I couldn’t agree more.
This eight track custom CD sampler was released via Patio Music – a music and lifestyle company that over the years have brought attention to an eclectic genre of music not usually heard on radio.
Here, keeping company with artists as diverse as N.E.R.D. and Courtney Love, we find the Trashcans and ‘All The Dark Horses’ from the BoBame release ‘Weightlifting EP’.
A song fit for any patio in my opinion.
2006 Patio Music 038-PATCO (US)
…Everywhere I look around, Love is in the air, Every sight and every sound – so sang John Paul Young way back in the late 70s.
The new Trashcan Sinatras’ album, ‘In The Music’ is a record full of love and now Scotland’s national treasure, Eddi Reader, has joined in with her new album ‘Love Is The Way’.
A fantastic album and in my opinion her best collection of songs yet. Three of the songs on this copy feature the mighty talents of Mr John Douglas and his ukelele – ‘I Won’t Stand In Your Way’, ‘New York City’ and the forthcoming single ‘Roses’. As this is the promo release, there are no credits, but I believe Stephen Douglas makes an appearance on the album too.
‘New York City’ was originally written for ITM but fell at the final hurdle, but has thankfully been beautifully resurrected here.
Love is definitely in the air.
Can you spot John? Oh, there he is – snug as a thug in the doorway
2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd RTRADCD454
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A rare sample CD from Polydor in Japan.
There’s not much info on this release I’m afraid, but it includes tracks from artists such as The Beautiful South, Happy Mondays, The Soup Dragons, Tha La’s and of course the Trashcan Sinatras.
Two tracks from ‘Cake’ are featured here – ‘Obscurity Knocks’ and ‘Only Tongue Can Tell’.
1990 Polydor Records/London Go! Discs DCI-3025 (Japan)
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Originally hailing from Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland, Kris Drever cut his teeth on the Edinburgh traditional music scene in the late 1990s. The son of Ivan Drever, (of Celtic rockers, Wolfstone), Kris has picked up plenty of praise for his work with ‘Britfolk supergroup’, Lau, and his wonderful solo debut ‘Black Water’ made him a deserving winner of the BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award in 2007.
Here, on his single ‘Poor Man’s Son’ he is joined by Eddi Reader, Frank Reader and Roddie Woomble (Idlewild), who all provide harmony vocals.
Track down his album – you don’t have to be a folkie to enjoy it.
2006 Reveal Records, Cat. No. Reveal 18P
Here’s an article from UK music paper ‘Sounds’.
…and here’s what it says…
With the small-scale success of their wittily-titled ‘Obscurity Knocks’ single, Trash Can Sinatras have embraced the hell raisin’ rock lifestyle to the full – with cups of tea backstage in Leeds, and a seat in the Ladies toilets for a dressing room. Tim Peacock reports…
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome John, Paul, George and…um, Frank and Stephen!
No. no. hold on – nobody’s about to suggest that Scotland’s latest classy pop toreadors, Trash Can Sinatras, are gathering any dubious ‘New Beatles’ awards, but their ability to write sparkling pop melodies with a knowing slant is undeniable.
This decidedly affable, gutsy quintet originally emerged from a ‘covers only’ club band cocoon three years ago.
And, after several line-up shuffles, they have plunged into contention with the cast of Frank Read (vocals), John Douglas (acoustic guitarist and ‘haircut with attitude’), Paul Livingstone (lead guitarist), and the reliable rhythmic machinations of bassist George McDaid and drummer Stephen Douglas.
“It was actually one of the former members of the band who came up with the name Trash Can Sinatras,” explains John in his Scottish burr.
It sums up the ultimate collision of a garage band with the sort of classic melodies peddled by Ol’ Frank himself?
“That’s very good,” laughs John. “That’s nice, but we’d not even imagined that. I suppose we do write melodic songs, but I don’t mind a bit of noise too. Keep people guessing.”
After releasing their wittily-titled ‘Obscurity Knocks’ debut single on Go! Discs, the Trash Cans look capable of following label mates The Beautiful South and Norman Cook’s Beats International into the Top 40 – a prospect that’s been accompanied by an unprecedented burst of live action.
The past fortnight has seen the boys inching their way to acceptance supporting They Might Be Giants around the country.
“We played the Duchess Of York in Leeds with them and ended up with the ladies toilets as our dressing room!” Paul admits, with a broad grin, before affirming that general fatigue is now beginning to take its toll in the Sinatra camp.
“We’ve just finished a session for Mark Goodier’s show. It was done in a hurry and I think Frank’s voice is just about shot by now.”
And there’s me thinking you were 24-hour boozin ‘n’ partyin’ people…
“Oh, we usually are,” concurs Paul, again creasing like a Cheshire cat. “But tonight it’s cups of tea instead.”
Indeed, the Strathclyde heroes were distinctly lacklustre supporting The Blue Aeroplanes at Sheffield’s Leadmill. But, even allowing for this, The Trash Cans’ pop pedigree was apparent – be it coursing through the brash ‘Obscurity Knocks’ or a circling ballad like ‘Best Man’s Fall’.
Spill the beans, Then, John. When’s your new album due?
“It’ll be out in May for sure. There’ll be a few surprises, too – some harder moments than you might expect.”
So now you know. In the meantime, the Sinatras have their own studio in Kilmarnock, a stone’s throw from their sleepy west coast hometown of Irvine. A result of wisely investing Go! Discs’ advance?
“Aye. Go! Discs are very good people to work with,” acknowledges John. “Very go-ahead. They could even be bothered to come to Scotland to see us after we sent them our demo.”
A worthwhile trek, if ever there was. And Go! Discs wouldn’t have needed Hughie Green to point out the opportunity rather than have obscurity knocking.
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Trashies: The ultimate garage band collides with the melodies of Ol’ Frank
Sounds Magazine 17 March 1990
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