Filed under: 1992-1993 I've Seen Everything, Press | Tags: Billy Sloan, Glasgow Herald, I've Seen Everything, Last Night From Glasgow, Press, Trashcan Sinatras
Early Trashcan songs were full of clever wordplay – not that their most recent stuff isn’t – but it was interesting to discover that, ‘The Wee Stinker’, a crossword in Scotland’s Glasgow Herald became the inspiration for some of their lyrics.
Read on to find out more…
22 August 2021 The Herald on Sunday
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Here’s a clipping from late 1995 which appeared in The List Magazine in the run up to the release of third album, ‘A Happy Pocket’.
The List Magazine Issue 266 3 November 1995
Follow @fivehungryjoesFiled under: 2021- | Tags: Chris Dooley, How It Is Nowadays, Jackie DeShannon, Last Night From Glasgow, LNFG, Trashcan Sinatras, Vinyl
Tutti-frutti indeed.
The new exclusive Trashcan Sinatras AA 7″ single is out now. 750 copies have been pressed onto eco coloured vinyl – Green, Blue, Opaque Pink, Transparent Orange, Yellow.
Which colour did you get?
New song, ‘Ways’ is backed on fantastic plastic with the best song from 2020, ‘The Closer You Move Away From Me’ – listen out for the wee nod to Jackie DeShannon. Magic stuff!
The single has been released by Scotland’s label of choice, Last Night From Glasgow, who will also be reissuing second album, ‘I’ve Seen Everything’, later in 2021. I wonder how many colours that one will come in?
Design and artwork was created by the talented Mr Chris Dooley over at How It Is Nowadays in Brooklyn, NY.
The alert Trashcan fans among you will, of course, recognise Chris from the Autopsy fanzine produced thirty-odd years ago.
The edition released in Japan included liner notes written by The Laundries. I’m sure they are very complimentary.
2021 Trashcan Sinatras. Last Night From Glasgow LNFG42
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HOMESPUN is a new project combining the art work of Maree Hughes and music by Trashcans bass player Davy Hughes. Maree is a full time artist based at WASPS Courtyard Studios in Irvine, on the West Coast of Scotland, specialising in drawing, painting and printmaking.
With the help of Creative Scotland, Maree and Davy sent out an SOS to the world aiming to raise money to purchase new studio equipment, to produce quality images and enable production of a 4-track digital audiovisual EP.
Within a few hours of the project going live Maree and Davy’s first goal had been achieved allowing them to offer up a number of rewards including, original prints & artwork, early access to animations & new music, with contributions from other members of Trashcan Sinatras.
Here’s an original Lino cut called Mermaid In A Bottle…
HOMESPUN Maree and Davy Hughes – August 2020
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The coronavirus lockdown has been unexpectedly fruitful for fans of the Trashcan Sinatras. A new song The Closer You Move Away From Me emerged on the 22 May and more recently the band launched their own Patreon community. For a monthly fee the site offers fans to be patrons of the band and gives access to exclusive and mostly unseen/heard content. It’s another way of allowing the band to continue on their musical journey. You can sign up here.
One event in particular, though, created ripples of excitement through the loyal Trashcan community. Their second album, ‘I’ve Seen Everything’ featured on one of Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess’ #timstwitterlisteningparty – a near-nightly event where bands live tweet their way through the most famous albums of their careers.
The Trashcans asked the fans what album they should listen to and ISE was the popular choice.
On the night of the Twitter ‘party’ the tweets – if you could keep up with them – unearthed some previously unknown gems of information in the recording of the album. Here’s a few highlights…
- Mike Barson from Madness was booked to play piano on Hayfever but he missed his plane, so Larry Primrose ended up playing it.
- Pots and pans filled with water and hit with spoons added to the percussion on Worked A Miracle.
- The Perfect Reminder – Paul’s response to hearing Lou Reed’s ‘Harry’s Circumcision’
A very enjoyable, informative night and a much-needed distraction from the meltdown of lockdown.
Collaborating with Tim Burgess on these listening parties was Ben O’Brien. Ben brought a visual element to the proceedings, initially illustrating a set of scenes of people enjoying the albums. The illustrated albums became so popular he kept going and produced many more.
Here’s his illustration of ‘I’ve Seen Everything’. Magic isn’t it?
2020 Trashcan Sinatras
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