Low, Pavement, Sigur Ros, Adrian Crowley, Radiohead, Nick Cave, Smashing Pumpkins, Flaming Lips, Calexico, Bjork, Idlewild, Pixies, Chris Whitley, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Sir Cliff Richard, Stefan Dennis, and William Wordsworth.
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Most recently, The List saw fit to bestow 5 stars upon The Scottish Enlightenment, saying of a recent Cabaret Voltaire knees-up: "The crowd are still filtering in when the openers take the stage, but are slowly drawn towards The Scottish Enlightenment - a Dunfermline four-piece with the menace of Joy Division and the slacker indie cool of Pavement. Whether it’s their engrossing hooks, guitar flurries, or the occasional brooding soundscape, the band set a high benchmark."
Also of note is the first ever email we received on myspace: "Im sorry, i dont like your band".
Very polite.
Less polite, but a high class slagging...
"I wouldn’t be caught dead anywhere near a mis-rooting, major/minor conforming, detuned guitar playing hitler like yourself."
If you remove all the bits where he (correctly) said we have no onstage charisma, a reviewer for skinny mag said "stargazing guitars...and wailing guitar harmonies...this is a band that could go somewhere". aw....
Michael McLennan said of us in the Glasgow Herald "it’s a pleasure to come across a band like The Scottish Enlightenment, who temper their ramshackle indie clatter with existentialist thinking."
And what’s more, “Authentic intelligent indie...with the sheer dancefloor-tempting melodies of songs like “Eyes” their tunes are sure to become lodged firmly in your head and on the music scene” said Karen Dorrat, in the legendary Is This Music. Quite...
Tickets available from Monorail, Kings Court. 7" & Digital Download available from all good record stores & download sites from 07/07. You can pre-order the 7” vinyl from www. luckynumbernine. co. uk from 23/06.
The Zoeys are Jim Gellately's single of the week and will be live in session on Marc Riley's BBC 6 Music show too!
Punch & The Apostles debut single 'Asylum / Tie Me To The Mast' availble on 7" vinyl from www. luckynumbernine. co. uk and
Monorail (Glasgow) Avalanche(Glasgow) Oxfam Music (Glasgow) Roughtrade(s) London Sister Ray (London) Pure Groove (London)
A fantastic bill in aid of a great charity. Tickets available from Monorail & Missing Records. For the full line-up and more info please visit www. myspace. com/christmastimeinthemountains
Cheers for the comment, that's good to hear! We will certainly try to make the gig in Edinburgh. Maybe see you at one of ours at some point - we have a few coming up... Thanks The AUTOSAFARIs
your timing is good! we've just made our second ep available to buy at http://stores. lulu. com/plasticanimals. you're the first to know! Our first ep will be put up there soon too. are you guys recording at the minute? hows it goin? we should play again soon! Dave
