Arab Strap's Malcolm Middleton steps in front of the mike for this collection, which casts the usual Strap themes -- depression, self-loathing, loneliness -- over brittle stabs of acoustic guitar accentuated with swirls of atmospheric keyboards and the occasional female harmony (courtesy of Eva's Jenny Reave; the album also features contributions from Mogwai guy Barry Burns). According to the folks at Chemikal Underground, 5: 14 Fluoxytine Seagull Alcohol John Nicotine began as a...   [ read more ]

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Waxing Gibbous is the fifth solo album from Falkirk's Malcolm Middleton, and early consensus says it's his best yet. Following last year's low-key Sleight Of Heart, this is the album Middleton was making while he took that diversion, composed from years' worth of scribbles in notebooks, which were "chiselled and connived into being songs." Though self-produced, the album was recorded with the help of a few friends: it features backing vocals from King Creosote and The Pictish Trail, the piano skills of ...   [ read more ]

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Sleight of Heart is comprised of tracks written during the Brighter Beat sessions and a handful of cover versions. Initially conceived as an acoustic LP--and largely remaining so--the album was recorded at Chemikal Underground Studios in Glasgow. Middleton's recording band (featuring Mogwai's Barry Burns on piano, ex-Delgadoes man Paul Savage on drums, touring bassist Stevie Jones, and Jenny Reeve on backing vocals) joined in to flesh out the sound. "I suppose this album is a reaction to the production of ...   [ read more ]

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