Mean, moody and utterly magnificent, in 1964 the Poets were the best thing to come out of Scotland since Denis Law. Managed and produced by Rolling Stones Svengali Andrew Loog Oldham, between October 1964 and January 1966 the group released a quintet of classic singles, ranging from the aggressive mod pop of Thats The Way Its Got To Be and Baby Don t You Do It to the Top Forty hit Now Were Thru, whose haunting minor key melody, edgy lead vocal, eerie Celtic drone, clanging acoustic twelve-string guitar, keening backing vocals and general air of quiet menace encapsulated the Poets unique, spellbinding appeal. Without the massive hit single that their excellence deserved, the Poets fragmented in early 1966 after the departure of lead singer and chief songwriter George Gallacher…
Poets of the Fall is an amazing band that keeps getting better with every album. The Alexander Sessions is the best of the best, the prime cuts from some of the previously released tracks. The music engineering on the entire album is amazing, and the vocals are rich and filled with emotion.
Finnish rockers Poets of the Fall are back with their highly anticipated ninth studio album “Ghostlight”, which will see an April 29th worldwide release…
When Colin MacIntyre's debut Mull Historical Society single Barcode Bypass (Rough Trade) was named NME's Debut Single of the Year in 2000, and it then received it's first daytime airplay (all 7 minutes of it) on Radio 1 - Jo Whiley's show, it was clear a truly original song-writing talent had emerged as if fully formed - and from the unlikely Atlantic outpost of the isle of Mull, in the Scottish Hebrides (population of 2,500 people, 28,234 sheep).