"the sort of oddity that Mr. John Peel would have alerted us to...Doesn't sound like anything else this week, month or year, which is all the better AND You get a free raffle ticket when you buy it - a gimmick I am happy to report Randan Discotheque need not have employed" - Drowned in Sound (Wendy Roby)
“Randan Discotheque, belt out two marvellous tunes on this double sided single and make a name for themselves” - Bearded Magazine
“a bunch of dated tabloid stories delivered in a lo-fi, hip-hop, electro-pop mash-up with more wit and charisma than a million Cribs” - The List
“A Quirky scratchy old school indie thing, a different thing, the kind of thing the much missed Mr Peel would have run with in the way he did with these delightfully different things...” - Organ
“Time To Waste is a completely different beast to the A-Side, Magazine to Daily Record's Black Grape, but every bit as good” - Aye Tunes
“Part psych, part beats, part weird.any song that namechecks Colin Hendry is worthy of anyone's attention” - Faded Glamour
Not quite a pill-popping night out,but Randan Discotheque’s swelling numbers have inspired a bulbous, vibrant sound that nudges new single ‘Daily Record May 18th, 1993’ into more commercially pleasing climes” - Under the Radar
“A cross between Half Man Half Biscuit and Billy Joel. ’Time to Waste‘ boasts choppy Echo and the Bunnymen guitar and a multitracked chorus which could also be straight from Duran Duran, when they were good” - Is This Music?
“Brilliant, should sell millions of copies” - Glasgow Podcart
“this drab list of random utterances is as wearyingly parochial as the rag it purports to lampoon. There’s no insight and, ultimately, no point to what's on offer here” - The Skinny (1/5)
Michael Marra, Hugo Paris, Django Django, Warren Zevon, Granda Jake, Brian Eno, Elvis Costello, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Boob Dylan, Wee Rogue, Phantom Band, Bjork and The Corries
DEAR PROMOTERS - RANDAN is available as an acoustic solo act, or a three piece big band - dependent on venue and circumstance - just ask
An old man takes photos and develops them in his broom cupboard. He has a battered old guitar, the strings rattle when he plays. A small girl is framed by the story of Cinderella. A smaller boy speaks in an English accent, while laughing into a tape recorder. 150 years beforehand, a father sang to his son, while their home burned. Now, in a small Italian village, a broken old lightbox flickers towards life. Nobody enters the nightclub, as Italy are playing Sweden in the World Cup, final score 1-1. As the light comes on, a Fifer stumbles past in search of a campsite. He stops in his tracks and looks to the sky, a yellowing light warms his face.....Randan Discotheque is born.
Just to let you know your single is inside one of our playlists, the one is gonna be broadcasted tomorrow! 22h (GMT +1) via www.lacotorra.org It'll be again online thursday 12h (GMT + 1) and from thursday you can download the whole programa via http://elcuartelillo.lacotorra.org
Wowl! Three Hits "a whistle-infused flash of feral pop" The Skinny
Withered Hand Good News "It is quite some time since a debut release has placed 10 such perfect songs back to back." The Glasgow Herald
Thomas Truax Songs From The Films of David Lynch "It's the best kind of tribute - affectionate and respectful, but with its own quirks and imaginative leaps and its own distinct identity." The Scotsman
2's UP, it's ma fuckin birthday... Free Limited Edition Print (1/50) and an 80min mix cd (1/150) to the earliest arrivals...
NOTE THAT WE ARE STARTING AT 9 THIS MONTH, TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE TREMOLO BEER GUT (all the way from Denmark) AND BIG NED (all the way from the black lodge).
