“ It was love at first sight!”
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All about
The Starlets (UK)
: based in glasgow, belonging nowhere, the starlets are a melancholy pop group with ambitions to be cheerful. a diverse range of influences, from the velvet underground via the go-betweens and prefab sprout to judy garland, have all inspired the band’s sound. a sound that you can hear on their debut album, ‘surely tomorrow you’ll feel blue.’
since it’s release in 2002 they’ve played gigs across scotland, making the occasional trip down south, which have included gigs at the garage in london, leeds, nottingham and in the city in manchester. over the years they’ve also played at t in the park and go north in aberdeen.
Band MemberBiff smith - vocals / guitar
Mark mcswiggan - backing vocals / guitar
Stephen mcgourty - bass
Craig laurie - drums
Nigel baillie - brass
Iain white - strings
Album
7" single (1999)
*Classic!!!*
surely tomorrow you'll feel blue (2001)
7" single (2002)
further into night forever (2003)
Out into the days from here (2009)*Unmissable!!!*
more on...Discography
Once apon a time, singer Biff Smith's sister Gill attended The Glasgow School of Art where drummer Craig Laurie was working. Gill mentioned Craig's name to Biff who was trying unsuccessfully to get a band together and they met up for a rehearsal. On the day of the rehearsal Craig had been to a football match and was slightly the worse for wear after having had "a few". He entered the practice room, sat behind the drum kit and fell backwards off the drum stool. It was love at first sight.
Over the next year or two, other members came and went until The Starlets finally settled on their first team of Biff Smith - voice, Mark McSwiggan - Guitars, Stephen McGourty - Bass, Craig Laurie - Drums, Nigel Baillie - Brass, and Iain White - Strings, in time to deliver their debut album "Surely tomorrow you'll feel blue" (2001). Inspired in part by alternative guitar pop and old string-laden movie soundtracks, it was a lush poetic album which, despite being utterly out of step with prevailing musical trends, gained critical acclaim, winning "Jockrock album of the year", and was included in "Is this Music" top 100 albums by Scottish artists, as the band began to find an audience beyond their home town of Glasgow. This continued with the release of the second album "Further into night forever" (2003) which was again a critical success and brought the band to the attention of the Japanese label Muzak which licensed the record for Japan and helped promote The Starlets' first ever live performances in Tokyo.
The new album, "Out into the days from here", is out now in Japan on Fastcut Records and has sold out it's first pressing. The Starlets have just returned from a two week sold-out tour of Japan and are now acclimatising to cold and rainy Glasgow whilst planning the UK release of the new album. "Out into the days from here" is scheduled for release in the Spring of 2009 on the band's own label, Stereotone. UK gig dates will be announced soon.
Pop,Twee,Dreampop,Shoegaze HHMM!!
The Starlets Space...
Over the next year or two, other members came and went until The Starlets finally settled on their first team of Biff Smith - voice, Mark McSwiggan - Guitars, Stephen McGourty - Bass, Craig Laurie - Drums, Nigel Baillie - Brass, and Iain White - Strings, in time to deliver their debut album "Surely tomorrow you'll feel blue" (2001). Inspired in part by alternative guitar pop and old string-laden movie soundtracks, it was a lush poetic album which, despite being utterly out of step with prevailing musical trends, gained critical acclaim, winning "Jockrock album of the year", and was included in "Is this Music" top 100 albums by Scottish artists, as the band began to find an audience beyond their home town of Glasgow. This continued with the release of the second album "Further into night forever" (2003) which was again a critical success and brought the band to the attention of the Japanese label Muzak which licensed the record for Japan and helped promote The Starlets' first ever live performances in Tokyo.
The new album, "Out into the days from here", is out now in Japan on Fastcut Records and has sold out it's first pressing. The Starlets have just returned from a two week sold-out tour of Japan and are now acclimatising to cold and rainy Glasgow whilst planning the UK release of the new album. "Out into the days from here" is scheduled for release in the Spring of 2009 on the band's own label, Stereotone. UK gig dates will be announced soon.
Pop,Twee,Dreampop,Shoegaze HHMM!!The Starlets Space...
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