush, soaring orchestral pop maneouvres which perfectly encapsulate drownedinsound's early description of the septet as being "magical, engrossing and wholly enveloping".

** Indeed, media acclaim and industry intrigue has consistently shadowed BROKEN RECORDS' progress. Parallels with sonic pioneers Sigur Ros, Arcade Fire and Godspeed! You Black Emperor have been drawn; support slots with Editors, Idlewild and Sons & Daughters have been fulfilled; and word has been gently spreading about this proud, ambitious collective who eschew the remedial melodies of modern day leftfield music for something rather more spectacular and heartfelt.

** BROKEN RECORDS hereby become the twenty-second freshfaced actette to hit the release trail of Label Fandango, the no frills / all thrills independent record company invented by the slightly warped brains behind Club Fandango promotions. Rather happily the band will also be heading out on a Club Fandango tour to lead up to the release, so go see BROKEN RECORDS break hearts and minds on one of these live dates here:

JULY 04TH: GLASGOW Barfly
JULY 18TH: SUFFOLK Latitude Festival
JULY 25TH: DUNDRENNAN Wickerman Festival
AUGUST 17TH: EDINBURGH Liquid Rooms
AUGUST 29TH - 31ST: ARGYLL Hydro Connect

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